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if it quacks like a duck, waddles like a duck and looks like a duck, chances are it's a duckif something has all the attributes and appearances of being a certain thing, the probability exists that it is that thing.Rate it:

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what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the ganderIf something is acceptable for one person, it is acceptable for another.Rate it:

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mint sauceserve this with lambRate it:

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die for want of lobster sauceTo literally die or to be devastated due to a minor inconvenience or mishap.Rate it:

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hunger is a good sauce(dated) Being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food.1854, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman, Punch, Vol. XXVI, Punch Publications Ltd., page 74:His bread and cheese were somewhat dry, to be sure; his ale had become flat, and considerably warmer than was desirable; but hunger is a good sauce, and thirst is not particular.Rate it:

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awesome sauceUsed other than as an idiom: see awesome, sauce.Rate it:

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awesome sauceSomething which is awesome, cool or spectacular.Rate it:

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awesome sauceThe essence of awesomeness.Rate it:

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hunger is the best sauceBeing hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food.Rate it:

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hunger sauceAlluring taste or smell in a food.Rate it:

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on ne sait à quelle sauce le mettreThere is no knowing what to do with him.Rate it:

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sauce for the gooseA short form of what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the ganderRate it:

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sauce upto get drunkRate it:

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sauce upto make something more saucy; to sex upRate it:

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sauce upto add sauce to; to serve sauce ontoRate it:

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trop de cuisiniers gâtent la sauceToo many cooks spoil the broth.Rate it:

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all duck or no dinnerAll or nothing.Rate it:

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could eat the arse out of a low flying duckAlternative form of could eat the crotch out of a low flying duckRate it:

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duck outTo move or act so as to achieve avoidance, escape, or evasion.Rate it:

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could eat the crotch out of a low flying duckAm/are/is extremely hungry.Rate it:

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duck soupEasy, or a piece of cake.Rate it:

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quack like a duckTo appear to be exactly what one is.Rate it:

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dead duckOne who is in serious danger or trouble.Rate it:

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golden duckThe score of zero runs after getting out on the first ball faced.Rate it:

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tight as a duck's arseExtremely tight, mean, excessively thriftyRate it:

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break one's duckTo score one's first run in an innings.Rate it:

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like water off a duck's backWithout immediate or lasting effects.Rate it:

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duck outTo depart quickly or exit abruptly, especially in a manner which does not attract notice and before a meeting, event, etc. has concluded.Rate it:

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ay up me duckA generic greeting.Rate it:

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break one's duckTo do something for the first time.Rate it:

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could eat the crutch from a low flying duckAlternative form of could eat the crotch out of a low flying duckRate it:

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dead duckA project that is doomed to failure from the start.Rate it:

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Dead DuckA ruined person; a person or plan that is certain to die or failRate it:

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duck outTo depart quickly or exit abruptly by way of, especially in a manner which does not attract notice and before a meeting, event, etc. has concluded.Rate it:

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duck testfor application of common sense and/or intuition regardless of technical parameters.Rate it:

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Lame DuckAbout to retire, in the last days of his or her jobRate it:

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like a duck takes to waterVery naturally; without effort.Rate it:

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like a duck to waterAlternative form of like a duck takes to waterRate it:

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no duck no dinnerNo money to pay for food, then you go hungryRate it:

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odd duckAn unusual person, especially an individual with an idiosyncratic personality or peculiar behavioral characteristics.Rate it:

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Sitting DuckA person or thing that is considered vulnerable, to easily get attacked by somethingRate it:

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sitting duckAn obvious or unconcealed target.Rate it:

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take to something like a duck to waterto adapt to something naturally and effortlesslyRate it:

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double dippingObtaining money from two sources at the same time. Dipping your food into a sauce, eating a portion of that food then re-dipping that food into the sauce.Rate it:

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what's good for the goose is good for the ganderWhat is good for a woman is equally good for a man; or, what a woman can have or do, so can a man have or do. This comes from an earlier proverb, "What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander."Rate it:

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elle fait la carpe pâmée (fam.)She turns up the whites of her eyes; She pretends to be ill; She looks like a dying duck in a thunderstorm.Rate it:

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il n'est chère que d'appétitHunger is the best sauce.Rate it:

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blindAny device intended to conceal or hide; as, a duck blind.Rate it:

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get downTo duck or take cover, usually to avoid harm. Commonly used as a caution or warning in the imperative.Rate it:

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les observations glissent sur lui comme sur une cuirasseBlame slips off him as water off a duck’s back.Rate it:

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