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padded cellA room in insane asylum with padding on the walls to prevent delusional occupants from injuring themselves.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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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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show inTo lead or direct someone to an enclosed space, usually a room.Rate it:

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avoir les coudées franches(lit.) To have elbow-room; (fig.) To have full scope.Rate 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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blue chamberA forbidden room.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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budge upTo move or scoot over in order to make room for someone, especially when sitting.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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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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grand entranceTo enter a room or event with an as if you are a person of royalty or importance, either real or perceived (ie. by the person entering or by their peers at the event.Rate it:

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huis closan enclosed space such as a room or cellRate it:

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hutch upto move slightly, in order to make room for someone; for example to move in a bed to make room for someone else to lie, or to move sideways on on a seat so as to allow someone room to sit and share that same seat.Rate it:

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il a une chambre grande comme la mainHe has a room not big enough to swing a cat in.Rate it:

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in like flynnSuccessfully got inside a locked room or difficult situation with some effort.Rate it:

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in shapeI guess I'd better get my room in shape if I have guests.Rate it:

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je suis à l'étroitI am cramped for room.Rate it:

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ladies' loungeA room in a pub or hotel, separate from the main drinking area, in which drinks are served; originally a place for women to drink in when not welcome or not comfortable in the traditionally male-oriented public bar, and latterly a more genteel area than the public bar. 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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love nestA room, especially a bedroom or boudoir, used for sexual intercourse.Rate it:

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not the brightest bulb in the chandelierThere are more intelligent (i.e. brighter) people in the room or in existence generally.Rate it:

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offer affordancesTo give elbow room or leeway for something to happen.Rate it:

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or elseClean up your room, or else!.Rate it:

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pachydermSomeone with thick skin. It is used for animals such as an elephant or a hippopotamus.Rate it:

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prendre du champTo take a run (before leap); To have room before one (for an effort).Rate it:

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redd upTo clean up, especially a room.Rate it:

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sell a bargainA species of wit, much in vogue about the latter end of the reign of Queen Anne, and frequently alluded to by Dean Swift, who says the maids of honour often amused themselves with it. It consisted in the seller naming his or her hinder parts, in answer to the question, What? which the buyer was artfully led to ask. As a specimen, take the following instance: A lady would come into a room full of company, apparently frightened, crying out "It is white, and follows me!" As soon as someone responded "What?" she sold him the bargain, by saying "Mine arse".Rate it:

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show somebody the doorTo escort someone to the exit of the premises; to expel someone from a room, gathering, etc.Rate it:

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show someone the doorTo escort someone to the exit of the premises; to expel someone from a room, gathering, etc.Rate it:

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SROsingle room occupancyRate it:

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SROstanding room onlyRate it:

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the holy of holiesThe most private room in the house. "This is my husband's holy of holies where he can work without being disturbed." The Holy of Holies was the name given to the innermost apartment of the Jewish Temple, where the Ark of the Covenant was kept. Only the high priest could enter this room on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur).Rate it:

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whistle walkThe path slaves took to deliver food from the kitchen building of a plantation to the main dining room. Slaves were expected to whistle during this walk in order to assure their masters that they were not eating the food.Rate it:

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work the crowdTo work the room.Rate it:

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