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not as black as one is paintednot as bad as one is said to beRate it:

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black-on-blackSomething that is invisible or intentionally obfuscated, such as warnings or fine print.Rate it:

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black-on-blackA description of the colors of an automobile .Rate it:

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black-on-blackA reference to interactions between black people.Rate it:

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black-on-blackA description of the colors of an automobile.Rate it:

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black-on-blackInteractions that occur between black people, notably crime that is perpetrated by one black person against another.Rate it:

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black-on-blackA reference to interactions between black people .Rate it:

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"i'm not going left, i'm not going to the right, i'm not going forward or backward, i'm going to godGodRate it:

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do not pass go, do not collect £200A phrase telling someone to pursue a path directly without deviations.Rate it:

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waste not, want notIf one is not wasteful then one will not be needy.Rate it:

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do not pass go, do not collect $200A phrase telling someone to pursue a path directly without deviations.Rate it:

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if you're not Dutch, you're not muchThe Dutch culture is vastly superior to all other cultures in existence.Rate it:

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not your circus, not your monkeysIt's none of your business; an exhortation to stay out of a volatile or delicate situation.Rate it:

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do not pass Go, do not collect two hundred dollarsAlternative spelling of do not pass go, do not collect $200Rate it:

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not my circus, not my monkeysIt's none of my business; indicates that one is not responsible for controlling or changing a volatile or delicate situation.Rate it:

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to know and not to do is not to knowWhen you say you know something yet you fail to act as if that knowledge were true, it shows you don't really know that something to be true; it essentially calls the person a hypocrite since they say one thing and do another; same as the phrase "Your actions speak so loudly that your words I cannot hear"Rate it:

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black and whiteA type of giant cookie with icing on the top side: half white, half dark chocolate.Rate it:

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black and whiteA police patrol car.Rate it:

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black beetleUsed other than as an idiom: see black, beetle.Rate it:

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black don't crackPeople of African descent tend to wrinkle less with age than people with fairer skin.Rate it:

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black tieUsed other than as an idiom: see black, tie.Rate it:

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black widowvenomous spiderRate it:

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blackWithout light.Rate it:

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black ballStall, close ranks, make it impossible to make a break throughRate it:

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black gumA tree native to eastern North America, Nyssa sylvatica.Rate it:

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black manA (male) member of an ethnic group having dark pigmentation of the skin, typically of sub-Saharan African descent.Rate it:

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black over Bill's mother'sDescribing rain-bearing dark clouds on the horizon.Rate it:

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pot calling the kettle blackA situation in which somebody comments on or accuses someone else of a fault which the accuser has or shares.Rate it:

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black goldpetroleumRate it:

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black beetleThe Asiatic rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes rhinoceros, a pest of palm trees in tropical Asia.Rate it:

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in black and whiteHaving it displayed using shades of gray/gray rather than colour/color .Rate it:

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black sheepA nonconformist; an unusual or unconventional person.Rate it:

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black outTo make dark.Rate it:

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in black and whiteExplicitly, in writing, clearly and without doubt or misunderstanding, without any grey areas.Rate it:

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Black Sheep of the FamilyA disrespected member of a family, community or any other group or society due to certain actions. It happens when all other are performing or doing well but one person lacks it allRate it:

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black manAn evil spirit, a demon.Rate it:

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once you go black, you never go backAn expression assuming that once a person of another race gets in a sexual relationship with a black person they won't return to their own race.Rate it:

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blackLacking cream, milk, and creamer.Rate it:

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blackBad; evil.Rate it:

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black and whiteThe police, a police officer.Rate it:

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black as thunderVery black (especially of a mood, a frown, etc.).Rate it:

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black babiesThird world charities, the missions.Rate it:

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black manBlack people collectively; black culture.Rate it:

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black tieEvening dress; a standard of dress which is less formal than white tie, consisting of black dinner jacket or tuxedo jacket, and matching trousers, white shirt and black bow tie or, possibly, military dress or national costume.Rate it:

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black-and-whiteAlternative form of black and whiteRate it:

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"only those who dream in color can change a black and white world."DreamRate it:

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beyond the black stumpExtremely remote, outside the populated area.Rate it:

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blackAbsorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and colourless.Rate it:

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blackOvercrowded.Rate it:

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black and blueCovered in bruises.Rate it:

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