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stop and smell the rosesTo relax; to take time out and enjoy or appreciate life.Rate it:

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wake up and smell the coffeeTo face reality and stop deluding oneself.Rate it:

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wake up and smell the ashesSynonym of wake up and smell the coffeeRate it:

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stop an eight-day clock and throw it into reverseBefore batteries and household electricity were used to power clocks, most clocks had to be wound by hand to keep operating. Eight-day clocks were designed so they only had to be wound every eighth day and the movement only turned in a clockwise direction. Therefore, someone with an appearance objectionable enough to stop the clock and send the movement spinning in the wrong and opposite direction would be ugly indeed.Rate it:

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a short drop and a sudden stopA fall to one's death by hanging.Rate it:

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a quick drop and a sudden stopA fall to one's death, especially by hanging.Rate it:

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stop and goheavy traffic with a lot of pausing during the driveRate it:

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Bed of RosesAn amazing person or condition that is very comfortable or pleasantRate it:

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bed of rosesA comfortable or luxurious position.Rate it:

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bed of rosesA pleasant or easy situation.Rate it:

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come up rosesTo enter into a condition or situation which is favorable; to develop in a pleasing or advantageous manner.Rate it:

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il découvrit bientôt le pot aux rosesHe soon found out the secret.Rate it:

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il n'est pas de roses sans épinesIl n’y a pas de plaisir sans peine, pas de joie sans quelque mélange de chagrin.Rate it:

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on a découvert le pot aux rosesThey have discovered the mystery, the secret.Rate it:

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roses are redThe start of a generic poem about love.Rate it:

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run for the rosesA college football game or series of games played with the ultimate goal of qualifying for the championship Rose Bowl game.Rate it:

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run for the rosesA hard-fought competition or demanding challenge of any kind.Rate it:

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run for the rosesNickname for the Kentucky Derby horse race.Rate it:

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smell upto fill up with an unpleasant odourRate it:

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smell like a roseTo be regarded as appealing, virtuous, or respectable; to be untainted or unharmed.Rate it:

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smell testAn informal method for determining whether something is authentic, credible, or ethical, by using one's common sense or sense of propriety.Rate it:

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smell of the lampTo bear marks of great study and labor.Rate it:

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smell a ratTo sense something suspicious.Rate it:

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Smell a RatTo be skeptical about something wrong, someone who could sense the dangerRate it:

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smell bloodTo sense that one has an advantage over an adversary or rival.Rate it:

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Smell like a RoseTo come up winner and successful at the end, to look alright in bad situation, to evade bad reputation by coming up innocentRate it:

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smell of an oily ragA very small amount, or the absolute minimum (usually of money).Rate it:

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smell testAn inspection of an object using the sense of smell, as for freshness of food.Rate it:

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smell testAn assessment of a subject's ability to detect and distinguish odors.Rate it:

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smell the barnTo experience heightened anticipation or to act with renewed speed or energy as one approaches a destination, goal, or other desired outcome, like a livestock animal at day's end returning to its barn.Rate it:

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smell upto have an unpleasant odourRate it:

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smell ya latergoodbye; see you laterRate it:

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couldn't stop a pig in a passageBow-legged.Rate it:

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face that would stop a clockA shockingly unattractive face.Rate it:

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stop someone in his tracksTo prevent someone from continuing along a path or way, literal or figurative, he has begun going along.Rate it:

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whistle-stopA small train station.Rate it:

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stop throwing shadesThis means to refrain from throwing sarcasm to a person either via SMS or in personal conversation. It calls to rather get direct to the point. It is like firing a bullet at point blank.Rate it:

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stop that girl!To stop someoneRate it:

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stop upTo increase the aperture of a photographic lens, moving from an f/stop represented by a higher number to an f/stop represented by a lower number and causing more light to pass into the camera.Rate it:

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"water the solutions that problems stop growing."SolutionsRate it:

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face that would stop a clockA shockingly attractive face.Rate it:

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if you stop ritik you will be stopedin Sanskrit language Ritik means the flow of calm and quite water stream. If you disturb it it will lead to destruction of whole community.Rate it:

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put a stop toTo terminate or abolish something.Rate it:

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stop at nothingTo take any measures to do or achieve something, especially if it involves great risk or danger; to do everything in one's power.Rate it:

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stop byto pay a visit brieflyRate it:

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stop deadTo stop suddenly.Rate it:

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stop downTo decrease the aperture of a photographic lens, moving from an f/stop represented by a lower number to an f/stop represented by a higher number.Rate it:

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stop motionUna técnica de animación que consiste en aparentar el movimiento de objetos estáticos por medio de una serie de imágenes fijas sucesivas.Rate it:

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stop offTo fill with sand, where a part of the cavity left by the pattern is not wanted for the casting.Rate it:

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stop offTo make a short visit somewhere, on the way to another place.Rate it:

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