ad fontes »
Go to the sources: An expression emphasizing the importance of conducting fundamental research and of consulting primary sources.
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against all odds »
Despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability.
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agree to disagree »
To tolerate each other's opinion and stop arguing; to acknowledge that an agreement will not be reached.
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all kidding aside »
Used to attempt to make a serious point in a jocular conversation.
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all mouth and no trousers »
Superficial, engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance.
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all mouth and trousers »
Superficial, engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance.
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all nations »
A 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.
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all's well that ends well »
Problems do not matter if things turn out well in the end.
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almost doesn't count »
Near success (or correctness) is not deemed success (or correctness).
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an apple a day »
Healthy eating and living using traditional temperate-zone fresh foods.
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and change »
And some quantity, but less than the increment to the next round number.
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and then some »
Used to confirm preceding utterance, while implying that what was said or asked is an understatement.
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apple does not fall far from the stem »
Alternative form of apple does not fall far from the tree.
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apple does not fall far from the tree »
A child grows up to be very similar to its parents, both in behavior and in physical characteristics.1842, E. A. Freidlaender (translator), Frederika Bremer (author), The Neighbours, ch. 10:It is impossible to look at Madam Rhen, without at once making the conclusion that she is pleasantness, hospitality, and loquacity itself; nor can one look upon her daughter Renetta without thinking, "the apple does not fall far from the tree!"1978, Dr. Isador Rosenfeld, "Doctor Asks Patient
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apples and oranges »
Said of a comparison of items that are not comparable.
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