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après lui il faut tirer l'échelleOne cannot do better than he has; No one can come up to him in that; That takes the cake.Rate it:

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beefcakeUsed other than as an idiom: see beef, cake.Rate it:

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blowtorch a marshmallow cakeTo vilify a benefactor, ridicule the boss, scorn a well-to-do friend in public.Rate it:

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cake crumbsHardly anything.Rate it:

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cake crumbsCrumbs from a cake.Rate it:

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cake walkSomething extremely easy.Rate it:

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cake walkA type of dance originating in the United States in the 19th century.Rate it:

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cake walkFrom the mid 1900s, a game at a fair or party in which people walk around a numbered circle along to music. When the music is stopped, the caller draws a number from a jar and whoever is standing on or closest to that number that number wins a cake.Rate it:

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cakewalkA contest in which cake was offered for the best dancers.Rate it:

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cela enlève la paille“That takes the cake.”Rate it:

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cerise sur le gâteauthe icing on the cakeRate it:

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coser y cantarA piece of cakeRate it:

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duck soupEasy, or a piece of cake.Rate it:

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eat one's cake and have it tooAlternative form of have one's cake and eat it tooRate it:

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elle prime par sa laideurShe takes the cake for ugliness.Rate it:

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have one's cake and eat it tooTo seek to have two things which are mutually incompatible (such as eating a piece of cake and yet still possessing that piece for future use).Rate it:

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Have Your Cake and Eat It TooTo have something both ways, to have something in possession and be able to exploit or use itRate it:

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il voudrait avoir le drap et l'argentHe would like to have his cake and eat it too.Rate it:

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it's a piece of cakeEasily accomplished, nothing to itRate it:

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Johnny-come-latelyA newcomer; a novice; an upstart.Rate it:

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Johnny-Come-LatelySomeone who is amateur in any work, place or group, person who has no earlier experience of something Rate it:

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johnny-on-the-spotA person who is readily available for whatever needs to be done.Rate it:

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Johnny-one-noteA person (or organization) who often expresses a strong opinion or viewpoint on a single subject or a few particular subjects.Rate it:

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Johnny-one-noteA person who often expresses a strong opinion or viewpoint on a single subject or a few particular subjects.Rate it:

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Johnny-one-noteAn opinion or viewpoint on a single subject or a few particular subjects which is frequently expressed by a person or organization.Rate it:

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le beurre et l'argent du beurreone's cake and eating it too; two mutually exclusive things, such that one can only choose one over anotherRate it:

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on ne peut pas être et avoir étéOne cannot have one’s cake and eat it. Rate it:

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patty cakeChildhood clap and sing along songRate it:

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piece of cakeA job, task or other activity that is easy or simple to do.Rate it:

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Piece Of CakeA thing that is easier and is pleasantRate it:

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piece of cakeeasyRate it:

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piece of cakeOne slice of cake.Rate it:

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rubber johnnycondomRate it:

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soplar y sorber, no puede seryou can't have your cake and eat it tooRate it:

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stage-door JohnnyA devoted fan of live theatre and of performing artists, who habitually spends time in and around theatres.Rate it:

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stage-door JohnnyA man who is infatuated with one or more theatrical actresses and who routinely lingers in and around theatres in an effort to meet and form relationships with the female object of his affection.Rate it:

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stage-door JohnnyA man who is infatuated with one or more theatrical actresses and who routinely lingers in and around theatres in an effort to meet and form relationships with the female object(s) of his affection.Rate it:

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swiss rollcakeRate it:

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take the cakeTo be particularly bad, objectionable, or egregious.Rate it:

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Take the CakeDeserving the best prize or highest awardRate it:

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take the cakeTo be especially good or outstanding.Rate it:

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the cake is a lieThe end you are pursuing is unattainable or misguided; the reward you have been promised is false.Rate it:

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the icing on the cakeSomething wonderful at the end of something good.Rate it:

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throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stickTry the same thing (or similar things) often enough, and, even if the general standard is poor, sometimes one will be successful.2001, And still no one is shouting stop. read in The Kingdom archives at on 02 Nov 06,Many team managers are of the philosophy that if you throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick. They believe that team preparation is all about physical fitness. They run the players into the ground and they believe they will be "flying on the day".2001, Robert McCrum, Let them eat cake, in The Observer 16 Dec 01, read on Guardian Unlimited site at on 02 Nov 06,Australian publishing boomed and in the past 10 years the country's literary culture has undergone a mini golden age, capped by Carey's triumph at the 2001 Booker Prize. As one Australian arts administrator said to me many years ago: 'Listen, mate, if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.'2001, Chris Collin, Re: 2-cp speys on The Strathspey Server mailing list archive at on 02 Nov 06,I am finding that "if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick". It doesn't always work of course (especially on the nights when the class is mostly the beginners), but the class seems to thrive on the challange.2005, Ray Craft (poster on The right scale blog), Fitzhooie and his Burden, read at on 02 Nov 06,Prosecutors everywhere have bad habits of overcharging lots of cases, knowing that if the throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick.2005, Sean Kelleher, Spike Milligan: His part in our downfall in Business 07 Aug 05, read at on 02 Nov 06,As long as there is negligible regulation and enforcement anyone can actually try and do the job...Weak regulation allows the industry to build strategies on full time recruitment. The theory goes: throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.c2005, Everything You've Learned About Marketing Is Wrong, read on LINC Performance website at on 02 Nov 06,They have the money to continue to believe in the repetition side of the equation. You throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick. But it still isnRate it:

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wedding-cakeExtremely ornateRate it:

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yellow cakeuranium oreRate it:

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yellow cakeUsed other than as an idiom: Any yellow-colored cake (dessert).Rate it:

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灑灑水trivial; piece of cake; no big dealRate it:

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