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one eye lookin at a squirrel and the other eye lookin at a possum.Describing a person with eyes looking in different directions at once. Someone who’s walleyed or has wonky eyes.Rate it:

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one small step for man, one giant leap for mankindWords spoken by Neil Armstrong when taking the first steps on the moon.Rate it:

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one-man bandA musician who plays several musical instruments at once.Rate it:

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one-offOccurring once; one-time.Rate it:

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one-offOccurring once, one-time, independent of any pattern.Rate it:

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out of the blueUnexpectedly; without warning or preparation.Rate it:

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Out of the Clear Blue SkyUnexpectedly, from nowhere, without any warningRate it:

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over the moonDelighted, thrilled.Rate it:

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peacock bluecolourRate it:

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pin itStop everything you're doing now at once, at instanceRate it:

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poacher turned gamekeeperA person who now works against the same people they once supported.Rate it:

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purple stateSomewhat whimsical synonym for swing state. (In the modern United States) a state that may support the Democratic or Republican Party (purple states, states that vote for Democratic or Republican Party in general, being red states in some given elections and blue states in other given elections).Rate it:

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put paid toTo stop something once and for all.Rate it:

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rain or shineIt doesn’t matter what the circumstances are or whatever happens; whatsoever the conditions or the weather is; it's most commonly used to say that an event still happen (will not be canceled) even if it rains; See also, come rain or come shineRate it:

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revolving door syndromeA situation in which an individual changes employers, perhaps more than once, switching between employment with the government or with an organization having oversight authority and employment with an organization regulated by or overseen by the other employer.Rate it:

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Richard of York gave battle in vainA mnemonic phrase to help remember the order of the seven colours of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.Rate it:

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ROYGBIVA mnemonic for the sequence of colors in the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.Rate it:

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same old storyWhat usually happens, a happening which is not surprising.Rate it:

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scream blue murderTo protest loudly or angrily.Rate it:

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sea lo que seawhatever may come, no matter what, whatever happens, come what mayRate it:

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see which way the cat jumpsTo delay taking action until something else happens first.Rate it:

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semel atque iterum; iterum ac saepius; identidem; etiam atque etiammore than once; repeatedly.Rate it:

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shit happensBad things happen, and there is nothing we can do about it.Rate it:

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Shoe in the Other FootThe same negative thing experienced by the person that he once caused other to experienceRate it:

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shoot the moonTo take a risk which may result in great rewards; to succeed after taking such a risk.Rate it:

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shoot the moonTo hit the moon, with a rocket or by other means.Rate it:

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shoot the moonTo achieve the lowest score possible, such that the player is usually rewarded with bonus points.Rate it:

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shoot the moonTo attain great heights, a high value, or a numerically high measurement.Rate it:

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shoot the moon!Gambler's expression prior to throwing the 'dice':Rate it:

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skittles partythe party where teenagers or young adults bring with them a lot of random pills, take them, and see what happensRate it:

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slippery slopeA chain of events that, once initiated, cannot be halted; especially one in which the final outcome is undesirable or precarious.Rate it:

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so mote it beMay it be thus: a formula once used in ancient church and pagan rituals, and now used to conclude spells in Wicca.Rate it:

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sol(luna) deficit, obscuraturthe sun, moon, is eclipsed.Rate it:

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somewhere along the lineAt some unspecified time; eventually or once; at some point.Rate it:

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speak of the devilAn expression sometimes used when a person mentioned in the current conversation happens to arrive on the scene.Rate it:

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take it from thereLet's see what happensRate it:

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talk a blue streakTo talk for a long time, at great length, or to the point of tedium.Rate it:

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that's the way life isThat is the way things happenCertain things cannot be changed, helped or improved; struggle and objection are pointless.1935, Louis Bromfield, The Man Who Had Everything, page 279:That's the way life is, and there's no use trying to go against it.1979, Jay Edward Abrams, A Theology of Christian Counseling: More Than Redemption, ISBN 0310511011, page 45:There are no standards, no values; that's the way life is. Learn to accept it and slide with it. Stop fighting it.2002, B. Eugene Ellison, Rings of the Templars, ISBN 059524050X, page 337:Shit happens; that's the way life is. In fact, I want you to take an additional thousand for your efforts.Rate it:

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the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get(vulgar) The sexual satisfactions that one receives from a spouse or romantic partner are not sufficient to compensate for the significant periods of bad faith and unpleasant treatment which such relationships routinely involve.1971, Allen Churchill, The Literary Decade, ISBN 9780135375228:Years later she expressed her disillusionment with sex by saying, "The fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."1999, Ben Sonnenberg, Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy, ISBN 9781582430454, p. 93:Maitland got drunk at his parties and threw his arm around you and pulled you over to his wife and made you look down her dress, saying, "The trouble with marriage is that the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."2008, Joseph Heywood, Blue Wolf In Green Fire, ISBN 9781599213590, p. 63:"I can't believe a little pussy got me into dis mess." "Shit happens," Service said. "Sometimes the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."Rate it:

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the sky is the moonA new modern combination of "the sky is the limit" and "shoot for the moon".Rate it:

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these things happenSynonym of it happensRate it:

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to the moonTo a very distant or unreachable place.Rate it:

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to the moonUsed as an intensifier.Rate it:

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to the moon and backImmensely.Rate it:

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tous les 36 du moisOnce in a blue moon.Rate it:

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tous les quinze joursonce a fortnight; fortnightlyRate it:

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true bluestaunchly loyalRate it:

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true blueIndubitably loyal or faithful.Rate it:

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True-BlueTo be extremely faithful, loyal and dependable Rate it:

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turn the air blueTo speak a stream of bad language; to curse and swear.Rate it:

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