at peace with »
Not menacing or hostile toward.
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avant la lettre »
An example of a term before the term was coined. Describing a term used anachronistically.
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bite to eat »
A snack or quick meal.
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bring back »
To reenact an old rule or law.
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cross the line »
To overstep a boundary, rule, or limit; to go too far or do something unacceptable.
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cure all »
panacea
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dead »
Completely inactive; without power; without a signal.
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dumb down »
To become simpler in expression or content; to become unacceptably simplistic.
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emperor's new clothes »
Something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored or that goes unacknowledged.
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goof off »
To dawdle; to engage in idle activity or inactivity.
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knacker's yard »
A place to send a person or object that is spent beyond all reasonable use.
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knacker's yard »
That area of a slaughterhouse where carcasses unfit for human consumption are rendered down to produce useful materials such as glue.
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lay down »
To specify, institute, enact, assert firmly, state authoritatively, establish or formulate .
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lose one's touch »
To lose one's special mastery of or knack for a particular skill or activity.
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no dice »
An unacceptable alternative.
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