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a watched kettle never boils » Search a watched kettle never boils on Amazon!   Search a watched kettle never boils on Google!
Alternative form of a watched pot never boils. 
a watched pot never boils » Search a watched pot never boils on Amazon!   Search a watched pot never boils on Google!
A process appears to go more slowly if one waits for it rather than engaging in other activities. 
all hell breaks loose » Search all hell breaks loose on Amazon!   Search all hell breaks loose on Google!
Vi A place or state of fury, turmoil, destruction, or chaos. 
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The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31 1/2 gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds; of beer 31 gallons; of ale 32 gallons; of crude oil 42 gallons. 
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As an allusion to the cooking technique of reducing liquids by heat, one boils down a problem, argument, etc. to its most central elements. 
boil down to » Search boil down to on Amazon!   Search boil down to on Google!
to be equivalent to; to reduce to. 
brown power » Search brown power on Amazon!   Search brown power on Google!
The production of electricity made from conventional sources, such as coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear power. 
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To break or spoil something, or make it inoperative, useless etc. 
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To work studiously, especially late into the night. 
cheese down » Search cheese down on Amazon!   Search cheese down on Google!
To coil the tail of a rope on deck so as to present a neat appearance. 
dirty laundry » Search dirty laundry on Amazon!   Search dirty laundry on Google!
A clothes hamper or other container used to place unclean or soiled laundry. 
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Laundry that is unclean or soiled. 
fly in the ointment » Search fly in the ointment on Amazon!   Search fly in the ointment on Google!
Something which ruins or spoils everything else; a nuisance or problem; an unpleasant or disagreeable detail. 
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To turn over soil with a gardening fork. 
go down the toilet » Search go down the toilet on Amazon!   Search go down the toilet on Google!
To fail. 
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