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Grease Someone's PalmAny act which involves corruption to get benefitedRate it:

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palm offTo attempt to pass off a counterfeit or inferior product as genuine.Rate it:

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grease someone's palmTo bribe a person.Rate it:

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cross someone's palmTo give money to a person, especially as a bribe or as an inducement to perform a service.Rate it:

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lunch ladysomeone who feeds people foodRate it:

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lady in redclassy dressed ladyRate it:

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it ain't over 'til the fat lady singsThere are more developments yet to come.Rate it:

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young ladyA term of endearment or address for a girl.Rate it:

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lady or tigerA pure gamble with highly divergent outcomes.Rate it:

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lady's manA womanizer.Rate it:

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kicking the ladyTo stop the cocaine habit.Rate it:

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lady abbessA bawd, the mistress of a brothel.Rate it:

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lady gardenA woman's pubic hair, and the area around it.Rate it:

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lady killeran individual who is very charming, attractive, and/or has an unusual level of success with womenRate it:

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lady of the nightProstitute.Rate it:

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lady's manA man who attracts women and enjoys their company.Rate it:

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leading ladystarring actressRate it:

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methinks the lady doth protest too muchAlternative form of the lady doth protest too muchRate it:

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old ladyan affectionate term given to a female mate by her significant other - by her ol' man, regardless of ageRate it:

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the lady doth protest too muchIt is suspected that, because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite of what he or she is saying must be true.Rate it:

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the lady doth protest too much, methinksAlternative form of the lady doth protest too muchRate it:

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the lady with rocky determination and her own choices best suited to human beingsThe Gibraltar is rock formation of very hard lime stone. One can break it but with lot of pursuing.Rate it:

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young ladyUsed other than as an idiom: young lady.Rate it:

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Man On The Roof!Depression Daze "Warning" in a Social Gathering or 'Knot of Male Conversationalists' of proximity of A Lady Within Earshot, So "Watch Your Filthy Language!"Rate it:

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talk to the handUsed usually sarcastically to dismiss another person's argument by indicating that the speaker (or writer) is not prepared to hear (or read) anything further that the other person has to say (or write). It is often used while simultaneously holding up the hand with the palm facing the speaker.Rate it:

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ladies' manAlternative spelling of lady's man.Rate it:

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cold hands, warm heart; dirty feet, no sweetheart!A few old timer's "fun" way to compliment a lady & to find out if she could be courted.Rate it:

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black beetleThe Asiatic rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes rhinoceros, a pest of palm trees in tropical Asia.Rate it:

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ladies' loungeUsed other than as an idiom: see lady, lounge.Rate it:

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avoir un poil dans la mainTo be very lazy (so that hair grows on the palm of the hand).Rate it:

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black beetleA common name for many species of beetle that are black in color, including:The African black beetle, Hetronychus arator, a serious pest of grasses in New Zealand.The Asiatic rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes rhinoceros, a pest of palm trees in tropical Asia.The European species Feronia nigrita.Rate it:

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down lowAfter asking you to "high five" or saying "up top" someone will then say "down low". This means they are asking you to "high five" or tap the palm of their hand with the palm of your hand down lower--about waist high--as they extend their hand out toward you. If you don't respond timely they may take their hand away and say "too slow" then laugh. It's just something Americans do to have fun.Rate it:

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give some skinTo greet or congratulate someone by slapping his or her palm; see slap me five.Rate it:

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high fiveWhen someone says "high five" they are asking you to give them a high five--to tap the palm of your hand against the palm of their same hand over your heads as you face each other; same as saying "give me a high five"; a gesture of agreement or celebration, like between winning team membersRate it:

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jamais honteux n'eut belle amieFaint heart never won fair lady.Rate it:

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ladies manAlternative spelling of lady's man.Rate it:

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methinks thou dost protest too muchAlternative form of the lady doth protest too muchRate it:

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primas (e.g. sapientiae) alicui deferre, tribuere, concedereto give the palm, the first place (for wisdom) to some one.Rate it:

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sell a bargainA species of wit, much in vogue about the latter end of the reign of Queen Anne, and frequently alluded to by Dean Swift, who says the maids of honour often amused themselves with it. It consisted in the seller naming his or her hinder parts, in answer to the question, What? which the buyer was artfully led to ask. As a specimen, take the following instance: A lady would come into a room full of company, apparently frightened, crying out "It is white, and follows me!" As soon as someone responded "What?" she sold him the bargain, by saying "Mine arse".Rate it:

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une grande dame de par le mondeA great lady in the eyes of the world.Rate it:

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up topWhen someone says "up top" to you they are asking you to give them a high five--to tapthe palm of your hand against the palm of their same hand over your heads as you face each other; same as saying "high five" or "give me a high five"; a gesture of agreement or celebration, like between winning team membersRate it:

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