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you make the bed you lie inA person's circumstances are normally the result of his or her own actions.Rate it:

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make one's bed and lie in itTo create a difficult situation whose unpleasant consequences one must now endure.Rate it:

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if you lie with dogs you will get fleasIt is important whom to choose as one's closest acquanitances.Rate it:

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make one's bedAlternative form of make one's bed and lie in it.Rate it:

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make one's bedTo make the bed in which one has slept.Rate it:

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you made your bed, now sleep in itA moralizing rejection said to someone looking for an easy out, especially of a situation they put themselves into.Rate it:

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you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drinkYou can show someone how to do something, but you can't make them do it.Rate it:

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you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drinkYou can give someone knowledge, advice or an opportunity or try to make something easy for them, but you can’t force them to believe it, act on it, or benefit from itRate it:

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you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don'tAlternative form of damned if you do, damned if you don'tRate it:

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lie inTo be brought to bed in childbirth.Rate it:

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lie through one's teethTo tell a gross or egregious untruth.Rate it:

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lie doggokeep quietRate 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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Let Sleeping Dogs LieNot to invite trouble, to be calm and avoid stirring any possible troubleRate it:

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white lieA deliberate, untrue statement which does no harm or is intended to produce a favorable result.Rate it:

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a lie has no legsYou can't get away with a lie, the truth will always come out.Rate it:

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a lie comes back sooner or laterYou can't run from a lie, it will return to you at some point.Rate it:

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boire le calice jusqu'à la lieTo drink the cup to the dregs.Rate it:

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ce qui me lie, c'est ma folieStraw bands will tie a fool’s hands.Rate it:

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give the lieUsed in give the lie to.Rate it:

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give the lieto respond to an insult, accusation, or falsehood by saying the offender is lying, particularly in the context of provoking a challenge to a duelRate it:

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give the lie toTo prove something to be false; to refute.Rate it:

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I tell a lieI am mistaken; I thought that what I said was true, but I have just realised that it is not.Rate it:

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let sleeping dogs lieTo leave things as they are; especially, to avoid restarting or rekindling an old argument; to leave disagreements in the past.Rate it:

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lie aroundTo be in an unknown place.Rate it:

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lie aroundTo do nothing in particular; to be idle.Rate it:

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lie backTo lie down from a sitting positionRate it:

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lie backTo relax, to exert less effortRate it:

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lie back and think of englandUsed to preface any unpleasant but inevitable experience.Rate it:

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lie back and think of england. "think of England" refers to the importance of children.Rate it:

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lie before(especially of something honorific) to be situated in front ofRate it:

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lie beforeto put oneself at the whim of, to bow down toRate it:

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lie byTo have sex with.Rate it:

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lie detectorpolygraphRate it:

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lie downto be lazy or remissRate it:

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lie downto assume a reclining positionRate it:

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lie ill in one's mouthTo sound artificial or contradictory.Rate it:

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lie inTo stay in bed.Rate it:

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lie in waitprepare an ambushRate it:

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lie lowkeep quiet or unseenRate it:

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lie offTo remain at a safe distance fromRate it:

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lie toTo have the sails arranged so as to counteract each other.Rate it:

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lie withto have sex, sexual relations with someoneRate it:

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live a lieTo conceal something about oneself, without the knowledge of which others cannot know one's true character or perspective.Rate it:

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white lieAn lie that is said for not hurting others with a clean mindRate it:

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Bed of RosesAn amazing person or condition that is very comfortable or pleasantRate it:

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money gone to bedLots of money and not having to work.Rate it:

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put to bed with a shovelTo bury (someone).Rate it:

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early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wiseplatitude from Benjamin Franklin under the pseudonym Poor Richard.Rate it:

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too much bed makes a dull headToo much inactivity makes one less mentally acute.Rate it:

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