according to »
In a manner conforming or corresponding to; in proportion.
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as you sow, so shall you reap »
The personal consequences of one's actions are in proportion to the good or bad intentions towards others.
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blow out of proportion »
To overreact to or overstate; to treat too seriously or be overly concerned with.
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double Dutch »
A date where both man and woman pay for their portion of the bill.
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drain the swamp when up to one's neck in alligators »
(idiomatic) When performing a long and complex task, and when you've gotten utterly immersed in secondary and tertiary unexpected tangential subtasks, it's easy to lose sight of the initial objective. This sort of distraction can be particularly problematic if the all-consuming subtask or sub-subtask is not, after all, particularly vital to the original, primary goal, but ends up sucking up time and resources (out of all proportion to its actual importance) only because it seems so urgent.
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eat someone out of house and home »
To consume such a portion of one's store of food that little is left for the owner.
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home run »
The portion of a journey that ends at home.
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lion's share »
The majority; a large or generous portion.
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make a mountain out of a molehill »
To treat a problem as greater than it is; to blow something out of proportion; to exaggerate the importance of something trivial.
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mete out »
To distribute something in portions; to apportion or dole out.
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out of proportion »
Not in a proper or pleasing relation to other things, especially in terms of size.
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parcel out »
To divide into portions or chunks; to ration.
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top off »
To fill completely; to fill or refill the final portion of something not empty.
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