a good beginning makes a good ending »
Good beginnings promise a good end; start off on a good note to reap the benefits at the end.
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an apple a day keeps the doctor away »
Apples are healthy and stave off illness.Eat healthy and you won't get sick.
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an offer one can't refuse »
An offer from one side in any transaction with terms so attractive that the other side is almost guaranteed to accept.
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an offer one can't refuse »
An offer from one side in any transaction with the results of failing to accept so unattractive that the other side is almost guaranteed to accept.
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another nail in one's coffin »
One in a series of factors which lead, or purport to lead, to downfall.
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Après-ski »
A place "after skiing". Typically a bar or pub where people go after a day on the slopes to ease off and meet other people.
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at the end of the road »
No longer in the competition. Voted off. Eliminated.
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auction off »
To sell something at an auction.
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avoir du pois lay »
Stealing brass weights off the counters of shops.
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back off »
To move backwards away from something.
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back off »
To become less aggressive, particularly when one had appeared committed to act.
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back off »
To lower the setting of.
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back office »
The IT and infrastructure support services for a company, separate from the public face of the business.
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backfoot »
To put on the defensive; to put off balance.
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backseat driver »
By extension, anybody offering unsolicited or unwelcome advice.
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