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forgetting the base, forgetting the root, forgetting number 'one, forgetting the alphabet 'a' 1'Generally this era, when children learn and grow up as adults, they think the parents know nothing they are the entire encyclopedia. Disdaining parents education and their university degrees with disrespectful manner.Rate it:

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"lord god, don't let the noise of the world keep me from hearing you."something someone says that they will be able to get or hear an answer to their prayer without worldly things getting in the way of being able to receive itRate it:

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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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burn the candle at both endsTo waste something in two directions at once.Rate it:

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candle in the windA fragile or vulnerable thing, likely to be put in jeopardy.Rate it:

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burn the candle at both endsTo work hard night and day.Rate it:

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better to light a single candle than to curse the darknessIn the face of bad times or hopelessness, it is more worthwhile to do some good, however small, in response than to complain about the situation.Rate it:

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burn one's candle at both endsTo work extremely or excessively hard; to work too hard for good health or peace of mind.Rate it:

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Burn the Candle at Both EndsTo work more than usual, to extraordinary work (mentally or physical) until you get tiredRate it:

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Can't Hold a Candle ToTo be highly inferior, to be substandard in a certain skillRate it:

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hold a candleTo compare; to be even remotely of the same quality, skill, etc. as another.Rate it:

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Hold a Candle toLow grade or low standard, inferior and not comparable to someone in talent and abilityRate it:

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one candle short of a boxnot bright; stupidRate it:

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roman candlefireworkRate it:

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can't put the words back into one's mouth fast enoughThis phrase is often said after someone said something they shouldn't have said as a way of conveying regret for having said it.Rate it:

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as she's as cold as a witchscold as a witch's tit!Very, very cold!!Rate it:

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don't count your chickens before they're hatchedYou should not count on something before it happens.Rate it:

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if it ain't chicken, it's feathersthat's life; there are always problemsRate it:

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pickin' and grinnin'a country way of saying "playing music"Rate it:

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wear one's heart on one's sleeveTo be extremely transparent, open, or forthright about one's emotion or what is in one's heartRate it:

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when you're up to your ass in alligators, it's easy to forget your goal was to drain the swampYou can't complete the a task if more urgent/immediate necessities take priorityRate it:

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where there's smoke, there's firewhen two things are usually together and you find one, you will find the otherRate it:

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you ain't seen nothin' yetsomething is even betterRate it:

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drunk as a lordCompletely drunk.Rate it:

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let the door hit you where the good Lord split youA command that another person leave, thereby impliedly having the door hit them on the buttocks as they pass through it.Rate it:

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after the Lord Mayor's showSaid of a disappointing or mundane event occurring straight after an exciting, magnificent, or triumphal event.Rate it:

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lord be jiffwhen something is irritating/upsettingRate it:

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lord it overTo behave as if one is in control of; to make a display of having an advantage over or superiority to.Rate it:

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Lord knowsAlternative form of God knowsRate it:

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Lord love youSaid to soften the negative impact of something that is said next.Rate it:

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Lord love youSaid to express good will toward the listenerRate it:

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lord of the fliesA ruler over a worthless kingdom; leader of a meaningless microcosm.Rate it:

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Lord only knowsAlternative form of God knows, in sense of something unknown to mortal men.Rate it:

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lord overTo act as a lord or boss in relation to.Rate it:

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Lord willing and the creek don't riseBarring unforeseen circumstances.Rate it:

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Lord's SupperThe Last Supper at Passover of Jesus with his disciples.Rate it:

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Lord's SupperIn Christianity, the Eucharist.Rate it:

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The Lord works in mysterious waysAlternative form of God works in mysterious ways.Rate it:

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's all goodShortened version of "It's all good." No problem; that’s fine; you’re welcome.Rate it:

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...and that's the way it isThe phrase "...and that's the way it is" is used to repeat Walter Kronkite's quote and/or to signify the conclusion of something like a piece of new news or that elude to the fact that what was just said is true or an account of something that really did happen; a way of putting a stamp of approval on what was just stated; same as "and there you have it folks"Rate it:

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a hornet's nest .An unpleasent situation Raising controversy A troublesome situation.Rate it:

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bring (one's) a-gamerefers to bringing maximum effort, focus and undeniable commitment; an encouragement to do your best with no excuses; giving it your allRate it:

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can't see the forest for the treesTo miss the major things while only seeing the minor details; to overlook the entire situation due to focusing on small aspectsRate it:

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jump someone's bonesTo have sex.Rate it:

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up and at 'emVigorously launched or launching into an activity; Also used to mean promptly awake and ready to start the day or given as a command to wake up, get out of bed, and get busy with activitiesRate it:

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what's good for the goose is good for the ganderAny decision or rule that applies to one person must be applied to the others especially of the same group.Rate it:

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