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drain the swamp when up to one's neck in alligators(idiomatic) When performing a long and complex task, and when you've gotten utterly immersed in secondary and tertiary unexpected tangential subtasks, it's easy to lose sight of the initial objective. This sort of distraction can be particularly problematic if the all-consuming subtask or sub-subtask is not, after all, particularly vital to the original, primary goal, but ends up sucking up time and resources (out of all proportion to its actual importance) only because it seems so urgent.Rate it:

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draw outTo make something last for more time than is necessary; prolong; extend.Rate it:

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drill in and drill outTo work on something for a small time, before ultimately giving up.Rate it:

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drink from a firehoseTo take a small amount from an enormous, hard-to-manage quantity.Rate it:

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dripTo fall one drop at a time.Rate it:

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drive a hard bargainNegotiate forcefully.Rate it:

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Drive a Hard BargainTo work hard in price negotiation, to insist in making a deal to buy or sell at a good priceRate it:

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drone onto talk in a boring manner for a long time.Rate it:

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drop a lineTalk stuff say your words put somebody downRate it:

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drop somebody a lineTo write, call or visit somebody.Rate it:

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du fil à retordrea hard time, some difficultiesRate it:

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duff upto beat up, to give a beating toRate it:

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dust offTo use something after a long time without it.Rate it:

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Dutch reckoningUsed other than as an idiom. as reckoned by the Dutch: five o'clock by the Dutch reckoning would be five o'clock in the Dutch rather than, e.g., a Canadian time zone; for example, 1 March 1625 in the Dutch reckoning was, in the English reckoning of the time, 19 February 1624(?).Rate it:

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eat an elephant one bite at a timeTo do something one step at a time; to do something in steps rather than all at once.Rate it:

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eat out of somebody's handTo behave in a docile, submissive way towards somebody.Rate it:

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eat out of someone's handTo behave in a docile, submissive way towards somebody.Rate it:

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eat, breathe, and sleepTo devote one's time obsessively to.Rate it:

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egg somebody onTo tease, provoke or encourage.Rate it:

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einen Bären aufbindento trick; to cheat somebodyRate it:

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einmal ist keinmalOne time won’t hurt; just try itRate it:

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elatius se gerereto give oneself airs.Rate it:

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elbow greaseEffort or hard work, especially physical work involving repeated motion of the forearm, such as scrubbing.Rate it:

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Elbow GreaseHard work; vigorous physical effortRate it:

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Eleventh HourLittle before the exact deadline; the latest possible timeRate it:

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en moins de rienIn less than no time.Rate it:

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end of the lineFinal cessation or discontinuance of a process, institution, or person, especially one which has existed for a considerable period of time; death.Rate it:

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enlarge upon1. Expend; 2. To make larger; 3. add to; 4. To give greater scope to;Rate it:

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entre l'arbre et l'écorceIn a bad situation; between a rock and a hard place.Rate it:

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entre le marteau et l'enclumebetween a rock and a hard place; between the devil and the deep blue seaRate it:

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era só o que me faltavaliterally: “ was the only missing piece for me/ was just what I was missing.” either expresses impatience towards yet another misfortune or expresses disbelief towards an absurd statement: “give me a break!”Rate it:

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érase que se eraonce upon a timeRate it:

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érase una vezonce upon a timeRate it:

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es war einmalonce upon a timeRate it:

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être à fond de cale (fam.)To be hard up, at the end of one’s resources.Rate it:

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être sujet à l'heureTo be tied to time.Rate it:

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every dog has its dayEveryone has a time of success and satisfaction.Rate it:

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every timeAt each occasion that.Rate it:

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every timeUsed to express a strong preference for something.Rate it:

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every time i turn aroundFrequently; at every turn; with annoying frequency.Rate it:

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every time one fartsEvery time one does any small thing.Rate it:

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every time one turns aroundEvery time, to an annoyingly repetitive or consistent degree.Rate it:

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ex quo tempore or simply ex quosince the time that, since (at the beginning of a sentence).Rate it:

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excuse meSaid as a request to pass somebody.Rate it:

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exhuastipatedToo tired to give a shitRate it:

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exponere aliquid or de aliqua reto give an account of a thing (either orally or in writing).Rate it:

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extremum vitae spiritum edereto give up the ghost.Rate it:

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eye & smile at same timeSuggestive coincidenceRate it:

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eye for an eye and a tooth for a toothTo take retribution or give penalty similar to the original offense or faultRate it:

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f** someone overTo exploit somebody in a way which result in an advantage to oneself, at the cost of the other party gaining a considerable disadvantage.Rate it:

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