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tears of joyTo express general happiness through tears.Rate it:

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trial and errorTo find a solution by experimenting; to achieve success through repeated failuresRate it:

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unless the wheels available to you aren't made for the vehicle you're trying to drive.Follow-up to the phrase, "No need to reinvent the wheel." Meant for when one does, in fact, need to reinvent a process to account for accumulated changes that make the old status-quo obsolete.Rate it:

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vale of tearsA symbolic "valley of tears"; meaning the world and the sorrows felt through life. Similar to the Old Testament Psalm 23's reference to the "valley of the shadow of death", the phrase implies that sadness is part of the physical world (i.e. part of human experience).Rate it:

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замёрзнуть как собакаto be chilled to the marrow, to feel as cold as ice, to be frozen through, to be chilled to the boneRate it:

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breathe down someone's neckTo follow someone too closely, making it uncomfortable for them.Rate it:

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fools rush in where angels fear to treadA person who does not plan ahead and think matters through becomes involved in risky or unfavorable situations which prudent people avoid.Rate it:

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keep it between the ditchesTo stay out of trouble or follow a righteous (God-fearing) path.Rate it:

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act outTo express one's feelings through disruptive actions.Rate it:

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black ballStall, close ranks, make it impossible to make a break throughRate it:

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cross offTo strike out; to cross out; to draw a line through.Rate it:

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fall apartTo break into pieces through being in a dilapidated state.Rate it:

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haunted houseA Halloween amusement attraction in which a building or series of rooms is decorated to frighten the people who pass through the attraction.Rate it:

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keep up withTo manage to follow .Rate it:

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pitch a tentTo have an erection that shows through the trousers.Rate it:

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rule outTo cross an item out by drawing a straight line through it, as with a ruler.Rate it:

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when it rains, it poursIf a person encounters bad luck, more bad luck will follow.Rate it:

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Word of MouthRumors through oral communication, gossips spreading through spoken communicationRate it:

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pierce the veilTo see through an illusion or find a hidden meaning, to see the truth within a lie.Rate it:

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break inNew function more naturally through use or wear.Rate it:

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tag alongTo accompany, join, or follow; to go with.Rate it:

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fly like a rockto travel through the air with little or no benefit from aerodynamic liftRate it:

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act outTo go through the process of a scene from a play, a charade or a pointless exercise.Rate it:

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big upTo increase one's muscle mass through exercise.Rate it:

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ear tunnelA piece of jewelry that fits into a stretched earlobe hole and makes it seem like a peephole and makes it see-through.Rate it:

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fall from graceTo lose God's favour through sins or wrongdoings.Rate it:

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flogging the landDamaging agricultural land through excessive grazing or clearing.Rate it:

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pass downTo hand over, pass through or transfer to a lower level, next generation, etc.Rate it:

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passer à pleines voiles à travers les mailles de la justiceTo drive a coach-and-four through an Act of Parliament.Rate it:

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throw dirt enough, and some will stickIf enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say Rate it:

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toe the markYou Better 'Mind Your Business', Stick To The Essentials, Follow The Rules, Work With The Program, Pay Attention:Rate it:

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vote outTo expel the holder of an office or other position through an act of voting.Rate it:

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cross outTo strike out; to draw a line through.Rate it:

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break the InternetTo overwhelm a web server through organic user-driven demand, such that the server goes offline or is in danger of doing so.Rate it:

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se frayer un chemin avec les coudesTo elbow one’s way through a crowd.Rate it:

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in for a penny, in for a poundExpressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof; accepting that one must Rate it:

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show one's true stripesTo reveal one's real beliefs, sentiments, or character, especially through one's behavior.Rate it:

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snatch defeat from the jaws of victoryTo suddenly lose a contest one seemed very likely to win, especially through mistakes or bad judgment.Rate it:

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take afterTo follow someone's example.Rate it:

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to thine own self be trueThe easiest person to deceive is oneself."This above all:to thine own self be true,and it must follow, as the night the day,Thou canst not then be false to any man." -William ShakespeareRate it:

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attention whoreTo seek attention through inappropriate means or to an excessive degree.Rate it:

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Behind the Eight BallGetting into trouble or difficult situation due to bad luck, a situation through which, one might not get out easilyRate it:

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BroadwayThe wide road which runs diagonally through Manhattan, New York City.Rate it:

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clogs to clogs in three generations(UK) Wealth earned in one generation seldom lasts through the third (grandchildRate it:

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do as i say, not as i doFollow my instructions, not my actions.Rate it:

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get the hang ofTo learn to handle something with some skill, through practice or diligence, which can lead to an almost unconscious performance thereof.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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take to the cleanersTo take a significant quantity of a person's money or valuables, through gambling, unfavorable investing, fraud, litigation, etc.Rate it:

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3-on-the-treeOn an automobile (especially those produced from 1939 through the mid-1970s), a three-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is mounted on the steering column.Rate it:

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abattre de l'ouvrageTo get through a great deal of work.Rate it:

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