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three bags full, sirIntensifies a statement of agreement, indicating that the speaker is craven or obsequious.Rate it:

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aye aye, sirThe correct and seamanlike reply, onboard a Royal Navy (or U.S. Navy) ship, on receipt of an order from someone of senior rank or authority. It means "I understand the command and hasten to comply with the order."Rate it:

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passer à pleines voiles à travers les mailles de la justiceTo drive a coach-and-four through an Act of Parliament.Rate it:

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les grosses mouches passent à travers la toile de la justice, mais les petites y sont prisesOne man may steal a horse, while another dare not look over the hedge; Justice will whip a beggar, but bow to a lord; One does the scath, another has the harm; The crow gets pardoned, and the dove has the blame.Rate it:

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à tort et à traversAt random, thoughtlessly.Rate it:

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il a l'esprit de traversHe has an awkward temper; He does not see things as they are; He is cross-grained.Rate it:

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il a mis son bonnet de traversHe is in a bad temper; He got out of bed the wrong side.Rate it:

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il me regarda de traversHe looked black (askance) at me.Rate it:

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il prend tout de traversHe takes everything amiss.Rate it:

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même à travers l'agonie la passion dominante se fait voirThe ruling passion is strong in death.Rate it:

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se faire jour à travers la fouleTo force one’s way through the crowd.Rate it:

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proverbs run in pairsEvery proverb seems to be contradicted by another proverb with an opposed message, such as "too many cooks spoil the broth" and "many hands make light work."1863, Sir Richard Burton, Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains, vol. 1, Tinsley (London), p. 309:Moreover, all the world over, proverbs run in pairs, and pull both ways: for the most part one neutralizes, by contradiction, the other.Rate it:

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stand stock stillPaul Travers' Adventures, by Sam T. Clover.Rate it:

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first things firstDeal with matters of highest priority first; deal with matters in logical sequence.1922, H. G. Wells, The Secret Places of the Heart, ch.4,"First things first," said Sir Richmond. If we set about getting fuel sanely, if we do it as the deliberate, co-operative act of the whole species, then it follows that we shall look very closely into the use that is being made of it.1999, Frank Pellegrini, "House Republicans Quell Mutiny Over Tax Bounty," Time, 23 Jul.,Judging by the pollsRate it:

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il vaut mieux arriver en retard qu'arriver en corbillardIl vaut mieux faire quelque chose bien, minutieusement, que de faire tout de travers.Rate it:

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