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'el que quiere celeste que le cueste (gt)*no pain no gainRate it:

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acer morsus doloris est (Tusc. 2. 22. 53)the pain is very severe.Rate it:

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acerbum dolorem alicui inurereto cause any one very acute pain.Rate it:

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albatross around one's neckSomething that one is associated with that keeps one from succeeding in what they want to achieve.Rate it:

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Albatross Around Your NeckA person or a thing you feel like a burden and you always want to avoid and get rid of, something bad you did and want to avoid discussing or someone else recall it againRate it:

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albatross round one's neckAlternative form of albatross around one's neck.Rate it:

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an ounce of prevention can be worth a pound of cureWe tend to not pay attention to our Physical and mental health until there is pain present or choas has arrived. A little bit here and there foes a long way.Rate it:

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animus meus ad dolorem obduruit (Fam. 2. 16. 1)I have become callous to all pain.Rate it:

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avoir son pain cuitTo have one’s bread and cheese, a competency.Rate it:

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be a manTo put up with something or take responsibility for it; to deal with something, such as pain or misfortune, without complaining.Rate it:

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better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at allHaving experience of love, even if it ended, is better than having no experience of love.Love is worthwhile despite the pain involved in separation.Rate it:

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brass neckGall, shamelessness, cheek.Rate it:

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brass neckA person with gall.Rate it:

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brass-neckTo behave boldly or shamelessly.Rate it:

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breathe down someone's neckTo follow someone too closely, making it uncomfortable for them.Rate it:

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c'est pain bénitC’est bien mérité, c’est bien fait.Rate it:

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c'est pain bénitIt serves you (him, her, them) right.Rate it:

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c'est pain bénitC’est aisé ou facile.Rate it:

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c'est un long jour qu'un jour sans pain’Tis a long lane that has no turning.Rate it:

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ça mange pas de painVariante de ça ne mange pas de pain.Rate it:

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ça ne mange pas de painÇa ne nécessite pas de grande dépense ou de grands efforts, cela ne peut nuire ou cela ne fait pas prendre de grands risques.Rate it:

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ça ne mange pas de pain, ça ne boit pas de vinÇa ne mange pas de pain.Rate it:

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callum obducere dolori (Tusc. 2. 15. 36)to render insensible to pain.Rate it:

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carry a torch forRemain feel the pain of unreciprocated love for.Rate it:

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cervices (in Cic. only in plur.) frangere alicui or alicuiusto break a person's neck.Rate it:

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cet homme est bon comme le painThat man is goodness itself.Rate it:

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come and goTo repeatedly appear and disappear (said especially of a feeling or pain)Rate it:

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croûte de pâté vaut bien painCe proverbe signifie que le meilleur peut remplacer le bon.Rate it:

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cry outTo shout in a loud voice, due to pain, or fear, or unhappiness.Rate it:

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Damm-Itt!, Darn-Itt!, Gol-Darn-Itt!Adult Exclamations; 'Mouthed', 'Shouted'; 'Whispered', 'Repeated' in Anger, in Pain, In Frustration, In Aggravation:Rate it:

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de tout s'avise à qui pain faut (manque)Necessity is the mother of invention.Rate it:

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dolore afficito feel pain.Rate it:

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dolorem alicui eripere (Att. 9. 6. 4)to free a person from his pain.Rate it:

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dolorem alicui facere, afferre, commovereto cause a person pain.Rate it:

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dolores remittunt, relaxantthe pain grows less.Rate it:

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doloribus premi, angi, ardere, cruciari, distineri et divellito feel acute pain.Rate it:

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drain the swamp when up to one's neck in alligators(idiomatic) When performing a long and complex task, and when you've gotten utterly immersed in secondary and tertiary unexpected tangential subtasks, it's easy to lose sight of the initial objective. This sort of distraction can be particularly problematic if the all-consuming subtask or sub-subtask is not, after all, particularly vital to the original, primary goal, but ends up sucking up time and resources (out of all proportion to its actual importance) only because it seems so urgent.Rate it:

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être dans la merde jusqu'au couTo be up to your neck in trouble, to be up shit creekRate it:

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fall on someone's neckTo embrace someone affectionately or thankfully.Rate it:

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forget, when up to one's neck in alligators, that the mission is to drain the swampTo lose sight of one's initial objective, becoming caught up in subtasks or in tasks only tangentially/orthogonally related to the initial objective.Rate it:

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give someone griefTo cause pain.Rate it:

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gladius cervicibus impendeta sword hangs over his neck.Rate it:

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grey skyTo show worry or pain.Rate it:

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grin and bear itTo tolerate adversity with good humor; put up with pain, misfortune, or unpleasantness without complaining or in a stoic mannerRate it:

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Grit Your TeethTo endure pain courageously, to put up with harsh time or difficultyRate it:

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guts outTo persevere through; to complete in spite of pain, etc.Rate it:

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hackles risingAn emotional or mental reaction to an irritable situation or person which causes a physical response to ones patience and/or the hair on the back of the one's neck.Rate it:

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have someone's blood on one's headTo be responsible for someone's death, pain, or misfortune.Rate it:

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he has become a millstone around my neckA millstone means a burdenRate it:

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il a du pain sur la plancheHe has saved money; He has enough to live upon; He has put something by for a rainy day; There is plenty of work for him to do.Rate it:

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