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what goes around
comes
around
What encompasses ones ideal thought makes a return to an original meaning once more.
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a bad penny always
comes
back
Alternative form of a bad penny always turns up.
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a lie
comes
back sooner or later
You can't run from a lie, it will return to you at some point.
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after Saturday
comes
Sunday
Used other than as an idiom: see after, Saturday,
comes
, Sunday.
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after Saturday
comes
Sunday
A phrase sometimes attributed to fundamentalist Muslims, implying that they wish to kill the Jews, whose sabbath is Saturday, and then the Christians, whose sabbath is Sunday.
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Appendix:Snowclones/with great X,
comes
great Y
States a causation in which Y follows X. Often, this phrase is used in a solemn tone, employed sarcastically for minor things that are not nearly as serious as suggested.
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cross that bridge when one
comes
to it
To deal with a problem or situation only when it arises.
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lentejas, si quieres las
comes
y si no, las dejas
Expresión que indica que una determinada acción es de cumplimiento obligatorio.
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lentejas, si quieres las
comes
y si no, las dejas
take it or leave it
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pride
comes
before a fall
A person who is extremely proud of his or her abilities will often suffer a setback or failure, because he or she tends to be overconfident and to make errors of judgment.
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the bad penny always
comes
back
Alternative form of a bad penny always turns up.
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what goes around
comes
around
The status eventually returns to its original value after completing some sort of cycle.A person's actions, whether good or bad, will often have consequences for that person.
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when one's ship
comes
in
When one makes a significant amount of money.
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when push
comes
to shove
When the pressure is on; when the situation is critical or urgent; when the time has come for action, even if it is difficult.
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worst
comes
to worst
If a possible worst-case scenario actually occurs.
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worst
comes
to worst
If an already bad situation progresses into a catastrophic situation.
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don't be penny wise and pound foolish
Don't be careful when it
comes
to spending small amounts of money, but careless when spending much larger amounts.Don't focus on minutiae and lose sight of the big picture; don't obsess over tiny inconsequential efficiencies while glaring inefficiencies are going on elsewhere.
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what will be, will be
Whatever it
comes
to be, it will be accepted. One must accept the outcome.
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money can't buy happiness
Money can buy external things, but true happiness
comes
from inside.
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long ways, long lies
Someone who
comes
back from a far-off country can tell lies without fear of being contradicted.
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au bout du fossé la culbute
At the end of the run
comes
the fall.
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BOHICA
Acronym of bend over, here it
comes
again. Used colloquially to indicate that an adverse situation is about to repeat itself, and that acquiescence is the wisest or only course of action.
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brace of shakes
The time taken for a sail to shake or shiver twice as a ship
comes
into the wind.
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Bull in a China Shop
An awkward person who actually does not care about the delicate situation, a rough person who
comes
near the brittle things, an insensitive person who makes people angry with his/her deeds and words to create disturbance in their work or plans
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ce n’est pas tous les jours fête
1. 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.
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ce qu’il dit coule de source
What he says
comes
from the heart,
comes
fluently from his lips.
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cela arrive comme marée en carême
That
comes
very seasonably, just at the right time.
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cela arrive comme mars en carême
That
comes
regularly, like clockwork.
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cela vient à point
That
comes
opportunely.
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conch don't grow on trees
meat that
comes
out of sea shells
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cross that bridge when one gets there
Alternative form of cross that bridge when one
comes
to it
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cross that bridge when one gets to it
Alternative form of cross that bridge when one
comes
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c’est de la moutarde après dîner
It
comes
too late to be of any use; It is a day after the fair.
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c’est tout comme
It
comes
to the same thing.
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Easy Come, Easy Go
Anything that
comes
very easily mostly goes or can be lost easily,
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friend with benefits
A friendship with no reserves when it
comes
to the release of shared sexual tension thus leading to sexual fraternization.
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god helps those who help themselves
Fortune
comes
to those who make a genuine effort to accomplish things.
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ice maiden
A woman who
comes
from a frozen climate.
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il ne tardera pas à venir
It will not be long before he
comes
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out of place
She
comes
in out of the storm with not a hair out of place.
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out of the mouths of babes
The greatest wisdom
comes
from children, who are not afraid or weary of the world and its pressures.
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parting shot
An insult or barbed comment issued as the speaker departs or the conversation
comes
to an end.
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pride cometh before a fall
Alternative form of pride
comes
before a fall.
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pride goes before a fall
Alternative form of pride
comes
before a fall.
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pride goeth before a fall
Alternative form of pride
comes
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pride wenteth before a fall
Alternative form of pride
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pull in
To pull something, so that
comes
inside.
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quand il n’y a pas de foin au râtelier, les chevaux se battent
When poverty
comes
in at the door, love flies out at the window.
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seagull manager
A manager who
comes
into the workplace or office only on occasion, especially when a problem arises or to criticize or critique employees.
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slow in
To adjust the spacing of inbetween frames so as to smoothly decelerate movement of an object as it
comes
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