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different strokesDifferent styles adapted to a specific situation.Rate it:

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different strokesDifferent touches.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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broad strokesMajor features or key points; outline.Rate it:

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broad strokesDevelopments, movements, or descriptions presented in a bold or sweeping manner, without intricacy, adornment, or subtlety.Rate it:

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short strokesBare essentials.Rate it:

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short strokesThe final steps of an undertaking, especially one which has been lengthy or laborious.Rate it:

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march to the beat of a different drumTo do things in one's own way regardless of societal norms and expectations.Rate it:

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March to the Beat of a Different DrummerDo the things in your own way, don’t consider other people, to believe in different way, different attitude than other personsRate it:

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a different ballparkSomething totally unrelated or of a vastly different scale or scope.Rate it:

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same sh*t, different dayThe same everyday problems, just a diffrent day.Rate it:

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same, same, but differentIt's the same thing, but with some differences.Rate it:

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(The terms for the different ages of man are infans, puer, adulescens, iuvenis, senior, senex, grandis natu.)Rate it:

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different as chalk and cheeseTwo things which are superficially alike but very different in substance.Rate it:

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horse of a different colorAn unrelated or only incidentally related matter with distinctly different significance.Rate it:

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Horse of a Different ColourTotally different from something, to come out different from what is being observedRate it:

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insanity starts when you do different things and the results are the same.InsanityRate it:

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sing a different tunechange one's opinion about or attitude toward someone or something.Rate it:

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“wine was the grape that wanted to be different.”WineRate it:

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c'est le jour et la nuitThey are as different as chalk and cheese.Rate it:

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chalk and cheeseSaid of things that are superficially alike but very different in substance.Rate it:

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run arounda female who sees many different men at the same timeRate it:

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whole 'nother ball of waxAn entirely different matter altogether; a separate issue or sub-issue from the topic being discussed, usu. one that would take too long to explain properly; a matter to be dealt with at a later time.Rate it:

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run aboutTo be very busy doing many different things.Rate it:

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like chalk and cheeseAlternative form of different as chalk and cheese.Rate it:

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split upsplit into smaller groups or to go in different directionsRate it:

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all roads lead to romedifferent paths can take one to the same goalRate it:

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ask roundTo enquire about something to different people.Rate it:

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branch outTo attempt something new or different, but related.Rate it:

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ebony and ivoryTwo different things coexisting in harmonyRate it:

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lump togetherTo put different items or groups together and treat them, or think of them as one single group.Rate it:

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make overTo renovate or to convert to a different use.Rate it:

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run aroundTo be very busy doing many different things.Rate it:

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your mileage may varyTo express a possible difference in taste, "this is just my opinion, your opinion may be different".Rate it:

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bridgeA valence bond, atom or chain of atoms that connects two different parts of a molecule; the atoms so connected being bridgeheads.Rate it:

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take awayTo remove something and put it in a different place.Rate it:

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against the grainContrary to what is expected; especially, of behavior different from what society expects.Rate it:

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ask aroundTo enquire about something to different people.Rate it:

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connect the dotsto understand the relationship between different ideas or experiencesRate it:

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have one's fingers in many piesto be involved in many different things.Rate it:

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on opposite sides of the barricadesOf starkly different, opposite views on an issue.Rate it:

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bed them downTo ​lie down ​somewhere, usually ​somewhere different from where you usually ​sleep, in ​order to go to ​sleep.Rate it:

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opposites attractpeople who are completely different make ideal partners.Rate it:

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there's no accounting for tastesDifferent people like different things The world would be incomplete if everyone were alike. Diversity is essential.Rate it:

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mix apples and orangesTo mix two totally different things.Rate it:

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a bird may love a fish, but where will they build their home?It's too hard to make a relationship work when two people are so vastly different. Similar variations end by saying "...where will they build their nest?" and "...where will they build their home together?"Rate it:

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Ă  dure enclume marteau de plumeThe strokes of adversity find the wise man unmoved.Rate it:

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ab aliquo in re publica dissentireto hold different views in politics.Rate it:

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all nationsA composition of all the different spirits sold in a dram-shop, collected in a vessel into which the drainings of the bottles and quartern pots are emptied.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/I'm an X, not a YClarifies that one is X, while dissociating oneself from Y. X and Y are usually professions or beliefs, and significantly different from one another.Rate it:

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