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forgetting the base, forgetting the root, forgetting number 'one, forgetting the alphabet 'a' 1'Generally this era, when children learn and grow up as adults, they think the parents know nothing they are the entire encyclopedia. Disdaining parents education and their university degrees with disrespectful manner.Rate it:

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wear one's heart on one's sleeveTo be extremely transparent, open, or forthright about one's emotion or what is in one's heartRate it:

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have one's hand outTo be requesting benefits, especially if not entitled to them.Rate it:

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on one hand...on the other handfrom one point of view...then another point of viewRate it:

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can't put the words back into one's mouth fast enoughThis phrase is often said after someone said something they shouldn't have said as a way of conveying regret for having said it.Rate it:

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could have, would have, should haveExpressing regret at something that cannot now be changed.Rate it:

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have one's hand in the tillTo embezzle, to steal from one's place of business.Rate it:

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hand in handNaturally, ordinarily or predictably together; commonly having a correlation or relationship.Rate it:

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hand in handHolding or clasping hands.Rate it:

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go hand in handOf two things, to be closely related or to go together well; see hand in hand.Rate it:

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the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doingTwo parts of an organization are unaware of each other's activities.Rate it:

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go hand in handOf two people, to hold hands.Rate it:

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hand over handrapidlyRate it:

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hand over handby passing the hands alternately one before or above the other, especially with ropeRate it:

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the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the worldAlternative form of the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.Rate it:

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don't bite the hand that feeds youTo cause harm to a benefactor.Rate it:

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as she's as cold as a witchscold as a witch's tit!Very, very cold!!Rate it:

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don't count your chickens before they're hatchedYou should not count on something before it happens.Rate it:

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if it ain't chicken, it's feathersthat's life; there are always problemsRate it:

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pickin' and grinnin'a country way of saying "playing music"Rate it:

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when you're up to your ass in alligators, it's easy to forget your goal was to drain the swampYou can't complete the a task if more urgent/immediate necessities take priorityRate it:

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where there's smoke, there's firewhen two things are usually together and you find one, you will find the otherRate it:

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you ain't seen nothin' yetsomething is even betterRate it:

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have one's work cut out for oneTo face a large task or project.Rate it:

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with one's dick in one's handIn a state of being unprepared, powerless, or idle.Rate it:

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one can't hold two watermelons in one handdo not attempt to take on more than you can handleRate it:

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we will have no wine before it's timeSome things are worth the wait and should not be rushed.Rate it:

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coming out of one's earshaving too much or too many of something; being overloaded or overwhelmedRate it:

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out of one's gourd.loony, batty displaying crazy, eccentric, erratic, or extreme ideas and expressionRate it:

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to let a frog out of one's mouthTo say the wrong thing.Rate it:

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have one's head up one's assTo be oblivious to the real state of things, from either stupidity or stubbornness.Rate it:

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have one's mind about oneTo be composed or lucid.Rate it:

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have one's wits about oneTo remain calm, composed, or aware.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/if Eskimos have N words for snow, X have Y words for ZUsed to suggest by analogy that Y has frequent interaction with Z or spends substantial time thinking about Z. Often used with other language, country or region stereotypes.Rate it:

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better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at allHaving experience of love, even if it ended, is better than having no experience of love.Love is worthwhile despite the pain involved in separation.Rate it:

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know like the back of one's handTo be intimately knowledgeable about something, especially a place.Rate it:

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back of one's handA slap.Rate it:

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bite the hand that feeds oneTo cause harm to a benefactor.Rate it:

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back of one's handA display of disrespect or scorn.Rate it:

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by one's own handAs a result of one's own actions, especially with reference to death by suicide.Rate it:

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catch someone with one's hand in the cookie jarTo catch someone taking something that he or she is not entitled to.Rate it:

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caught with one's hand in the cookie jarObserved or apprehended while committing a theft, especially while embezzling money.Rate it:

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count on one handThe seeming low number of occasions when this particular problem was not automatically resolved.Rate it:

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fill one's handTo draw one's handgun, especially for an armed confrontation.Rate it:

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hand in one's dinner pailTo die.Rate it:

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make one's handTo gain advantage or profit.Rate it:

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play the hand one is dealtTo use the resources which one actually has available; to operate realistically, within the limits of one's circumstances.Rate it:

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raise one's handTo volunteer.Rate it:

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raise one's handTo dare to question.Rate it:

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tip one's handTo inadvertently reveal any secret, particularly a secret that puts one at an advantage or disadvantage.Rate it:

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