beat around the bush »
To treat a topic but omit its main points, often intentionally.
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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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do a number on »
To damage; to treat harshly; to produce ill effects.
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draw back »
To retreat from a position.
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drug of choice »
The best-choice medication to treat a particular medical problem.
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fall back »
To retreat.
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feed a cold, starve a fever »
Eating more will cure the common cold, and eating less will cure a fever.1887, J. H. Whelan, "The Treatment of Colds.", The Practitioner, vol. 38, pg. 180:"Feed a cold, starve a fever." There is a deal of wisdom in the first part of this advice. A person with a catarrh should take an abundance of light nutritious food, and some light wine, but avoid spirits, and above all tobacco.1968, Katinka Loeser, The Archers at Home, publ. Atheneum, New York, pg. 60:I have a cold. 'Feed a cold, starve a fever.' You certainly know that.2009, Shelly Reuben, Tabula Rasa, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 015101079X, pg. 60:They say feed a cold, starve a fever, but they don't tell you what to do when you got both, so I figured scrambled eggs, tea, and toast.
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fencepost problem »
In computer programming, a problem dealing with how to treat the initial or boundary values of a discrete problem.
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give as good as one gets »
To behave toward others in a manner resembling or commensurate with their behavior towards oneself, especially in a situation where one is insulted or otherwise ill-treated.
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gloss over »
To treat something with less care than it deserves; to skimp.
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golden rule »
The principle that one should treat other people in the manner in which one would want to be treated by them.
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handle with kid gloves »
To treat something very delicately or carefully.
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hatchet job »
A treatment which serves primarily to disparage its subject; a piece of criticism which aims to destroy a reputation.
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have a heart »
To be kind or sympathetic; to treat others kindly.
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ill use »
maltreat
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