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first come, first served
People will be dealt with in the order they arrive.
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first things first
Deal with matters of highest priority first; deal with matters in logical sequence.1922, H. G. Wells, The Secret Places of the Heart, ch.4,"First things first," said Sir Richmond. If we set about getting fuel sanely, if we do it as the deliberate, co-operative act of the whole species, then it follows that we shall look very closely into the use that is being made of it.1999, Frank Pellegrini, "House Republicans Quell Mutiny Over Tax Bounty," Time, 23 Jul.,Judging by the polls
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centre half
footballer
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half a dozen
six
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half a mind
A moderate inclination.
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half nelson
wrestling hold
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half-baked
Partially cooked by heating in an oven.
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other half
A spouse.
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not half bad
Pretty good; okay; decent.
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go off half-cocked
To take a premature or ill-considered action.
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hell and half of georgia
A very large region; everywhere.
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all over hell's half acre
All over the place; everywhere.
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well begun is half done
Much depends on the beginning of an endeavor.
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at first
Initially; at the start.
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first class
excellent
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first loser
Second place.
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first loser
The second place finisher in auto racing competition.
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first night
play's opening
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first rate
Superb, exceptional; of the best sort; very high quality.
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ladies first
A phrase encouraging polite gentlemanliness, allowing the ladies to go before the men.
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elizabeth the first
the virgin queen
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first among equals
A person or position that if formally equivalent to others in a group, but is superior in some attribute.
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first among equals
In the British and other parliamentary systems, a term used to describe the relationship of the prime minister to the other members of the cabinet.
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first of all
Firstly; before anything else.
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cast the first stone
To act self-righteously in accusing another person, believing that one is blameless.
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first port of call
The first place to go to start a process.
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first port of call
The first port that a vessel calls in at after the start of a voyage.
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in the first place
To begin with; earlier; first; at the start.
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shoot first and ask questions later
To act boldly.
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shoot first and ask questions later
To take action with serious consequences without delay, preserving the benefit of surprise by not providing indication of one's intent.
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six of one, half a dozen of the other
The two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent; it doesn't matter which one we choose.
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pinch and a punch for the first of the month
Said the first day of a new month, accompanied by a pinch and a punch to the victim.
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come around
To change one's mind, especially to begin to agree or appreciate what one was reluctant to accept at first.
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bat around
When at least nine batters bat in a half inning.
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cast on
To start the first row of knitting by putting stitches on a needle.
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kick off
To make the first kick in a game or part of a game.
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tee off
To hit the first shot of the hole.
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a leopard cannot change its spots
One cannot change one's own nature.1597, William Shakespeare, Richard II Act i, Scene 1 (First Folio):King. Lyons make Leopards tame.Mowbray. Yea but not change his ?pots.1611, King James Version of the Bible, Jeremiah 13:23:Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe Chapter 32:End now all unkindness. Let us put the Jew to ransom, since the leopard will not change his spots, and a Jew he will continue to be.1918, Johnston McCulley, Thubway Tham's Inthane Moment:The leopard cannot change his spots, old boy.
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a pull of the hair for being unfair
The general response to "A kick and a flick for being so quick", which is in turn a response in itself to "A pinch and a punch for the first day of the month".
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a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
An otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.1999, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253335833, page 372,One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bitter," arduous path of upholding burdensome precepts and prohibitions, a tale can lighten the load, make the "medicine" easier "to swallow."2001, Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316736368, page 319,It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, ISBN 1564147045, page 11,If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.
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across the board
A racing bet where one bets that the same competitor will place in first, second and third.
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ash wednesday
first day of lent
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bat a thousand
To reach first base on every at-bat.
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big break
A breakthrough, especially the first big hit of a previously unknown performer or performers in the entertainment industry.
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break one's duck
To do something for the first time.
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break one's duck
To score one's first run in an innings.
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bring it weak
To fail to accomplish an accomplishable task or to make an attempt at less than maximum effort; to "half-ass" or "fake the funk".
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call off the dogs
During a one-sided sports contest, to remove the first-string unit of a team from the game after dominating the opponent.
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chrome horn
The front bumper of a car when used to bump another vehicle, usually to inform the driver of the other vehicle, that the first car would like to pass.
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crack of dawn
The first moment of daylight; sunrise.
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