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I'll go to the foot of our stairsExpressing astonishment.Rate it:

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beyond my (our) kenI don't understand; it is beyond my understandingRate it:

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back to our muttonsTo get back to the business at hand.Rate it:

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it is through our observation and analysis of what we observe that we begin to understand how childIt is through our observation and analysis of what we observe that we begin to understand how children make meaning in their world, and we come to know what they know and can do.Rate it:

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our neighbour is such a fretter. she is always worried about something.Someone who worries a lot is a fretter.Rate it:

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made a killingThe former owner really cracked the whip on US, and we busted our bun fer him, workin' late and no overtime;Rate it:

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i remain forever yours!Our relationship, friendship is well established, solid, permanent.Rate it:

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there but for the grace of god go iA recognition that others' misfortune could be one's own, if it weren't for the blessing/kindness/luck bestowed by fate or the Divine.Man's fate is in God's hands.More generally, our fate is not entirely in our own hands.Rate it:

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throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stickTry 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 isnRate it:

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boys will be boysIt is hard, often fruitless, to attempt to curb the natural playfulness and tendency to mischief of most growing boys.1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13But just then there was a slight altercation between Master Tommy and Master Jacky. Boys will be boys and our two twins were no exception to this golden rule.Even grown men usually remain somewhat boyish in heart"Boys will be boys", grinned grandpa while he joined his adult son playing with the fancy train-set he gave his grandson for Christmas while the kid was in school.Rate it:

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according toOur zeal should be according to knowledge. - Thomas Sprat.Rate it:

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aliquid in memoria nostra penitus insideta thing has been vividly impressed on our memory.Rate it:

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an ounce of prevention can be worth a pound of cureWe tend to not pay attention to our Physical and mental health until there is pain present or choas has arrived. A little bit here and there foes a long way.Rate it:

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bon berger tond mais n'écorche pasWe may use but not abuse our subordinates.Rate it:

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capita conferre (Liv. 2. 45)to put our heads together.Rate it:

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ce monsieur est un de nos habituésThat gentleman is one of our regular customers.Rate it:

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dad-blamedeuphemism for G** damned; used to add emphasis and/or show disgust or disdain; See dagnabbit in our definitions.com, and gosh darn, gosh darn it, doggone it, in phrases.comRate it:

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dag nabbitIncorrect spelling. See dagnabbit in our definitions.com, a euphemism for G** damn it; See also doggone it, dad-blamed, gosh darn and gosh darn it in phrases.comRate it:

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dag nabbitIncorrect spelling. See dagnabbit in our definitions.com, a euphemism for G** damn it; See also doggone it, dad-blamed, gosh darn and gosh darn it in phrases.comRate it:

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ei, propter quos hanc lucem aspeximusthose to whom we owe our being.Rate it:

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êtes-vous des nôtresAre you one of our party? Are you one of us? Do you think as we do?Rate it:

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every cloud has a silver liningIn every bad situation there is an element of good1881, National Academy of Code Administration (U.S.), Folio, page 417:Every cloud has a silver lining; but in the old-fashioned meeting-houses every cloud of hymnal melody generally had a nasal lining before the congregation...1887, Shakers, Religion, page 36:that "a little reserve and thou'lt fail surely," will prove to be true in our experience. Every cloud has a silver lining and so has every sorrow,1918, George Jean Nathan, Performing Arts, page 222:But the most popular attitude toward what we may call "sad" plays is the peculiar one of believing that, since every cloud has a silver lining,Rate it:

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gosh darn itAn expression of frustration that is less vulgar than swearing "G** damn it." See also dagnabbit in our definitions.netRate it:

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hate abounds, eye's awaken/ still your heart, the grounds only quakin'The cumulative mindset of our human condition and how we affect matter without even realizing it, yet we fail or refuse to see exactly what’s we/you’re doing no matter the consequences.Rate it:

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his temporibus, nostra (hac) aetate, nostra memoria, his (not nostris) diebusin our time; in our days.Rate it:

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homines huius aetatis, nostrae memoriaeour contemporaries; men of our time.Rate it:

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homines qui nunc sunt (opp. qui tunc fuerunt)our contemporaries; men of our time.Rate it:

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hostis in cervicibus alicuius estthe foe is at our heels, is upon us.Rate it:

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il cherchait à nous mettre des bâtons dans les rouesHe tried to put a spoke in our wheel.Rate it:

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il ne faut pas s'endormir sur le rôtiWe must keep our wits about us; We must not neglect our work; We must not be too slow over it; We must not rest on our laurels.Rate it:

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in nostros mores inducere aliquid (De Or. 2. 28)to introduce a thing into our customs; to familiarise us with a thing.Rate it:

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it's not you, it's meThe reason why I want to end our relationship is unspecified.Rate it:

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ita (ea lege, ea condicione) nati sumusthis is our natural tendency, our destiny; nature compels us.Rate it:

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le patron n'est pas commode (fam.)The master (boss) knows all our tricks, is not easily taken in, is very strict, is not an easy customer to deal with.Rate it:

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memoria huius aetatis (horum temporum)the history of our own times; contemporary history.Rate it:

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memoria patrum nostrorumin our fathers' time.Rate it:

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mind your own businessMind your own business means that we should do our work we should not bother about any others work; pay attention to what you are doing and not to what I am doing.Rate it:

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more haste, less speedWhen we are in a hurry, we often end up completing our task slower.Rate it:

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nostra aetas multas victorias viditour generation has seen many victories.Rate it:

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nostra memoria (Cael. 18. 43)the history of our own times; contemporary history.Rate it:

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nostri circiter centum cecideruntabout a hundred of our men fell.Rate it:

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nous ne sommes pas ici pour enfiler des perlesWe are not here to trifle our time away.Rate it:

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on est puni par où l'on a péché“The Gods are just, and of our pleasant vices Make instruments to scourge us.”Rate it:

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put the cat among the pigeonsProfessor Stephen Hawking put the cat among the pigeons last week with his cheery remarks about comet Machholz-2, which some astronomers believe could be heading our way. — The Times, 19 September 1994.Rate it:

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reap the harvestMy plan for this quarter is to concentrate upon one main item in our brief catalog and hope to reap a harvest from this thrust!Rate it:

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revenons à nos moutonsBut to return to our subject.Rate it:

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scriptor hoc loco dicitour (not noster) author tells us at this point.Rate it:

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shoot off at the mouthDon't let [presidential press secretary Ron] Ziegler shoot off at the mouth without our knowledge.Rate it:

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the map is not the territoryOur models of the world, and our sensations of the world, are not the true world.Rate it:

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tip of the icebergOcean Scientists assert in reference to an 'iceberg': The {tip} exposed portion, visible above the sea, is only one eighth of the actual size of this awesome natural phenomenon found in the polar seas of our planet Earth.Rate it:

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