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winter ratAn old, unattractive automobile, purchased for little money, to be driven during brutal Great Lakes winters while the owner's "good" car remains garaged and protected from corrosive road salt for the season.Rate it:

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like giving away ice in the winter!I was "googlingi" this phrase that I heard on TV today (9/4/2020) because I've never heard it before! I believe it has a similar meaning as: "Like selling ice to Eskimos"Rate it:

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winter sunUsed other than as an idiom. sunshine during the winter season.Rate it:

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look at the winter trees, cold-hearted; cruel; apathetically ignorant.The 'winter trees' are my family, and they are exactly as I have described.Rate it:

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buy straw hats in winterOf stocks, to buy when both demand and price is low, sell when demand and price is high.Rate it:

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summer and winterTo spend extended periods of time with; to test.Rate it:

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summer and winterEndured.Rate it:

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winter sunthe off-season holiday market, typically to destinations in North Africa and Southern Europe.Rate it:

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lab ratA student or employee who spends a great deal of time working in a laboratory.Rate it:

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rat raceAn activity or situation which is congested with participants and which is hectic or tedious, especially in the context of a busy, modern urban lifestyle.Rate it:

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lab ratA person or group used as the subject of an experiment or test, especially unwillingly or unwittingly.Rate it:

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rat runA small road that people venture down when they want to sneak off the motorway and take a short cut.Rate it:

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rat run/runningTo drive through residential streets to avoid congestion on the main roads.Rate it:

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rat runningPresent participle of rat run.Rate it:

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à bon chat bon ratA Roland for an Oliver; Tit for tat; Diamond cut diamond.Rate it:

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à bon chat, bon ratUn attaquant et un attaqué se fortifient l’un l’autre au gré de leurs rencontres.Rate it:

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à bon chat, bon ratL’adversaire est prompt à la riposte.Rate it:

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à bon chat, bon ratÀ bonne attaque, bonne défense.Rate it:

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give a rat's arseTo care; to have or show an interest.Rate it:

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gueux comme un rat d'égliseAs poor as a church mouse.Rate it:

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il est gueux comme un rat d'égliseHe is as poor as a church mouse.Rate it:

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rat onTo tattle, squeal aboutRate it:

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rat outTo inform authorities; to tell on.Rate it:

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Rat RaceSevere, long-lasting and stressing competition in the society or in businessRate it:

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rat run/runningA small, usually minor road used by a significant amount of traffic as a short cut or to avoid congestion on more major routes.Rate it:

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rat throughTo rummage; to pick over.Rate it:

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rat's nestA software or hardware system whose design lacks organized structure, making it difficult to understand and maintain.Rate it:

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rat's nestSomething that is excessively complicated, entangled, or disorderly.Rate it:

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sewer ratUsed other than as an idiom: A rat that lives in sewers.Rate it:

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sewer ratbrown rat (Rattus norvegicus)Rate it:

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sewer ratA very contemptible personRate 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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il y a quelque anguille sous rocheThere is a snake in the grass; I can smell a rat.Rate it:

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ne'er cast a clout til may be outAdvice not to change from winter clothes to summer clothes until June, as there is often a sudden cold snap in May.Rate it:

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Happy HolidaysA greeting used during the Christmas and winter holiday season to recognize the celebration of many holidays, including Christmas, New Year's Day, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa, and sometimes Thanksgiving.Rate it:

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aw14Autumn/Winter 2014 - used in the fashion industry to mean the designer's autumn/winder collection.Rate it:

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castra hiberna, aestivawinter-quarters, summer-quarters.Rate it:

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como si te la pica un polloI don't give a rat's assRate it:

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die backto wither, particularly during the winter.Rate it:

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halcyon daysPeriod of calm during the winter, when storms do not occur.Rate it:

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hiemem tolerareto bear the winter.Rate it:

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hiems subestwinter is at hand.Rate it:

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IDGARAInitialism of I don't give a rat's ass.Rate it:

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métro, boulot, dodometonymy for the everyday routine of a Parisian or more generally urban worker. Roughly, same old same old or also rat race.Rate it:

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milites in hibernis collocare, in hiberna deducereto take the troops to their winter-quarters.Rate it:

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panier de crabesA rat race; any organization where people metaphorically claw at one another to come out on top.Rate it:

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quand noël est vert, les pâques seront blanchesWhen the winter is mild, the spring will be wintry.Rate it:

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summa aestate, hiemein the height of summer, depth of winter.Rate it:

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toils a thrushto describe a cold winter setRate it:

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