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rip offTo charge an exorbitant or unfair rate.Rate it:

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at the end of the dayA colloquial expression of the twentieth/twenty first century referring as to a summary of events, degree of financial or business success, reference as to having a nice day, achieving preset goals, positive results.Rate it:

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break one's duckTo score one's first run in an innings.Rate it:

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de prime abordAt first sight; At the first blush.Rate it:

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for onceFor the first time, after many instances to the contrary; in a rare exception to the rule; as an exception to the usual.Rate it:

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sham AbramAlternative form of sham Abraham. [First attested in the late 18 century.]Rate it:

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skreigh o' dayday break, first lightRate it:

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All that Glitters is Not GoldA thing or a person that seems attractive at very first glance but actually worth nothingRate 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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#pitstoptoyourpurposeHashtag, phrase, ministry, movement by Activist Greshun De Bouse to describe how the storms of life are just a temporary stop en route to one's divine destiny; As creator of the phrase and hashtag, De Bouse is the first to use #pitstoptoyourpurpose on social media and online anywhere.Rate it:

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à ce titre (compte) j'y perdsAt that rate I am a loser.Rate it:

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à prime abordAt first sight; At the first blush.Rate it:

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à telle fin que de raisonAt all events; At any rate.Rate it:

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Aaron's beardA common name for several plants, which have tufts of stamens.[First attested in the late 19 century.]Cymbalaria muralis (ivy-leaved toadflax, Kenilworth ivy)Hypericum calycinum (great St. John's-wort, Jerusalem star)Saxifraga stolonifera (creeping saxifrage, strawberry geranium)Opuntia leucotricha (arborescent prickly pear, Aaron's beard cactus)Rate it:

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ABCA primer for teaching the Latin alphabet and first elements of reading.Rate it:

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across the boardA racing bet where one bets that the same competitor will place in first, second and third.Rate it:

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after you, AlphonseAn exchange indicating excessive formality or effort at politeness, particularly where two people each refuse to go forward because each insists on allowing the other to go forward first.Rate it:

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ah! vous m'en direz tant!1. Well, that alters the case! 2. Ah! now I understand, why did you not say so at first? 3. There’s no going against such a reason as that.Rate it:

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allons-yfirst-person plural imperative of y allerRate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/you can't spell XYZ without YImplies a correlation between two items, where the second one is spelled with letters from the first one.Rate it:

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ash wednesdayfirst day of lentRate it:

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ass-backwardsMoving backwards, that is, rear end first.Rate it:

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attack is the best form of defenceIn a battle, attacking the opposition first is better than waiting for them to attack.Rate it:

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auf einem Bein kann man nicht stehenused to encourage someone to have another drink after their firstRate it:

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bat a thousandTo reach first base on every at-bat.Rate it:

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bet outTo be the first in a round to put money in the pot.Rate it:

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big breakA breakthrough, especially the first big hit of a previously unknown performer or performers in the entertainment industry.Rate it:

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BOMDASBrackets, then order, then multiplication and division, then addition and subtraction; a mnemonic for arithmetic order of operations, with B first and AS last.Rate it:

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break one's duckTo do something for the first time.Rate it:

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break the deadlockTo score the first goal or point in a competitionRate it:

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break the sealWhen consuming alcohol, to urinate for the first time, which leads to needing to urinate more and more often.Rate it:

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c'est toujours çaThat is something, at any rate.Rate it:

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c'est un homme hors ligneHe is a first-rate man. Rate it:

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c'est un joueur de première forceHe is a first-rate player.Rate it:

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call off the dogsDuring a one-sided sports contest, to remove the first-string unit of a team from the game after dominating the opponent.Rate it:

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China syndromeA rare disease, first characterized in the early 1990s, which resembles poliomyelitis but which has somewhat different characteristics and occurs in persons vaccinated for poliomyelitis.Rate it:

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Chinese overtimeAny form of overtime in which increasing the hours worked reduces the hourly rate.Rate it:

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Christmas graduateA freshman who drops out of college at the end of the first semester.Rate it:

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chrome hornThe front bumper of a car when used to bump another vehicle, usually to inform the driver of the other vehicle, that the first car would like to pass.Rate it:

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coup de foudreA sudden unexpected event, especially an emotional one; love at first sight.Rate it:

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coup de foudrebolt from the blue; love at first sightRate it:

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de toute façon il a tortAt any rate he is wrong; Whichever way you look at it, he is wrong.Rate it:

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dip a toe intoTo enter or get involved in tentatively and for the first time.Rate it:

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dire tantôt blanc, tantôt noirTo say first one thing and then another.Rate it:

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don't put your cart before the horseThe same as saying, "First things first"; asserts that there is a certain order in which things happen and that the listener should consider that before going forward (outside of that order) regarding the matter at handRate it:

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elementa et tamquam semina rerumthe elements and first beginnings.Rate it:

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elle a deux enfants du premier litShe has two children by her first husband.Rate it:

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elle est ma nièce à la mode de bretagneShe is the daughter of my first cousin.Rate it:

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elle est ma tante à la mode de bretagneShe is my father’s (or, mother’s) first cousin; She is my first cousin once removed.Rate it:

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eye-openerAn alcoholic beverage consumed first thing in the morning.Rate it:

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