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Mind Your P's and Q'sTo pay full attention to the exact details, watch your manners, to behave carefully, to show good mannersRate it:

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moderatum se praebereto behave with moderation.Rate it:

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moderatum, continentem esseto behave with moderation.Rate it:

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play aroundTo behave in a silly, or childish, or irresponsible way.Rate it:

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play it straightTo behave in a manner that is straightforward, honest, or sincere.Rate it:

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play the foolTo behave in a foolish or comical manner.Rate it:

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play the giddy goatto behave wildly, irresponsibly.Rate it:

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play with a full deckTo behave in a manner suggesting that one is of normal intelligence, alert, and mentally stable.Rate it:

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pop one's corkTo suddenly behave irrationally; to go crazy.Rate it:

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push itTo make an extraordinary or risky effort; to behave in a way which tests the limits; to expect too much.Rate it:

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raise cainTo behave in a disruptive manner.Rate it:

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reasonable personA fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society and how he or she would behave or think, especially in determining negligence; sometimes formulated as "a person of ordinary prudence exercising due care in like circumstances."Rate it:

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run roitbehave without restrainRate it:

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run with scissorsTo behave recklessly.Rate it:

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sail close to the windTo behave in a manner that is on the verge of being dangerous, improper or illegalRate it:

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scare out of one's witsTo frighten someone to such an extent that they behave irrationally.Rate it:

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set one's hair on fireTo become wildly impassioned; to behave crazily.Rate it:

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stand tallTo behave in a brave, proud, or unyielding manner, without retreating from confrontation, danger, or adversity.Rate it:

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strut one's stuffTo behave, or to perform in a showy or ostentatious manner, especially in a way to impress others; to show off.Rate it:

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take libertiesTo behave disrespectfully, especially to make unwanted sexual advances.Rate it:

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temperantia utito behave with moderation.Rate it:

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that’ll doCut it out, that’s enough, behaveRate it:

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the art of being naïve is being questioned by the art of being "right" all the time.If we behave with naiveness, we are seen as idiots.Rate it:

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trigger-happyInclined to behave recklessly, especially with machinery.Rate it:

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walk on the wild sideTo behave in an adventurous, risky, or morally questionable manner.Rate it:

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walk the lineTo behave in an authorized or socially accepted manner, especially as prescribed by law or morality; to exercise self-control.Rate it:

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wear out one's welcomeTo behave in an offensive, burdensome, or tiresome manner, with the result that one's continued presence is unwanted within a residence, commercial establishment, or social group.Rate it:

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when in rome, do as the romans dobehave as those around doRate it:

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wimp outTo behave like a wimp.Rate it:

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yuk it upTo clown around: to behave clownishly; to joke idly.Rate it:

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