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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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strictis gladiis in hostem ferrito throw oneself on the enemy with drawn sword.Rate it:

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strike downto kill someone or something, to cause to suddenly dieRate it:

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strike upTo start something, usually playing live music.Rate it:

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string upTo die by hanging.Rate it:

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suck the kumaraTo die.Rate it:

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supremo vitae dieon one's last day.Rate it:

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sword and sandalOf or pertaining to a genre of books or films relating fantasy-adventure tales involving heroic exploits in ancient or biblical times.Rate it:

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sword and sorceryOf or pertaining to a genre of narratives—including short stories, novels, television shows, films, and computer games—which combines wizardry and other fantastical supernatural elements with violent combat using medieval weaponry..Rate it:

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take a dirt napTo die.Rate it:

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take the veilTo retire into a convent and live as a nun.Rate it:

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take to heartTo take something seriously; to internalize or live according to something (e.g. advice.)Rate it:

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telle vie, telle finMen die as they live.Rate it:

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the die is castThe future is determined; there are no more options; events will proceed in an irreversible manner.Rate it:

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the good die youngWell-regarded people who are morally upright, kind, and beneficent tend to die at a younger age than do most people.Rate it:

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the jetset wayThe JetSet Way is the only way. People who live this way are straight alpha/sigma males and have the ability at will to ethically attain any and every woman they shall desire, own any car they shall want, wear whatever brand clothes they want, get VIP access everywhere and will spend more time on planes traveling to foreign countries than they do at their home. The Jet Set Way was coined by JetSetFly (also known as Josh King Madrid) himself.Rate it:

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the one who always envies someone in society, will never live in gaietyThis idiom means that if a person spends time complaining, criticizing and whining about what everyone else does, owns, or how successful other people are about their financial situation, job career, or results they get, instead of focusing and trying their best to improve one's situation, the only consequence is that this behavior will keep them in the guts, that is, at a lower life level than the one they wish to be.Rate it:

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the pen is mightier than the swordMore influence and power can be usurped by writing than by fighting.Rate it:

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the streets are paved with goldUsed to describe a place where it is easy to become wealthy or live well.Rate it:

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to die forVery good; exquisite; excellent; particularly desirable.Rate it:

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to hell and backTo live through an extremely unpleasant, difficult, or painful experience.Rate it:

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to live in a gingerbread houseOne whom lives in a land of fantasy, dreamland instead of the sturdy house of reality.Rate it:

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to live out in the sticksTo live in a remote location.Rate it:

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to save one's lifeunder any circumstances; rather die than...Rate it:

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toddle offTo dieRate it:

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trailer park trashLower-class people who live in trailer parks.Rate it:

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turn to dustto dieRate it:

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two pennies to rub togetherA minimal amount of money to live on; any money at all.Rate it:

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two-edged swordA double-edged sword; a benefit that is also a liability.Rate it:

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two-edged swordUsed other than as an idiom: see two, edged, sword.Rate it:

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um die Ecke denkento think outside the boxRate it:

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un pot fêlé dure longtempsA creaking door hangs long: Ailing folk live longest.Rate it:

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viel um die Ohren habento be busyRate it:

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virtutem pristinam retinereto live as scrupulously moral a life as ever.Rate it:

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virtutis perfectae perfecto munere fungi (Tusc. 1. 45. 109)to live a perfect life.Rate it:

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vitam ad annum centesimum perducereto reach one's hundredth year, to live to be a hundred.Rate it:

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vitam beatam (miseram) degereto live a happy (unhappy) life.Rate it:

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vitam in egestate degereto live in poverty, destitution.Rate it:

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vitam solitariam agereto live a lonely life.Rate it:

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vitam, aetatem (omnem aetatem, omne aetatis tempus) agere (honeste, ruri, in litteris), degere, traducereto live (all) one's life (honourably, in the country, as a man of learning).Rate it:

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vivere carne, piscibus, rapto (Liv. 7. 25)to live on meat, fish, by plunder.Rate it:

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vivre d'amour et d'eau fraîche (or, claire)To live on bread and cheese and kisses.Rate it:

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vivre de l'air du tempsTo live upon nothing (i.e. to eat very little).Rate it:

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vivre en bonne intelligence avec quelqu'unTo live on good terms with some one.Rate it:

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wake up and die rightget a gripRate it:

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WendeDie Wende; the process or time of unification between the BRD and GDR to modern Germany.Rate it:

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what did your last slave die ofUsed to indicate that someone is being bossy and/or demanding, usually to an unreasonable extent.Rate it:

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where do you liveUsed to ask where the person lives.Rate it:

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where do you live atAlternative form of where do you liveRate it:

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wo ist die Toilettewhere is the toiletRate it:

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