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when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.When life gives you lemons, make lemonade is a proverbial phrase used to encourage optimism and a positive can-do attitude in the face of adversity or misfortune.Rate it:

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when the chips are downA difficult situation in which you are forced to decide what is important to you.Rate it:

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when you're up to your ass in alligators, it's easy to forget your goal was to drain the swampYou can't complete the a task if more urgent/immediate necessities take priorityRate it:

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when you're right, you're right, right-right.You know your right not wrongRate it:

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where are youwhere are you?Rate it:

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where are you fromIn which country or region were you born or raised?Rate it:

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where are your parentswhere are your parents?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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where have you beenwhere have you been?Rate it:

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where i'm at is not where i'm going to beYour current situation can always change as long as you work hardRate it:

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where there's smoke, there's firewhen two things are usually together and you find one, you will find the otherRate it:

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where you at"Where are you?" Used as an inquiry of location, especially figuratively.Rate it:

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wherever you go, there you are(colloquial, clichRate it:

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which do you want first, the good news or the bad news?An expression stated before having to share bad news (sometimes there is no good news)Rate it:

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while away your dayOne whom is lackadaisical, regressive, cares less:Rate it:

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whistling dixieIf you say someone ain't just whistling Dixie, it means they're not kidding around.Rate it:

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white elephantSomething you have but uselessRate it:

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who are youAsks the interlocutor for their identificationRate it:

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who are you and what have you done with someoneSaid to express surprise due to a perceived drastic change of behaviour of a person.Rate it:

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who died and left you in chargeSarcastic response to somebody assuming a position of authority that they have not earned.Rate it:

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who died and made you bossSarcastic response to somebody assuming a position of authority that they have not earned.Rate it:

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who do you think you are, you've not been to cardiff?You dont know anything. You have no knowkedge of the world or any wisdom.Rate it:

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who's your daddyAn assertion that one is the master in a relationship.Rate it:

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who's your daddyA humorous and/or sarcastic statement of superiority over someone else.Rate it:

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whoops there it isIt is what you have or what the situation isRate it:

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Whos Your Waiter Last Year?Whos Your Waiter Last Year?Rate it:

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Whos Youre Old Man?Common Question Addressed to Children Instead of; "Whom is Your Father, Daddy, or DAD"Rate it:

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why don't you pick on someone your own sizeSaid to make someone cease harassing or bullying someone else.Rate it:

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why on god's green earth"on God's green Earth" is used to add emphasis to the question "Why...?"; precedes the rest of the question while conveying that the speaker is astonished as to why some situation exists.Rate it:

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wie alt bist duhow old are youRate it:

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wie bittesorry?, pardon?, come again?, excuse me?, I beg your pardon?Rate it:

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wie geht esliterally "how goes it?", how are you, often abbreviated to wie geht's?Rate it:

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wie geht es dirhow are you, often abbreviated to wie geht's?Rate it:

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wie geht es euchhow are youRate it:

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wie geht es Ihnenhow are youRate it:

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wie geht'show are youRate it:

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wie gehtshow are you, what's upRate it:

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wie heißen Siewhat is your nameRate it:

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wie heißt duwhat is your nameRate it:

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will you marry meUsed to propose marriage to someoneRate it:

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win some, lose someAlternative form of you win some, you lose someRate it:

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win your a#s backWin your butt backRate it:

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wipe the slate cleanTo forget about previous differences and disagreements, and make a fresh start.Rate it:

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wipe the slate cleanTo forget all past problems or mistakes and start something again.Rate it:

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withused as a connective, to indicate that your with another person, or can be used to connect two wordsRate it:

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wo wohnen Siewhere do you liveRate it:

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wo wohnst duwhere do you liveRate it:

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work against the clockTo work very quickly because you know you only have a very limited period of time to do something.Rate it:

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work your magicTo make a situation improve a lot or to make someone feel happy.Rate it:

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