a cold day in Hell »
An event that will never happen.
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about to »
Indicates something that will happen very soon; indicates that something is imminent.
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accident waiting to happen »
A thing or situation which is almost certain to eventually lead to an accident.
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all hell broke loose »
A great disaster happened or chaos ensued.
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as luck would have it »
As it happened; how it turned out; by good fortune; fortunately or luckily.
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bring forward »
To make something happen earlier than originally planned.
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by the way »
Incidentally; a parenthetical statement not timely, central, or crucial to the topic at hand; foregone, passed by, something that has already happened.
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camel through the eye of a needle »
Hyperbole to illustrate that something is almost impossible to do or to happen.
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close the stable door after the horse has bolted »
To attempt to prevent a problem only to find it has already happened.
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come about »
To come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take place; to happen.
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come about »
happen
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come to »
To befall; to affect; to happen to; to come upon.
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come what may »
In spite of anything that might happen; whatever may occur.
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couldn't happen to a nicer »
Sarcastically asserts that those in question thoroughly deserve their fate.
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don't count your chickens before they're hatched »
You should not count on something before it happens.
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don't cry over spilt milk »
It is no use worrying about unfortunate events which have already happened and which cannot be changed.
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don't hold your breath »
"Don't wait." Said cynically to suggest that what has just been mentioned to is unlikely to happen soon or at all.
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ears are burning »
Being the topic of discussion in another place; or sensing that this is happening.
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even money »
By extension, an event that is somewhat likely to happen, but far from inevitable.
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everything happens for a reason »
All events are purposeful.Everything happens for a reason, so there is no such thing as failure. Mary-Kate OlsenPeople like to say "everything happens for a reason." If you repeat that in your head long enough that starts to sound like "anything can happen with a razor." Laura KightlingerI believe that everything happens for a reason, but I think it's important to seek out that reason - that's how we learn. Drew Barrymore
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go down »
To take place, happen.
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go on »
To happen.
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history repeats itself »
Things that have happened in the past will happen again.
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home is where you hang your hat »
Rather than feeling nostalgic or sentimental, one should simply accept any place where one happens to reside as one's home.1948, Ruth L. Yorck, "D.P.
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in the cards »
Destined or fated to happen; predicted or foreseen.
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life is like a box of chocolates »
Life is full of surprises, you never know what will happen next.
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long shot »
Something unlikely; something that has little chance of happening or working. The term arose from the accuracy of early ship guns, which were effective only at close range and unlikely to hit the mark at any great distance.
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mocking is catching »
An admonishment to be careful of criticising others, lest the same happen to you.Mocking is Catching was the title of a 1726 song by Henry Carey.
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no news is good news »
A lack of information about a situation suggests that nothing bad has happened.
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non-starter »
Something that is not going to happen.
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off the radar »
Unlikely to happen, or be important in the near future or tending to escape detection or attention.
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offer affordances »
To give elbow room or leeway for something to happen.
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pass off »
To happen.
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raise the spectre »
To cause concern that something unfortunate might happen.
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same old story »
What usually happens, a happening which is not surprising.
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serve somebody right »
To happen to someone who is thought to deserve it.
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shit happens »
Bad things happen, and there is nothing we can do about it.
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speak of the devil »
An expression sometimes used when a person mentioned in the current conversation happens to arrive on the scene.
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stave off »
To prevent something from happening; to obviate or avert.
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surprise surprise »
An indication that the unsurprising happened, especially contrary to someone's hopes or assertions.
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that'll be the day »
Said in reply to something that one believes will never happen.
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that's the way life is »
That is the way things happenCertain things cannot be changed, helped or improved; struggle and objection are pointless.1935, Louis Bromfield, The Man Who Had Everything [1], page 279:That's the way life is, and there's no use trying to go against it.1979, Jay Edward Abrams, A Theology of Christian Counseling: More Than Redemption [2], ISBN 0310511011, page 45:There are no standards, no values; that's the way life is. Learn to accept it and slide with it. Stop fighting it.2002, B. Eugene Ellison, Rings of the Templars, ISBN 059524050X, page 337:Shit happens; that's the way life is. In fact, I want you to take an additional thousand for your efforts.
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that's the way the ball bounces »
That is the way things happen
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that's the way the cookie crumbles »
That is the way things happen; that's life.
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that's the way the mop flops »
That is the way things happen.
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the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get »
(vulgar) The sexual satisfactions that one receives from a spouse or romantic partner are not sufficient to compensate for the significant periods of bad faith and unpleasant treatment which such relationships routinely involve.1971, Allen Churchill, The Literary Decade, ISBN 9780135375228:Years later she expressed her disillusionment with sex by saying, "The fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."1999, Ben Sonnenberg, Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy, ISBN 9781582430454, p. 93:Maitland got drunk at his parties and threw his arm around you and pulled you over to his wife and made you look down her dress, saying, "The trouble with marriage is that the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."2008, Joseph Heywood, Blue Wolf In Green Fire, ISBN 9781599213590, p. 63:"I can't believe a little pussy got me into dis mess." "Shit happens," Service said. "Sometimes the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."
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them's the breaks »
(idiomatic) That is the way things happen; that's life.
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twenty-twenty hindsight »
Perfect understanding of events only after they have happened.
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walk in on »
To enter suddenly or unexpectedly while something is happening; to intrude or interrupt by entering.
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water over the dam »
An event or set of events which has already happened and cannot be changed.
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what's cooking »
What's happening?; what's going on?; how are you?.
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