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one step forward, two steps backA situation in which progress is more than offset by adverse developments.Rate it:

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two steps aheadJust barely escaping.Rate it:

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two steps aheadHaving cleverly anticipated what others will do or think.Rate it:

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baby brainForgetfulness incurred from pregnancy.Rate it:

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baby dollPrenda femenina para dormir, con faldas cortas, ajustada y con gran escote, que cubre parte del tronco, del busto hacia abajo, y se sostiene con breteles.Rate it:

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baby elephant in the roomAn obvious but mostly inconsequential issue.Rate it:

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baby on boardPhrase on a sign attached to the rear of a motor car to signify that a baby is sometimes carried.Rate it:

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baby-killera long-range Zeppelin bomberRate it:

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baby-killera Vietnam veteran returning to the United States, used by war opponentsRate it:

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food babyA protruding belly resulting from the consumption of a large quantity of food; the contents of one's digestive system causing the protrusion.Rate it:

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leave someone holding the babyTo abandon someone and put them in a position where they must take the responsibility or blame.Rate it:

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mama's baby, papa's maybeIt is easy to know the biological mother of a child, but difficult to be sure who the biological father is.Rate it:

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sleep like a babyTo sleep very well, especially peacefullyRate it:

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smooth as a baby's bottomextremely smooth.Rate it:

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throw the baby out with the bathwaterTo discard something valuable, often inadvertently, in the process of removing waste.Rate it:

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baby bluesBlue eyes.Rate it:

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baby upto treat as a baby.Rate it:

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baby bluesPeriod and feeling of depressiveness after giving birth; a less severe form of postnatal depression.Rate it:

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soft as a baby's bottomextremely soft (not rough)Rate it:

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be left holding the babyTo be left with the responsibility of resolving a problem.Rate it:

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baby-killera pregnant woman who receives an abortionRate it:

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baby-killerUsed other than as an idiom: see baby, killer.Rate it:

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baby-killera person who advocates abortionRate it:

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baby-killeran abortionistRate it:

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baby showerCelebración por un bebé que esta por nacer.Rate it:

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baby-killera saloon, used by the Temperance MovementRate it:

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cry like a baby(of an adult or older child) To bawl unabashedly and pitifully.Rate it:

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double rainbow babya term given to a child born after two miscarriages, stillbirths, or deaths.Rate it:

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golden babyA baby born after a rainbow babyRate it:

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like taking candy from a babyEasy to achieve.Rate it:

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make baby Jesus cryTo provoke a negative reaction due to being offensive, unpleasant, immoral, etc.Rate it:

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rainbow babyA baby born following a miscarriage, stillbirth, or the death of an infant. Also known as a 'sunshine' baby or an 'angel' baby. They bring joy to a grieving family following stillbirth or infant loss.Rate it:

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rubber baby buggy bumpersa tongue twister; a phrase that if spoken rapidly and repeatedly is difficult to say without making a mistakeRate it:

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this won't get the baby into a short dressTo take inadequate action dealing with an opportunityRate it:

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bundle of joyA newborn baby.Rate it:

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give birthTo produce new life into the world; to have a baby. Transitive when used with to.Rate it:

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drop backOf a quarterback or other player in the backfield, to take a number of steps back from the line of scrimmage immediately after the snap or hike of the ball, to avoid defenders.Rate it:

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put downTo place a baby somewhere to sleep.Rate it:

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one small step for man, one giant leap for mankindWords spoken by Neil Armstrong when taking the first steps on the moon.Rate it:

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back upFor the non-striker to take a few steps down the pitch, in preparation to taking a run, just as the bowler bowls the ball.Rate it:

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eat an elephant one bite at a timeTo do something one step at a time; to do something in steps rather than all at once.Rate it:

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devil is in the detailsThe specific provisions of, or particular steps for implementing, a general plan, policy, or contract may be complicated, controversial, or unworkable.Rate it:

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down to the short strokesIn the final steps or decisive phase of an undertaking, especially one which has been lengthy or laborious.Rate it:

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dangly bitsMale genitalia, usually of a baby, child, or of a smaller than usual size; ironic reference to male genitalia.Rate it:

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turn backTo reverse one's direction and retrace one's steps.Rate it:

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(2) cavere (in iure) (Off. 2. 65)to point out what precautions, what formal steps must be taken to insure immunity.Rate it:

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blessed eventThe birth of a baby.Rate it:

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crack-upOne can 'crack-up' emotionally with laughter or tears as a result of an observation, a joke, a story, a scene, a sequence in a movie, opera, stage play or animal, baby or children;s antics:Rate it:

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don't zig when you should zag, once you find true love.Make the right steps and not the wrong ones when you have someone who loves you and/or you are in a relationship, in order to keep love and not lose it.Rate it:

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double backTo retrace one's steps; to go back where one has already gone.Rate it:

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