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like all get outLike nobody's business; The utmost degree possible.Rate it:

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like one's life depended on itdesperatelyRate it:

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lire du pouce (or, doigt)To skip in reading (i.e. to do more work with the thumb than the brain).Rate it:

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little engine that could (the)a reference to a children's story about an engine that tried even when he didn't think he could succeedRate it:

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little pitchers have big earsSmall children often overhear more of what is said than adults realize or desire.1844, Charlotte M. Yonge, Abbeychurch, ch. 2:Seeing me listening to something she was saying to Mamma, she turned round upon me with that odious proverb, "Little pitchers have long ears."1939, "Bedtime Bedlam," Time, 17 Apr.:A caution to U. S. parents, but a joy to radio merchandising, is the dread truth that little pitchers have big ears.2002, Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, ISBN 9780743455961, p. 185:I suppose he might say pushed or went woowoo, but took a shit is, I fear, very much in the ballpark (little pitchers have big ears, after all).Rate it:

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live paycheck to paycheckTo spend all that one earns without saving anything.Rate it:

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living deathA condition of suffering, solitude, or impairment so extreme as to deprive one's existence of all happiness and meaning.Rate it:

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lock upTo close all doors and windows of a place securely.Rate it:

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longe lateque, passim (e.g. fluere)far and wide; on all sides; everywhere.Rate it:

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look the partTo appear suitable for a particular kind of work, position or role.Rate it:

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lose one's shirtTo lose all of one's money; to go broke; to undergo financial ruin or disaster.Rate it:

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Lose Your ShirtTo lose all one have, particularly moneyRate it:

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lucubrare (Liv. 1. 57)to work by night, burn the midnight oil.Rate it:

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magnum opusgreatest workRate it:

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make an honest pennyTo make an honest living through hard work.Rate it:

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make all the differenceTo be a crucial or deciding factor; to have a very significant effect.Rate it:

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make it rainto bring prosperity or work to an enterprise by selling, inventing or other productive or successful activityRate it:

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make life a stone grooveMeans to live a happy, adventurous, loving, enjoyable and overall fun-filled life to the fullest, as if each day was your last.Rate it:

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make light work ofThis term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Rate it:

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make my dayA positive incident, development, sidebar success, which heavily solidifies, enhances plans in a particular thrust or agenda:Rate it:

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make quick work ofTo accomplish a specified task easily and quickly.Rate it:

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make short work ofTo make a task quicker or easier.Rate it:

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make someone's dayTo make someone happy or to be a source of satisfaction.Rate it:

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make the world go aroundTo play an essential role in causing the things in life to work as they should; to underlie the fulfillment of the needs of human existence.Rate it:

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mama's boyA male person, especially a young man or boy, who is overly attached to or influenced by his mother; a sissy; alternate spelling: Momma's boyRate it:

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man is the measure of all thingsthe doctrine that all knowledge is subjective, being derived from observations made by humans, and there can be no objective truthRate it:

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man proposes, god disposesThings don't always work out as they were planned.Rate it:

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man upTo staff adequately; to staff up; to successfully fill all needed labor positions.Rate it:

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manos a la obraLet's get to work.Rate it:

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many hands make light workA large number of people co-operating can perform tasks easily.Rate it:

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map out my dayAn action to formulate, plan, schedule one's energies, or attention to various agendas in order of importance:Rate it:

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map out my dayList tasks, phone-calls, errands, must-do's, for the day.Rate it:

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market dayUsed other than as an idiom: see market, day.Rate it:

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market dayThe day of the week in which a market is held in some particular location.Rate it:

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Mary Celestea ship found empty of all people, in good condition, seemingly abandoned on the high seasRate it:

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match dayThe day graduating medical-school students find out where they will serve as residents.Rate it:

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match dayUsed other than as an idiom: The day of a match.Rate it:

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May the Fourth be with youHappy Star Wars Day.Rate it:

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mentem in aliqua re defigereto fix all one's thoughts on an object.Rate it:

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merry ChristmasUsed to express good wishes on or before Christmas Day.Rate it:

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mettre la main à la pâteTo put one’s shoulder to the wheel; To set to (a special piece of) work oneself.Rate it:

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Mexican breakfastA breakfast consisting of a cigarette and a glass of water, supposedly because that is all Mexicans can afford.Rate it:

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mind one's ps and qsTo be very careful to behave correctly; an alternate spelling of mind one's p's and q's; same as mind your mannersRate it:

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mind your own businessMind your own business means that we should do our work we should not bother about any others work; pay attention to what you are doing and not to what I am doing.Rate it:

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money doesn't grow on treesYou must work in order to have money.Rate it:

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

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monitored by exceptionBy monitoring eks. hardware you can do it by exception as you can or will not monitore all components.Rate it:

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monkey businessDo your homework and forget about all this monkey business.Rate it:

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moon on a stickEverything; all that one could desire (especially as an unreasonable demand).Rate it:

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morning personA person whose who wakes up without difficulty early each morning and who is alert and active during the first part of the day.Rate it:

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