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3-on-the-treeAlternative spelling of three-on-the-treeRate it:

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mi-mai, queue d'hiverThe middle of May has usually three cold days (called Les saints de glace, May 11, 12, and 13).Rate it:

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three score and tenA life span. The number 70 (= 60 + 10).Rate it:

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three sheets to the windthe state of being quite inebriatedRate it:

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cook offTo pull the pin from a grenade and wait two or three seconds before throwing.Rate it:

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three rsThe basic education any child can expect to receive, but not necessarily limited to reading, writing and arithmetic.Rate it:

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two's company, three's a crowdOne companion is better than two.Rate it:

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blue moonThe third full moon in a quarter that contains four rather than the usual three full moons.Rate it:

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three greena confirmation given by the pilots that the landing gear has gone down successfully and has locked.Rate it:

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three in the pink one in the stinkTo place your three fingers inside a vagina and your fourth finger inside the anusRate it:

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"...three philosophical problems that are ineliminable from any version of theism"the phrase comes from a philosophical book (by Alasdair MacIntyre, professor at Notre Dame University)Rate it:

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three bags full, sirIntensifies a statement of agreement, indicating that the speaker is craven or obsequious.Rate it:

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three sheets to the windDrunk.Rate it:

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three-ring circusA disorderly, complicated, rapidly changing situation or set of events, which is a source of bewilderment, amazement, or amusement.Rate it:

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3-on-the-treeAlternative spelling of three-on-the-tree.Rate it:

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albatrossA double eagle, or three under par on any one hole.Rate it:

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clogs to clogs in three generations(UK) Wealth earned in one generation seldom lasts through the third (grandchildRate it:

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eternal triangleA relationship involving three persons (usually two women and one man or two men and one woman) among whom there are conflicting and competing attachments of a romantic or emotional nature.Rate it:

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me threeUsed to express agreement, after someone has already said "me too".Rate it:

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on your mark, get set, goA three-command start when racing:Rate it:

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the three components of art are : 1. mere catharsis and cathexis, 2. (etc. )Cathexis : 2 major definitions, one being psychoanalytic in nature. Very rarely used in speech or in it's written form. Cathexis : what a fascinating word. Even the sound of it is unusual.Rate it:

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three-on-the-treeOn an automobile, describing the gearshift lever of a steering column-mounted three-speed manual transmission.Rate it:

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3-on-the-treeOn an automobile (especially those produced from 1939 through the mid-1970s), a three-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is mounted on the steering column.Rate it:

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3-on-the-treeOn an automobile, a three-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is mounted on the steering column.Rate it:

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aciem triplicem instruere (B. G. 1. 24)to draw up the army in three lines.Rate it:

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agmine duplici, tripliciin two, three columns.Rate it:

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Appendix:Glossary of baseball jargon (S)The pitcher fulfills at least one of the following three conditions:Rate it:

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Appendix:Glossary of baseball jargon (T)A pitcher who leads the league in three major categories: earned run average, wins, and strikeouts.Rate it:

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Appendix:Glossary of baseball jargon (T)A batter who leads the league in three major categories: home runs, runs batted in, and batting average.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/X and Y and Z, oh my!Expresses awe at three things.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/X, Y, and Z—pick any twoIntroduces three desirable qualities or resources that a person, company or project can not have simultaneously; they will lack one of the three options.Rate it:

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back-to-back-to-backsequential or consecutive, in the case of exactly three events.Rate it:

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companyA military unit, typically consisting of two or three platoons.Rate it:

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deux s'amusent, trois s'embĂȘtent (fam.)Two’s company, three’s none.Rate it:

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four-leaf cloverAn uncommon variation of the clover, having four leaves instead of the usual three.Rate it:

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heres ex asse, ex dodrantesole heir; heir to three-quarters of the estate.Rate it:

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il est trois heures sonnéesIt has struck three.Rate it:

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il n'a pas trois mois dans le ventre (fam.)He cannot live three months.Rate it:

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it's not what you know but who you knowFor success, and especially to obtain employment, one's knowledge and skills are less useful and less important than one's network of personal contacts.1951, G. P. Bush and L. H. Hattery, "Federal Recruitment of Junior Engineers," Science, vol. 114, no. 2966, p. 456:Eighty-four students referred to political influence as a disadvantage of federal employment with such remarks as: "There are too many political connections necessary . . . it's not what you know but who you knowRate it:

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j'ai Ă©crit trois lettres coup sur coupI wrote three letters one after the other.Rate it:

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leaves of three let it beDon't touch a plant with a cluster of three leaves because it might be poison ivy.Rate it:

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pick offTo throw out a runner by tagging them whilst they are not in contact with any of the three bases or home plate.Rate it:

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pickleA children’s game with three participants that emulates a baseball rundown.Rate it:

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pickupA short or long bed automotive powered vehicle with enclosed two or three person cab. Utilized in light -weight or modest cargo, short haul, pick-up and delivery agendas.Rate it:

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side outthree outs.Rate it:

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step on it!A three word command to rush, move now, get with it quickly, respond immediately.Rate it:

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strike outOf a batter, to be retired after three strikes; of a pitcher, to cause this to happen to the batter.Rate it:

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the heart of the earthJesus said that he would be in the heart of the earth for three days meaning in the earth in the tomb. Jonah was in the “heart of the sea” meaning below the waves.Rate it:

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three rsThe basic education received in primary schools. Literally; reading, writing and arithmetic.Rate it:

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three rsThe basic precepts of any subject matter.Rate it:

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