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jiminy cricketa phrase used in place of taking Christ's name in vain when someone wants to swearRate it:

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jive turkeySomeone who is jiving, as in behaving in a glib and disingenuous fashion.Rate it:

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jive turkeySomeone who is jiving, as in dancing. Often applied to people being funny or showy.Rate it:

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Johnny-Come-LatelySomeone who is amateur in any work, place or group, person who has no earlier experience of something Rate it:

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just folksUnpretentious, informal, down-to-earth.Rate it:

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keep at bayprevent (someone or something) from approaching or having an effect.Rate it:

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keep it in one's pantsTo refrain from trying to have sex with someone.Rate it:

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keep one's shirt onTo be more patient or to calm down.Rate it:

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keep telling yourself thatSaid to someone who has ill-conceived, false beliefs.Rate it:

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keep watchTo guard; to watch over someone or something.Rate it:

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Keep Your Fingers CrossedTo wish someone or something a good luck and successRate it:

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kick assTo beat someone in a fight.Rate it:

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kick offTo shut down or turn_off suddenly.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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kick up the arseA severe reprimand, especially one to motivate someone into doing something.Rate it:

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kiss offto bid goodbye to (someone) with a kiss.Rate it:

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knacker's yardThat area of a slaughterhouse where carcasses unfit for human consumption are rendered down to produce useful materials such as glue.Rate it:

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kneel beforeTo kneel in front of someone or something, especially in order to worship or supplicate.Rate it:

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knock aroundTo spend time with someone as a friend.Rate it:

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knock some sense intoto reprimand or reform someone vigorouslyRate it:

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know inside and outTo know {something or someone) very thoroughly.Rate it:

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know like a bookTo have an extensive and penetrating understanding of (something or someone).Rate it:

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know what side of the bread your butter's onTo know who has the upper hand/power in a situation before you take on someone who can make your situation worseRate it:

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laisser faireLet someone do as they please.Rate it:

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lame brainA slow person; someone who is slow to understand a task.Rate it:

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lang may yer lum reekUsed to wish someone well.Rate it:

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last of the big spendersSomeone who doesn't spend much money.Rate it:

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laughing stockAn object of ridicule, someone who is publicly ridiculed; a butt of sport.Rate it:

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lay backTo lie down on one's back; to lie back.Rate it:

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lay something at the feet ofTo assign responsibility for (something) to (someone).Rate it:

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Lay Your Cards on the TableTo be open in discussing plans and facts, to reveal something candidly to someoneRate it:

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le navire a péri corps et biensThe ship went down with all hands on board.Rate it:

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lead onto mislead, to try to make someone believe a lie.Rate it:

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Lead You by the NoseTo have a control over someone, to be in authorityRate it:

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leave nothing to the imaginationHe stripped down to a pair of see-through briefs that left nothing to the imagination.Rate it:

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leave you into the dirtSomeone pushes you away, and forgets you.Rate it:

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Left Out in the ColdTo ask someone to get out of the room so that he may not listen something important, ignored and left outRate it:

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lend an earTo listen to someone.Rate it:

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Lend an EarTo pay attention and listen to someoneRate it:

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les fatigues ont cassé cet hommeHardships have broken that man down.Rate it:

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let pastTo allow someone to pass one.Rate it:

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let's be having youExpression to encourage someone to hurry up and move somewhere.Rate it:

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librum de manibus ponereto lay down a book (vid. sect. XII. 3, note vestem deponere...).Rate it:

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lick the pants offTo thoroughly and decisively defeat someone, either in a physical fight or, figuratively, in a competition.Rate it:

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lie backTo lie down from a sitting positionRate it:

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lie beforeto put oneself at the whim of, to bow down toRate it:

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lie withto have sex, sexual relations with someoneRate it:

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lighten upTo ease up; back off; slow down.Rate it:

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like a deer caught in the headlightsReferring to someone who looks or acts startled like a deer in the road as a car approaches at night.Rate it:

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like speaking to a brick walla saying used of the difficulty of talking to someone who is not listeningRate it:

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