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here and
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immediately
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now
and then
Sometimes; occasionally.
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now
you mention it
The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling.
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now
you're cooking
A phrase, often given in response, meaning that the subject has switched to a more suitable or more efficient approach.
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now
you're talking
A phrase indicating agreement with a previously stated suggestion to change a course of action.
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speak
now
or forever hold your peace
Say something
now
or don't say anything at all.
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you made your bed,
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sleep in it
A moralizing rejection said to someone looking for an easy out, especially of a situation they put themselves into.
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come by
To obtain; to get,
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especially by chance or involuntarily.
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been there, done that
An assertion that the speaker has personal experience or k
now
ledge of a particular place or topic and is
now
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a leopard cannot change its spots
One cannot change one's own nature.1597, William Shakespeare, Richard II Act i, Scene 1 (First Folio):King. Lyons make Leopards tame.Mowbray. Yea but not change his ?pots.1611, King James Version of the Bible, Jeremiah 13:23:Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe Chapter 32:End
now
all unkindness. Let us put the Jew to ransom, since the leopard will not change his spots, and a Jew he will continue to be.1918, Johnston McCulley, Thubway Tham's Inthane Moment:The leopard cannot change his spots, old boy.
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after all
In the end; anyway; referring to something that was believed to be the case, but has
now
been shown not to be.
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at once
Immediately;
now
; right away.
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at that
Now
that it has been mentioned.
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at the momont
now
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at this point in time
Right
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better an egg today than a hen tomorrow
It is better to have a sure thing
now
than a possibility of more later.
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blood is thicker than water
Family relations and loyalties are stronger than relationships with people who are not family members.1866, Anthony Trollope, The Belton Estate, ch. 30,Blood is thicker than water, is it not? If cousins are not friends, who can be?circa 1915, Lucy Fitch Perkins, The Scotch Twins, ch. 5,The old clans are scattered
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, but blood is thicker than water still, and you're welcome to the fireside of your kinsman!
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come to think of it
By the way;
now
that I think about it; indicates something brought to mind.
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cooking with gas
Now
doing something in an effective way.
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die
Followed by with.
Now
rare as indicating direct cause.
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far be it
Pewtey in Marriage Guidance Counselor from And
Now
For Something Completely Different.
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fish or cut bait
To choose between taking action
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, or forgoing the opportunity and putting that energy into another endeavor; to decide.
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has-been
A formerly popular or influential person whose popularity or effectiveness has peaked and is
now
in decline. Typically said of professionals or celebrities whose primary success is behind them.
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hic rhodus, hic salta
(politics) Prove what you can do, here and
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hold your fire
Do not discharge your weapon. Used originally for weapons needing a spark or lighting of a fuse to ignite gunpowder,
now
sometimes used to mean any weapon launching a projectile.
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or else
Go
now
, or else you'll have to stay all night.
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out of house and home
Global Checkup: How Healthy is Earth?, Science
NOW
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out on the tiles
I've had a pint of bitter and
now
I'm feeling better and I'm out on the tiles." Led Zeppelin in their song "Out on the tiles", 1970.
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poacher turned gamekeeper
A person who
now
works against the same people they once supported.
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shit or get off the pot
To choose between taking action
now
, or foregoing the opportunity until a later date.
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so far
Until
now
; previously; yet.
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so far
as yet; up till
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so far so good
Up to this point, all is OK.Well, you've packed your bags for the holiday, bought your tickets, reserved the hotel and put the dog in kennels. So far so good,
now
let's get to Minorca without any troubles.
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there's no time like the present
Now
(i.e., the present time) is an appropriate time to take a particular action.
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to date
Until
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