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cake crumbsHardly anything.Rate it:

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have one's cake and eat it tooTo seek to have two things which are mutually incompatible (such as eating a piece of cake and yet still possessing that piece for future use).Rate it:

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patty cakeChildhood clap and sing along songRate it:

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yellow cakeuranium oreRate it:

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blowtorch a marshmallow cakeTo vilify a benefactor, ridicule the boss, scorn a well-to-do friend in public.Rate it:

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the cake is a lieThe end you are pursuing is unattainable or misguided; the reward you have been promised is false.Rate it:

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piece of cakeA job, task or other activity that is easy or simple to do.Rate it:

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cake walkSomething extremely easy.Rate it:

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yellow cakeUsed other than as an idiom: Any yellow-colored cake (dessert).Rate it:

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cake crumbsCrumbs from a cake.Rate it:

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cake walkFrom the mid 1900s, a game at a fair or party in which people walk around a numbered circle along to music. When the music is stopped, the caller draws a number from a jar and whoever is standing on or closest to that number that number wins a cake.Rate it:

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cake walkA type of dance originating in the United States in the 19th century.Rate it:

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eat one's cake and have it tooAlternative form of have one's cake and eat it tooRate it:

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Have Your Cake and Eat It TooTo have something both ways, to have something in possession and be able to exploit or use itRate it:

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it's a piece of cakeEasily accomplished, nothing to itRate it:

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piece of cakeOne slice of cake.Rate it:

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Piece Of CakeA thing that is easier and is pleasantRate it:

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piece of cakeeasyRate it:

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Take the CakeDeserving the best prize or highest awardRate it:

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take the cakeTo be particularly bad, objectionable, or egregious.Rate it:

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take the cakeTo be especially good or outstanding.Rate it:

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the icing on the cakeSomething wonderful at the end of something good.Rate it:

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wedding-cakeExtremely ornateRate it:

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argue downTo win an argument, verbal conflict or debate.Rate it:

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at heartIn spirit; according to one's beliefs, views or feelings; deep down, really, fundamentally.Rate it:

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blow downTo knock over with an air current, most often wind.Rate it:

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bottom handWith a standard batting grip, the hand placed further down the handle of the bat; the batsman's dominant hand, providing most power to a shot.Rate it:

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buttoned-downAlternative form of button-down.Rate it:

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chow downTo eat, especially to eat vigorously.Rate it:

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Cool ItTo calm downRate it:

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cry downto cry until it is tired.Rate it:

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cut down to sizeDiminish the prestige or exaggerated importance of someone or something to reduce (them) to a suitable stature; To humble or humiliateRate it:

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dampen downto reduce the intensity ofRate it:

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down the drainWasted, squandered; irretrievable.Rate it:

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Down the HatchTo drink something quicklyRate it:

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down to a fine artHaving or showing exceptional proficiency.Rate it:

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down to the wireAt the very end of a process or project, especially one with a fast-approaching deadline.Rate it:

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down with his apple-cartKnock or throw him down.Rate it:

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fall to piecesTo feel emotionally devastated; to break down.Rate it:

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hands downWithout much effort; easily.Rate it:

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hold downTo restrain; to check.Rate it:

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Hold Your HorsesTo be patient, to relax and slow down your pace, to waitRate it:

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i'm a lone wolfA meek and humble warrior who hunts down the enemy, and at his own peril by not drawing the sword from it's sheath. This allows opportunity for the enemy to relent "both hands up." But once the sword is drawn from it's sheath, probation is over and swift judgement is at hand.Rate it:

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keep your shirt onAn admonition to be more patient or to calm down.Rate it:

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Look Down Your Nose at SomeoneTo look down upon people, to treat people inferior or lowRate it:

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on the down-lowIn secret.Rate it:

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pin downTo attach or secure with pins.Rate it:

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pipe downTo be quiet; to refrain from being noisy.Rate it:

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play downTo make or attempt to make something seem less important, likely, or obvious.Rate it:

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power downTo switch off.Rate it:

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