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a blind squirrel finds a nutEveryone gets luckyRate it:

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burn the midnight oilTo work studiously, especially late into the night.Rate it:

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pour oil on troubled watersTo calm something or someone who is tenacious or misbehaving.Rate it:

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snake oilAny product with exaggerated marketing but questionable or unverifiable quality.Rate it:

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snake oilA fraudulent, ineffective potion or nostrum; panacea.Rate it:

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snake oilSnake oil is a traditional Chinese medicine used to treat joint pain.Rate it:

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sweet as a nutExtremely good.Rate it:

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hard nut to crackA situation, person, group, etc. which is difficult to overcome or deal with.Rate it:

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bust a nutTo ejaculate.Rate it:

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crude oilunrefined petroleumRate it:

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employ a steam engine to crack a nutto do a simple task in an overcomplicated manner.Rate it:

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tough nut to crackA difficult or sticky problem.Rate it:

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hard nut to crackA problem that is challenging to solve.Rate it:

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nut-cutting timeTime to exert maximum effort, for example, due to an approaching deadline or a looming competitive situation.Rate it:

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oil upto lubricate with oil, to cover or smear with oilRate it:

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nut outTo find a solution for, to work out the finer details, especially in a group discussion.Rate it:

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bust a nutto work very hard, put in a lot of effortRate it:

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give one's left nutPay a very high price for something.Rate it:

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use a sledgehammer to crack a nutTo use significantly excessive force to carry out an action; to do something overzealouslyRate it:

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add oilTo make extra effort.Rate it:

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burn everything russian except the sources of their energy, coal, natural gas and oil.From an early form of boycott and civil resistance in Ireland with implied relevance in today's world.Rate it:

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Burn the Midnight OilTo work overnight, work or study till late nightRate it:

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hard nut to crackUsed other than as an idiom: see hard, nut, crack.Rate it:

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hard nut to crackA place, opportunity, etc. to which it is difficult to gain entry.Rate it:

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hard nut to crackAn amount that is difficult to finance.Rate it:

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Lard-OilAn oil from pork-fat-'LARD' whose viscosity was regulated according to environment in which it was utilized. The oil used in Railroad Switchman's signal-lanterns.Rate it:

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nut outTo become crazy, especially with rage.Rate it:

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nut upTo suffer in silence, without complaint or protest.Rate it:

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nut-cutting timeTime to gather nuts before they are taken by other animals or buried in snow.Rate it:

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off one's nutInsane, crazy.Rate it:

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oil and waterTwo things which are incapable of mixing or coexisting harmoniously with each other.Rate it:

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oil burnerA heating device which burns fuel oil; an oil furnace.Rate it:

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oil burnerA machine that uses oil as its fuel.Rate it:

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oil burnerA device whose operation causes apparent combustion of lubricating oil.Rate it:

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oil colourpaintingRate it:

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oil paintingworks of artRate it:

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oil trashAn uncultured, rowdy roughneck employed in the petroleum industry, especially a "white trash" person if used negatively.Rate it:

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one's left nutA very high price to be willing to pay for something; usually used after the verb give.Rate it:

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Pour Oil on Troubled WatersTo calm down the tense situation, to sooth someone in anger or tensionRate it:

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snake oilA type of 19th century patent medicine sold in the United States that claimed to contain snake fat, supposedly a Native American remedy for various ailments.Rate it:

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the nut does not fall far from the tree!The human demeanor, conduct, mannerisms, appearances, tendencies, genes, in many instances often closely resemble those of the immediate forbears.Rate it:

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the squeaky wheel gets the grease/oilThe most noticeable, or loudest person gets the most attention.Rate it:

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Tough Nut to CrackSomething that’s not much easier to understand or difficult to do; harder to solve a problemRate it:

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FortnightOilA Specially Refined Lantern-oil for the Switchman's Signal Lanterns used on the Grand Trunk Railroad. 'Topped-Off' Lanterns generally required refilling after a 'fortnight' of duty time. (Conjecture)Rate it:

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chestnutThe nut of this tree or shrub.Rate it:

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poudre de perlimpinpinsnake oilRate it:

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brown powerThe production of electricity made from conventional sources, such as coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear power.Rate it:

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barrelThe 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.Rate it:

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bblAbbreviation of barrel, notably for oil.Rate it:

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drill rigAn oil rig.Rate it:

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