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"there is no army greater than an unarmed united people defending a country."PaeseRate it:

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adopt outTo send a son or daughter away to live in another country..Rate it:

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aller planter ses choux (or, garder les dindons)To retire into the country.Rate it:

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another country heard fromAlternative form of another county heard fromRate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/if Eskimos have N words for snow, X have Y words for ZUsed to suggest by analogy that Y has frequent interaction with Z or spends substantial time thinking about Z. Often used with other language, country or region stereotypes.Rate it:

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banana republicA small country, especially one in Central America, that is dependent on a single export commodity (traditionally bananas) and that has a corrupt, dictatorial government.Rate it:

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battre la campagne1. (lit.) To scour the country. 2. (fig.) To talk nonsense. 3. (of invalids) To wander. 4. To beat about the bush.Rate it:

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birth tourismTravel from one country to another for the purpose of giving birth in the second country, thereby endowing the newborn child with citizenship of the second country.Rate it:

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bring it on around jimmya phrase off of an old show on TV maybe a country western show? about bringing the wagon aroundRate it:

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by the seat of your pantsAn aviator's term, Cross country flying, navigating via ground observation of landmarks, arrows on rooftops. water towers, railroad tracks, roadways, radio/TV towers; and by the 'seat of your pants'.Rate it:

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city slickerOne accustomed to a city or urban lifestyle or unsuited to life in the country.Rate it:

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civitatem mutare (Balb. 11. 27)to naturalise oneself as a citizen of another country.Rate it:

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country girl (cowgirl)a girl who lives and/or is from a rural area, small town, farm and/or ranch (not a city environment.) She is usually seen wearing a cowgirl hat, cowgirl boots and often wears jeans and/or a shirt tied into a knot in the frontRate it:

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country mileA long way, a great distance.Rate it:

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cuias eswhat country do you come from?Rate it:

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domi (opp. foris)at home; in one's native country.Rate it:

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dummy outFrom a video game in the process of localizing that game from a foreign country.Rate it:

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e pluribus unumA national motto of the United States of America, meaning "From many, one", or "out of many, one", referring to the integration of 13 independent colonies into one country, and that has taken an additional meaning, giving the pluralistic nature of American society from immigration.Rate it:

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en rase (or, pleine) campagneIn the open country.Rate it:

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exterminare (ex) urbe, de civitate aliquem (Mil. 37. 101)to expel a person from the city, country.Rate it:

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finitimum esse terraeto be contiguous, adjacent to a country.Rate it:

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fly the flagTo support one's country enthusiasticallyRate it:

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fly the flagTo be registered in a particular country and display that country's flag as a resultRate it:

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foreign ministerPolitical or official representative person of one country in another country.Rate it:

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fresh country eggsUsed other than as an idiom: see fresh, country, eggs.Rate it:

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fresh country eggsA common way to describe ordinary chicken eggs on a breakfast menu, especially in expensive restaurants and hotels.Rate it:

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grease paymentA bribe or extorted money, usually relatively small in amount, provided to a low-level government official or business person, in order to expedite a business decision, shipment, or other transaction, especially in a country where such payments are not unusual.Rate it:

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il sent le terroirHe is racy of the soil; He savours of his country.Rate it:

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in agris esse, habitareto live in the country.Rate it:

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in Sequanisin the country of the Sequani.Rate it:

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je connais la carte du paysI know the country well.Rate it:

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je me fais une fête de passer huit jours à la campagneI look forward with pleasure to the idea of spending a week in the country.Rate it:

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jimmy jack should have been halfway there and backoff of an old country western showRate it:

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l'ennemi mit le pays à feu et à sangThe enemy put the country to fire and sword.Rate it:

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loca plana or simply planalevel country; plains.Rate it:

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long ways, long liesSomeone who comes back from a far-off country can tell lies without fear of being contradicted.Rate it:

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lubrication paymentA bribe or extorted money, usually relatively small in amount, provided to a low-level government official or business person, in order to expedite a business decision, shipment, or other transaction, especially in a country where such payments are not unusual.Rate it:

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mortem occumbere pro patriato die for one's country.Rate it:

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multitudinem in agris collocareto settle a large number of people in a country.Rate it:

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my country, right or wrongan expression of patriotism.Rate it:

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native soilThe country or geographical region where one was born or which one considers to be one's true homeland.Rate it:

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neck of the woodsA certain part of the city, neighborhood, area, or country.Rate it:

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north koreaAsian countryRate it:

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old sodthe old countryRate it:

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one country, two systemsSlogan for the reunification of China as one country, but with areas like Hong Kong and Taiwan with separate economic and political systems.Rate it:

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paper tigerA seemingly fierce or powerful person, country or organisation without the ability to back up their words; apparently powerful but actually ineffective.Rate it:

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pickin' and grinnin'a country way of saying "playing music"Rate it:

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pickin' and grinnin'Vigorous playing of folk or country music on a stringed musical instrument, especially the guitar or banjo, while smiling broadly.Rate it:

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populum in deditionem venire cogereto reduce a country to subjection to oneself.Rate it:

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populum in potestatem suam redigere (B. G. 2. 34)to reduce a country to subjection to oneself.Rate it:

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