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tall in the saddleImposing, impressive; resolute; manly.Rate it:

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tall orderA big job; a difficult challenge.Rate it:

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stand tallTo behave in a brave, proud, or unyielding manner, without retreating from confrontation, danger, or adversity.Rate it:

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ride tall in the saddleTo act or conduct oneself in a manner that is imposing, impressive, resolute, or manly.Rate it:

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ride tall in the saddleTo ride a horse in an erect, imposing manner.Rate it:

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tall taleA greatly exaggerated, fantastic story.Rate it:

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Green ThumbHaving a great ability to grow flowers and plants, someone who is skill full in growing plantsRate it:

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don't look to the floor for pennies, look to the sky for rainbows.Stand tall and never be afraid to embrace the world.Rate it:

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brown thumbLack of skill at growing plants; something possessed by a poor gardener.Rate 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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top hatA man's formal hat, with a tall cylindrical crown (often of silk).Rate it:

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in spite of his statureThe person was tall and huskyRate it:

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

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animum alicuius ab iracundia revocareto prevent some one from growing angry, appease his anger.Rate it:

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c'est un grand secHe is a tall, spare man.Rate it:

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consuetudo inveterascit (B. G. 5. 41. 5)a custom is taking root, growing up.Rate it:

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die, caelo vesperascentewhen it is growing dusk; towards evening.Rate it:

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en voilà une bonne! (i.e. plaisanterie); elle est bonne, celle-là!Oh! what a good joke! “What a cram!” That’s rather a tall story.Rate it:

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granaryA fertile, grain-growing region.Rate it:

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how's the weather up thereAsked to tall people or someone that is at a high vantage point, either literally or metaphorically.Rate it:

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huckleberryA shrub growing this fruit.Rate it:

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marsh grassA genus (Spartina) of coarse grasses growing in marshes.Rate it:

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never in a month of sundaysNever in a month of Sundays would I have imagined that you'd be this tall in real life!.Rate it:

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old man stuffWe all have aches and pains once we reach a certain age. Part of the cost of growing older. My trainer uses this phrase when I complain about some age related pain , like my arthritis.Rate it:

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stovepipe hatA type of top hat worn mainly in the 19th century, made of silk or other materials and having a very tall, cylindrical, flat-topped crown.Rate it:

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top outTo complete the construction of a tall building, originally by putting on a "topping-out" course.Rate it:

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