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a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go downAn otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.1999, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253335833, page 372,One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bitter," arduous path of upholding burdensome precepts and prohibitions, a tale can lighten the load, make the "medicine" easier "to swallow."2001, Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316736368, page 319,It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, ISBN 1564147045, page 11,If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.Rate it:

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adding machineA pocket calculator that has very few functions.Rate it:

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barber's signA standing pole and two wash-balls, historically used outside barber's shops.Rate it:

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bolt bucketA machine, especially an automobile. Implies that the machine is clunky or unreliable.Rate it:

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brebis qui bêle perd sa gouléeIt is the silent sow that sucks the wash.Rate it:

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bring upTo turn on power or start, as of a machine.Rate it:

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call screeningthe process of evaluating the characteristics of a telephone call before deciding how or whether to answer it. Some methods may include: listening to the message being recorded on an answering machine or voice mail. checking a caller ID display to see who or where the call is from.Rate it:

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cast upto wash something onto the shore.Rate it:

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come out in the washOf problems or difficulties, to work out, resolve, or become understood eventually and naturally.Rate it:

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crank outTo produce in large volumes mechanically or as if by machine.Rate it:

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dial inconfigure, set up, particularly a complex machine with many configuration options.Rate it:

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freshen upto wash or groom oneself in order to be more attractiveRate it:

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fruit machineone arm banditRate it:

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ghost in the machinea term used to describe the concept of mind-body dualism: that the mind exists alongside and separate from the body; also an album by The PoliceRate it:

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hop upto make something, especially a machine, better (faster, bigger etc.)Rate it:

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in controlWhen one is controlling a machine, or a situation, or an activity. Similar to in charge, but one person can be officially in charge, while another person is, in fact, in control.Rate it:

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in the worksIn a mechanism or machine.Rate it:

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kick the bucketOf a machine, to break down such that it cannot be repaired.Rate it:

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oil burnerA machine that uses oil as its fuel.Rate it:

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passe-moi la casse (rhubarbe), je te passerai le sénéClaw me and I’ll claw thee; One hand washes the other, and both wash the face.Rate it:

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poop machineAn infant.Rate it:

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poop machineAn animal whose defecation inconveniences humans.Rate it:

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put one through one's pacesTo test several or all functions or training of a person, animal, machine, etc.Rate it:

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random numberA number allotted randomly using suitable generator (electronic machine or as simple "generator" as die).Rate it:

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real jobA job that can't be replaced advantageously by a machine or a procedure.Rate it:

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run downTo lose power slowly. Used for a machine, battery, or other powered device.Rate it:

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scrub inTo thoroughly wash one's hands and forearms in preparation for performing a surgery.Rate it:

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scrub upto clean or wash by scrubbingRate it:

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sex machineSomeone with considerable sexual prowess.Rate it:

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sex machinerefers to a person who has a lot of sexRate it:

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take upThat which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.Rate it:

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wash awayTo eliminate, in a figurative sense.Rate it:

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wash awayTo eliminate, or destroy by fast moving water, such as in a flood, or a high sea.Rate it:

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wash downTo wash something completely from top to bottom.Rate it:

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wash downTo help to swallow by drinking a liquid, after eating something, or taking a pill.Rate it:

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wash my back, i'll wash your'sYou assist ME, Ill Assist YOURate it:

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wash offTo remove by washing.Rate it:

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wash one's dirty linen in publicSynonym of air one's dirty laundry in publicRate it:

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wash one's handsto wash one's hands ofRate it:

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wash one's handsto go to the toiletRate it:

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wash one's hands ofTo absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame for.Rate it:

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wash outTo remove something by washing.Rate it:

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wash outTo lose traction while going around a turn, especially in cycling, motorsports and skiing/snowboarding.Rate it:

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wash outTo wear away by the flow of water; to erode.Rate it:

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wash outTo cancel due to bad weather.Rate it:

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wash out of my hairget the memory out of my head - forgetRate it:

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wash overOf open water. To surge over the banks, or other retaining structure.Rate it:

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wash overSaid of the way an emotion affects one suddenly.Rate it:

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wash overTo pass unnoticed so that one is unaffected by it.Rate it:

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wash upTo be carried on to land by water.Rate it:

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