days »
Life.
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days »
Plural form of day.
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draw stumps »
To declare an end to the days play, and remove the bails and sometimes the stumps.
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halcyon days »
A period of calm, often nostalgic: “halcyon days of yore”, “halcyon days of youth”..
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halcyon days »
Period of calm during the winter, when storms do not occur.
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in all my born days »
Ever.
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leap year »
Period of 366 days
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many happy returns »
A greeting, usually for birthdays, in reference to the passing year; Happy birthday!.
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month of Sundays »
A very long time; too long.
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never in a month of Sundays »
At no time whatsoever.
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never in a month of Sundays »
Never in a month of Sundays would I have imagined that you'd be this tall in real life!.
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one of those days »
A bad day.
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one's days are numbered »
Some period of time, such as a term of employment or a lifetime, is coming to an end.
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other days, other ways »
People of the past thought and acted differently.
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out of sight »
You better stay out of sight for a few days.
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some days you get the bear, other days the bear gets you »
One cannot always overcome a powerful adversary.
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take the piss »
Everyone takes the piss out of the bankers these days.
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the other day »
Recently; lately; a few days ago.
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throw dirt enough, and some will stick »
If enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at [1] on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say
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travel junkie »
Who are using their time and money to seek out adventure holidays and travel.
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