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avoir les coudées franches(lit.) To have elbow-room; (fig.) To have full scope.Rate it:

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baby bluesBlue eyes.Rate it:

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baby bluesPeriod and feeling of depressiveness after giving birth; a less severe form of postnatal depression.Rate it:

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baby brainForgetfulness incurred from pregnancy.Rate it:

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baby dollPrenda femenina para dormir, con faldas cortas, ajustada y con gran escote, que cubre parte del tronco, del busto hacia abajo, y se sostiene con breteles.Rate it:

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baby elephant in the roomAn obvious but mostly inconsequential issue.Rate it:

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baby on boardPhrase on a sign attached to the rear of a motor car to signify that a baby is sometimes carried.Rate it:

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baby showerCelebración por un bebé que esta por nacer.Rate it:

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baby upto treat as a baby.Rate it:

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baby-killera Vietnam veteran returning to the United States, used by war opponentsRate it:

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baby-killera long-range Zeppelin bomberRate it:

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baby-killera pregnant woman who receives an abortionRate it:

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baby-killerUsed other than as an idiom: see baby, killer.Rate it:

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baby-killera person who advocates abortionRate it:

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baby-killeran abortionistRate it:

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baby-killera saloon, used by the Temperance MovementRate it:

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backroom dealDeals that are made in secret, in a dishonest way (sometimes and probably originally literally behind closed doors and/or in some back room in private. See also, shady, back-alley deals (a similar expression meaning the same thing)Rate it:

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be left holding the babyTo be left with the responsibility of resolving a problem.Rate it:

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blessed eventThe birth of a baby.Rate it:

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blue chamberA forbidden room.Rate it:

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bright-line ruleA clearly defined rule or standard, composed of objective factors, which leaves little or no room for varying interpretation.Rate it:

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bright-line ruleA clearly defined rule or standard, comprised of objective factors, which leaves little or no room for varying interpretation.Rate it:

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brighten upBrighten up a room.Rate it:

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budge upTo move or scoot over in order to make room for someone, especially when sitting.Rate it:

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bundle of joyA newborn baby.Rate it:

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c'est un cheval à l'écurieIt is a white elephant.Rate it:

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can I come inAsks for permission to enter a room.Rate it:

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cela laisse à désirerThere is room for improvement; It is not quite the thing.Rate it:

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check your ego at the door!A direct, crisp, critical rejoinder to another, 'to leave their egoism without the room', {at the door}!Rate it:

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crack-upOne can 'crack-up' emotionally with laughter or tears as a result of an observation, a joke, a story, a scene, a sequence in a movie, opera, stage play or animal, baby or children;s antics:Rate it:

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cry like a baby(of an adult or older child) To bawl unabashedly and pitifully.Rate it:

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dangly bitsMale genitalia, usually of a baby, child, or of a smaller than usual size; ironic reference to male genitalia.Rate it:

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do not disturbUsed to indicate that somebody does not wish to be disturbed, e.g. a sign on a hotel room door, or a "busy" mode of an instant messenger.Rate it:

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do not enterUsed to ask not to enter, e.g. a sign on a hotel room door.Rate it:

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do upTo redecorate a room etc.Rate it:

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double rainbow babya term given to a child born after two miscarriages, stillbirths, or deaths.Rate it:

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eat an elephant one bite at a timeTo do something one step at a time; to do something in steps rather than all at once.Rate it:

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elbow roomFreedom or leeway.Rate it:

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elbow roomRoom or space in which to move or maneuver.Rate it:

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elephant earAny of several plants in tribe Colocasieae or Caladieae.A taro plant.Caladium.Rate it:

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elephant earA flat, crisp, sugared pastryRate it:

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elephant earA taro plant.Rate it:

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elephant earCaladium.Rate it:

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elephant earUsed other than as an idiom: see elephant, ear.Rate it:

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elephant earsUsed other than as an idiom: see elephant, ear.Rate it:

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elephant earstaroRate it:

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elephant in the roomA problem or difficult issue that is very obvious, but is ignored for the convenience or comfort of those involved.Rate it:

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engine roomThe source of power in a team or other group.Rate it:

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engine roomA compartment on a ship in which the engine machinery is located.Rate it:

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food babyA protruding belly resulting from the consumption of a large quantity of food; the contents of one's digestive system causing the protrusion.Rate it:

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