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bright lightsThe glamour and glitz of a place, especially a big cityRate it:

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Bright-Eyed and Bushy-TailedFeeling lively, bright, fit and cheerful after a long time Rate it:

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bulls eyedirect hitRate it:

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bunny hopA dance from the big band era, a variation of the conga.Rate it:

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buried treasureSomething, having been concealed for a long time, which later is found and is profitable.Rate it:

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burn some rubberAn expression of intent to drive ruthlessly, speedily, wildly, illegally: Express the intention to perform tasks, agendas in wild abandon, in order to impress, gain an advantage, recover lost time or missed opportunity:Rate it:

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business before pleasureAn admonishment that discharging one's obligations must take precedence over devoting time to pursuits meant solely for one's own gratification.Rate it:

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Busman's HolidayTo spend free time in same task people do during their working timingsRate it:

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busy workWork or activity performed with the intention or result of occupying time, and not necessarily to accomplish something productive; routine work of low priority undertaken for the sake of avoiding idleness.Rate it:

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butter one's bread on both sidesTo profit from two things at the same time, especially when those things seem contradictory or incompatible.Rate it:

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buy timePurposefully cause a delay to something, in order to achieve something else.Rate it:

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buying timeTo purposely cause a delay to allow you to finish something.Rate it:

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by a landslidewith big marginals, with a lotRate it:

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by a long shotBy a wide margin; indicates a very big difference or disparity.Rate it:

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by and byGradually,after a timeRate it:

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by the timeWhen.Rate it:

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bygones be bygones, and fair play for time to comeLet all past wrongs be forgotten, with a resumption of cordial relations.Rate it:

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c'era una voltaonce upon a timeRate it:

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c'est le diable qui bat sa femme et qui marie sa filleIt is raining and the sun is shining at the same time.Rate it:

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c'est un gros réjouiHe is a big jolly fellow.Rate it:

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Call it a DayTo end up the work for a day, to stop work for the time beingRate it:

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calm before the stormA time of peace before any storm or disaster--either an actual storm or hurricane or figuratively to mean any calm before anything bad happensRate it:

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Can't Hit the Side of a BarnTo be unable of hitting the target accurately, to hold horrible planRate it:

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carry overTo transfer (something) to a later point in time.Rate it:

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cash on the barrelheadMoney in the form of paper currency or coins, paid immediately at the time and place of a transaction.Rate it:

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catch big airSuperlative of catch air; make a big jump high off the ground.Rate it:

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Catch You LaterTo say farewell to someone for a short time-period or just a simple good byeRate it:

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ce garçon gaspille son tempsThat boy fools his time away.Rate it:

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ce n'est pas tous les jours fête1. Christmas comes but once a year. 2. One cannot always have “a high old time,” but must work as well. 3. Life is not all beer and skittles.Rate it:

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cela arrive comme marée en carêmeThat comes very seasonably, just at the right time.Rate it:

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change horses in midstreamTo change plans or approaches at an inopportune time, such as when an effort is already underway, generally considered an inadvisable thing to do.Rate it:

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chase one's tailTo busily try to perform many tasks or to repeatedly revise one's plans, especially with inefficient use of one's time and limited results.Rate it:

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che ora èWhat time is it?Rate it:

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che ore sonoWhat time is it?Rate it:

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chew the fatTo chat idly or generally waste time talking.Rate it:

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clock is tickingTime is running out; a deadline is approaching.Rate it:

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clock outTo officially record a work-termination time for.Rate it:

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clock outTo end work; to officially record a time when one terminates a period of work.Rate it:

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clock upTo accumulate a large amount of time.Rate it:

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close enough for government workIt is not worth investing additional time on perfecting this thing.Rate it:

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close the faceTo turn the face of the bat inwards, in order to hit the ball to the leg side.Rate it:

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close upTo shut a building or a business for a period of time.Rate it:

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closing timeUsed other than as an idiom: see closing, time.Rate it:

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closing timeThe time when a public house closes. Used to invite final drink orders.Rate it:

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closing timeUsed to suggest that a deadline for action is imminent.Rate it:

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cold day in HellThe time of occurrence of an event that will never happen.Rate it:

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collect dustTo remain untouched and unused for a long period of time.Rate it:

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come in handyTo be useful or helpful, especially at some time in the future.Rate it:

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come on toTo make a romantic or sexual advance to; to hit on.Rate it:

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come to a headTo suddenly reveal that which has lain latent for a time.Rate it:

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