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je ne sais plus où j'en suis1. I have lost the place where I left off (in reading, etc.). 2. I do not know what I am about.Rate it:

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le roi n'est pas son cousinHe is very haughty (so that he would not acknowledge the king as his cousin).Rate it:

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les grosses mouches passent à travers la toile de la justice, mais les petites y sont prisesOne man may steal a horse, while another dare not look over the hedge; Justice will whip a beggar, but bow to a lord; One does the scath, another has the harm; The crow gets pardoned, and the dove has the blame.Rate it:

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nearly never bulled a cow(Irish) Near enough is not good enough.Rate it:

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no fearcertainly notRate it:

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no slouchPretty good; not bad.Rate it:

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no way in sam hellAbsolutely notRate it:

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off the markInaccurate; not correct or appropriate.Rate it:

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out of characterNot acting; not "on"; behaving within one's natural personality rather than that of a character in a performance piece.Rate it:

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out on one's feetStanding erect but not consciously aware of one's surroundings, or only minimally aware, and having little or no ability to control one's bodily actions, as a result of physical injury or exhaustion.Rate it:

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plus fin que lui n'est pas bêteHe who can take him in is no fool.\n It would take a smart man to deceive him.Rate it:

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qui fait le malin tombe dans le ravinPrudence est mère de sureté.Rate it:

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qui n'a pas argent en bourse, ait miel en boucheHe who has not silver in his purse should have honey on his tongue.Rate it:

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quick-and-dirtyDone or constructed in a hasty, approximate, temporarily adequate manner, but not exact, fully formed, or reliable for a long period of time.Rate it:

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sacrificial poetIn poetry slams, a poet who goes first and gets scored by the judges, but is not actually in the competition.Rate it:

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scape goatUsing another excuse for not taking the blame.Rate it:

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side issueAn issue or topic which is not of direct significance to a primary concern.Rate it:

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sit backTo relax, to not exert oneself.Rate it:

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small wonderAn event or fact whose cause or rationale is not difficult to discern; an unsurprising occurrence.Rate it:

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stroke of workWith "do not do a", to do none of the assigned task at all.Rate it:

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swing the leadTo pretend to be unwell so that you do not have to work.Rate it:

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time and tide wait for no manpeople cannot stop the passing of time, and therefore we should not delay doing thingsRate it:

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'nuff saidUsed in various situations to either end a discussion, or to imply that further discussion is not needed.Rate it:

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11th commandmentA well-known convention which supposedly can not or should not be broken.Rate it:

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800-pound gorillaSomething dangerous, menacing, or frightening that is obvious but not addressed.Rate it:

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86 the mayoomit the mayo; "86" can be used with anything (not just mayo) you want to delete or remove from something or not add to something; often used when ordering something from a restaurantRate it:

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à bon chat, bon ratL’adversaire est prompt à la riposte.Rate it:

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à bon vin point d'enseigneCe qui est bon se recommande de soi même.Rate it:

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a casa caiuSaid after a particularly undesirable, harmful change of events; often, though not always, said of a criminal or illicit activity discovered by the authority.Rate it:

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à cela près il est bon enfantExcept for that he is a good fellow.Rate it:

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à cheval donné on ne regarde pas à la brideOne does not look a gift-horse in the mouth.Rate it:

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à cheval donné on ne regarde pas à la bride (or, à la dent)One does not look a gift-horse in the mouth.Rate it:

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à cheval donné on ne regarde pas la dentureSi l’on vous fait un cadeau, prenez le tel qu’il est.Rate it:

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à cheval donné on ne regarde pas les dentsIl ne faut pas critiquer ce qui est offert en cadeau, ce qu’on a eu gratuitement.Rate it:

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à cheval donné, on ne regarde pas la brideIl faut se contenter de ce qu’on reçoit, ne pas critiquer ce qui est offert en cadeau.Rate it:

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à d'autresSe dit ironiquement pour signifier que l’on n’est pas dupe de ce qu’on nous raconte.Rate it:

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à demain les affaires sérieusesI will not be bothered with business to-day; Time enough for business to-morrow.Rate it:

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à Dieu vatCe qui pouvait être fait a été fait et à présent, l’avenir est entre les mains de Dieu.Rate it:

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a few bulbs short of a chandelierDim-witted, not too bright. The "of" is included optionally.Rate it:

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à l'heure qu'il est il doit savoir la nouvelleBy this time no doubt he has heard the news.Rate it:

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à l'heure qu'il est on ne le fait plusNowadays it is no longer done.Rate it:

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à l'impossible nul n'est tenuPersonne ne peut avoir l’obligation de réaliser un acte si celui-ci n’est pas réalisable.Rate it:

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à l'impossible nul n'est tenuThere is no doing impossibilities; No living man all things can.Rate it:

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à laver la tête d'un âne on perd sa lessiveC’est perdre ses soins et ses peines que de vouloir instruire et corriger une personne stupide et incorrigible.Rate it:

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a lot of malarkeyStatements, results, appearances which are unproven, present myriad shortfalls, do not appear within plausible parameters.Rate it:

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à peu de chose prèsNot far off.Rate it:

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à quelque chose malheur est bonIt is an ill wind that blows no one any good.Rate it:

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à quelque chose malheur est bonQuelquefois une infortune nous procure des avantages que nous n’aurions pas eus sans elle.Rate it:

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à qui le dites-vous?Am I not perfectly aware of it? Don’t I know it?Rate it:

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a senatu amicus appellatus est (B. G. 1. 3)he received from the senate the title of friend.Rate it:

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