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you're the doctorIndicates that the speaker defers to the addressed person's authority or expertise.Rate it:

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you're welcomeUsed to acknowledge thanks; you are welcome; ritual reply to “thank you”.Rate it:

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you've got to be in it to win itIn order to win, or succeed at something, one must first compete or try.Rate it:

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you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omeletteIn order to achieve something, it is inevitable and necessary that something should be destroyed.Rate it:

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you've got to laughUsed when somebody sees the funny side to a tough situation, to remind not to take things so seriously.Rate it:

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your actions speak so loudly that your words i cannot hearWhen you say you know something yet you fail to act as if that knowledge were true, it shows you don't really know that something to be true; it essentially calls the person a hypocrite since they say one thing and do another; same as the phrase "To know and not to do is not to know"Rate it:

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your arseAlternative form of my arseRate it:

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your assyou.Rate it:

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your assA sarcastic expression of disbelief.Rate it:

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your ass is a starYou don't know what you're talking about.Rate it:

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your blood's worth bottlingA form of praise or admiration.Rate it:

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your chariot awaitsA vehicle, asserted to be luxurious or of high quality, is waiting to transport the person to whom the phrase is said.Rate it:

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your eyes are bigger than your bellyyou think you can eat more than you actually can; what you envision you want to eat or order from a menu is more than will fit in your stomach; usually said of someone once they have taken more on their plate than they were able to eat; used in past and present tenses (are and were)Rate it:

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your good nameYour name.Rate it:

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your guess is as good as mineI don't knowRate it:

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your life's that cashYou whole life depend on that moneyRate it:

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your lustful neighingacts of adulteryRate it:

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your mileage may varyTo express a possible difference in taste, "this is just my opinion, your opinion may be different".Rate it:

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your mileage may varyIt may work differently in your situation, or be different in your experience.Rate it:

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your mission, should you choose to accept itYour mission or task; what you must do.Rate it:

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your mother is a whoreYou are a person of poor character, based on your imputed descent from a mother of poor character, and an unknown father of poor character.Rate it:

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your objection is simply 'a smoke screen':Your response does not in any manner address the subject of the discussion, rather presents language designed to 'cover-up', disguise, deny existence of the problem, insert dissimilar subject matter to defer focus on the actual subject at hand!Rate it:

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your on my last nerveTo be annoying someone so much they feel like they’re going to explodeRate it:

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your place or mineA question suggesting sexual intercourse: literally meaning "shall we go to your place or mine to have sex?"Rate it:

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your plate is going to be in the mail boxDad to son....if you f*ck up one more time...then, Your plate is in the mail box....you just got tossed out of your parents home !Rate it:

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your wish is my commandWhatever you say you wish for I will treat as a command and do straight away.Rate it:

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Youre Wacko!A demeaning ejaculation: You are Craz.!, You are NUTZ!Rate it:

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you’re shitting me!A response to a seemingly unbelievable statement, that is trueRate it:

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YOYOInitialism of you're on your own.Rate it:

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ywAbbreviation of you're welcome.Rate it:

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YWMVInitialism of your wallet may vary : you may have more or less money to spend, or different financial priorities.Rate it:

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zip your lipBe quiet.Rate it:

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вы в порядкеare you OKRate it:

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вы верите в Богаdo you believe in God?Rate it:

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вы говорите по-английскиdo you speak English?Rate it:

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вы говорите по-русскиdo you speak Russian?Rate it:

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вы женатыare you marriedRate it:

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вы замужемare you marriedRate it:

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вы мне нравитесьI like youRate it:

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вы можете мне помочьcan you help me?Rate it:

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вы принимаете какие-нибудь лекарстваare you taking any medications?Rate it:

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вы принимаете какие-нибудь медикаментыare you taking any medications?Rate it:

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выходи за меня замужwill you marry me?Rate it:

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дай мне свой телефонwhat's your phone number?Rate it:

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дайте мне свой телефонwhat's your phone number?Rate it:

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до встречиsee you, goodbyeRate it:

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до свиданияgoodbye, see you laterRate it:

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до скорой встречиsee you soonRate it:

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ещё какyou bet!, and how!Rate it:

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и вам того жеsame to youRate it:

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