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according toAccording to him, every person was to be bought. - Thomas Babington Macaulay.
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according toAccording to the directions, the glue takes 24 hours to dry.
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according toBased on what is said or stated.
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according toIn a manner conforming or corresponding to; in proportion.
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according toOur zeal should be according to knowledge. - Thomas Sprat.
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according to hoyleIn strict accordance with the rules, especially of card games; in the proper or expected manner.
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who shot johnA long and involved explanation; a thing of which an explanation would be long and involved.
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cut one's coat according to one's clothLive according to your means.
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when you're up to your neck in alligators, it's easy to forget that the initial objective was to drain the swampOnly because it seems so urgent.
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better to light a single candle than to curse the darknessIn the face of bad times or hopelessness, it is more worthwhile to do some good, however small, in response than to complain about the situation.
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it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of godThe rich can afford more immoral behavior than the poor.
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let go an anchor to the windward of the lawTo keep within the letter of the law.
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cry all the way to the bankTo be happy due to the receipt of money, although expressing sorrow about the cause of such receipt.
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laugh all the way to the bankTo be happy due to the receipt of money.
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put the pedal to the metalTo exert maximum effort.
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put the pedal to the metalTo press the gas pedal to the maximum extent.
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to the victor go the spoilsThe winner of a conflict wins additional benefits, beyond just the subject of the conflict.
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to the gillsEntirely or extremely; to the greatest degree possible.
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to the letterLiterally, exactly, to follow the rules as they're written.
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to the maxTo a great degree or extent; very.
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to the maxTo the maximum possible degree or extent.
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to the moonTo a very distant or unreachable place.
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to the moonUsed as an intensifier.
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to the pointRelevant or pertinent; succinct; specific.
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went to the windsbecame well known
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arm to the teethTo equip thoroughly with weapons.
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bad to the boneCompletely bad and evil; pure evil.
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beef to the hoofFat, chubby, particularly with fat legs.
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been to the rodeoExposed to conmen and hucksters; experienced.
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been to the rodeoN.d., Alan Neff, Precious Tribes, Vicious Lies, page 72.
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bring to the tableTo provide a suggestion.
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cut to the chaseTo get to the point; to get on with it; to state something directly.
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down to the wireAt the very end of a process or project, especially one with a fast-approaching deadline.
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dressed to the ninesVery fancily or formally dressed; wearing very showy or splendid clothing.
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full to the gillsCompletely or overly full.
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give the lie toTo prove something to be false; to refute.
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go to the dogsTo decline or deteriorate.
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go to the matTo continue to struggle or fight until either victorious or defeated.
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go to the mattressesTo go to war; to use ruthless tactics; to act without restraint.
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go to the wallTo make an all-out effort.
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going to the dogsIn such a poor state that it should be left to the dogs.
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gone to the badsoured, spoiled, turned rotten
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gone to the dogsTo have fallen into disrepair or ruin; to have been stagnant or depreciated.
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mean the world toTo be loved or cared about a great deal by.
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nose to the grindstoneHard at work.
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play to the galleryTo appeal to the least sophisticated parts of an audience in order to obtain maximum approval.
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preach to the choirSpeaking as if to convince a person or group of something which that person or group already believes.
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put to the testTo test something or someone; to evaluate, scrutinize or explore by testing or experimentation.
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take to the cleanersTo take a significant quantity of a person's money or valuables, through gambling, unfavorable investing, fraud, litigation, etc.
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take to the hillsTo flee or vanish; to run away.
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