all cats are gray at night »
Variant of all cats are grey in the dark.
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all cats are grey at night »
Variant of all cats are grey in the dark.
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at all hours »
Late into the night or early morning; when people ought to be sleeping.
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bank night »
An event where patrons are enticed to buy entry tickets into some venue, for example a movie theater, with the anticipation that they will be entered into a drawing to win an amount of money if their ticket is drawn and they are on-site at the time of the winning.
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bar star »
A female who frequents bars or lounges, usually late at night.
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beauty sleep »
Sleep before midnight, on the belief that early sleep hours conduce to health and beauty.[1].
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because you touch yourself at night »
Used to humourously deflect a request for a reason.
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bed down »
To lie down to sleep for the night, usually of livestock or machinery.
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bed down »
To put an animal to rest for the night.
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booze can »
A nightclub or bar, especially one which operates illegally or is otherwise disreputable.
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burn the midnight oil »
To work studiously, especially late into the night.
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call it a night »
To cease what one has been doing for the night.
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call it a night »
To go to bed to sleep.
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chip on one's shoulder »
A form of challenge in the same spirit as a medieval knight throwing down his gauntlet.
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day and night »
All the time; round the clock; unceasingly.
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dead of night »
Middle of the night.
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don't let the bedbugs bite »
Used to wish a person a good night's sleep.
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fly-by-night »
A creatures which flies at night; a nocturnal flier or traveler.
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fly-by-night »
Businesses that appear and disappear rapidly, or that give an impression of transience.
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fly-by-night »
One who departs or flees at night in order to avoid creditors, law enforcement etc. .
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fly-by-night »
Traveling businessmen and tradesmen.
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go out on the town »
To party all night long.
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knight in shining armor »
A person who will rescue a dangerous situation; a hero.
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lady of the night »
Prostitute.
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meat market »
Or night club.
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morning, noon and night »
Constantly; ceaselessly; without stopping.
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night owl »
One who stays up late at night or goes to bed late.
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night person »
A person whose preference or custom is to remain awake and active during the night and the early morning hours, and who usually sleeps during part of the daytime.
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nightcap »
A beverage drunk before bed that is usually alcoholic.
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nightcap »
A warm cloth cap worn while sleeping, often with pajamas. Nightcaps were common in northern Europe before central heating was available, when homes were cold at night.
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nightcap »
The second game of a doubleheader.
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nighthawk »
A New World nightjar.
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nighthawk »
A person whose preference or custom is to remain awake and active during the night and the early morning hours.
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on the town »
Casually enjoying the nightlife of a town or city.
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one-night stand »
A single sexual encounter between two individuals, where at least one of the parties has no immediate intention or expectation of establishing a longer-term sexual or romantic relationship. As the phrase implies, the relationship lasts for only one night.
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one-night stand »
An occasion when a performer or team of them expects to perform at a theater for a single evening.
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or else »
Go now, or else you'll have to stay all night.
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out on the tiles »
Out for a night on the town.
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piece of ass »
An act of intercourse, especially a one night stand.
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pull an all-nighter »
Work diligently throughout the night.
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sign off »
Term used to describe the closing of a radio or television station's studios and cessation of a broadcasting signal, usually during the overnight hours.
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thief in the night »
Something stealthy or that occurs without warning.
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throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick »
Try the same thing (or similar things) often enough, and, even if the general standard is poor, sometimes one will be successful.2001, And still no one is shouting stop. read in The Kingdom archives at [1] on 02 Nov 06,Many team managers are of the philosophy that if you throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick. They believe that team preparation is all about physical fitness. They run the players into the ground and they believe they will be "flying on the day".2001, Robert McCrum, Let them eat cake, in The Observer 16 Dec 01, read on Guardian Unlimited site at [2] on 02 Nov 06,Australian publishing boomed and in the past 10 years the country's literary culture has undergone a mini golden age, capped by Carey's triumph at the 2001 Booker Prize. As one Australian arts administrator said to me many years ago: 'Listen, mate, if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.'2001, Chris Collin, Re: 2-cp speys on The Strathspey Server mailing list archive at [3] on 02 Nov 06,I am finding that "if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick". It doesn't always work of course (especially on the nights when the class is mostly the beginners), but the class seems to thrive on the challange.2005, Ray Craft (poster on The right scale blog), Fitzhooie and his Burden, read at [4] on 02 Nov 06,Prosecutors everywhere have bad habits of overcharging lots of cases, knowing that if the throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick.2005, Sean Kelleher, Spike Milligan: His part in our downfall in Business 07 Aug 05, read at [5] on 02 Nov 06,As long as there is negligible regulation and enforcement anyone can actually try and do the job...Weak regulation allows the industry to build strategies on full time recruitment. The theory goes: throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.c2005, Everything You've Learned About Marketing Is Wrong, read on LINC Performance website at [6] on 02 Nov 06,They have the money to continue to believe in the repetition side of the equation. You throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick. But it still isn
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to thine own self be true »
The easiest person to deceive is oneself."This above all:to thine own self be true,and it must follow, as the night the day,Thou canst not then be false to any man." -William Shakespeare
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tomorrow is another day »
Tomorrow will bring new opportunities and a fresh start for one's endeavors.1600, author unknown, "Phillidaes Love-call to her Coridon, and his replying" (song), in England's Helicon, printed at London by I.R. for John Flasket:Phil. Yonder comes my Mother, Coridon,whether shall I flie?Cor. Under yonder Beech my lovely one,while she passeth by.Say to her thy true-Love was not heere,remember, remember,to morrow is another day:1896, Amelia E. Barr, A Knight of the Nets, ch. 8:"Well, well, my dear lass, to-night we cannot work, but we may sleep. . . . Keep a still heart tonight, and tomorrow is another day."1936, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, ch. 63:"Tomorrow, I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day."2005, Fran Schumer, "JERSEY: In Princeton, Taking On Harvard's Fuss About Women," New York Times, 19 June (retrieved 18 Aug. 2009):"Half of me is depressed
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wee small hours »
The very early morning, just after midnight, when most people are asleep.
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work around the clock »
To work all day and all night without a break, because it is imperative to finish something.
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