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cakes and aleThe simple material pleasures of life.Rate it:

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adams alewaterRate it:

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ale postA maypole.Rate it:

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no more cakes and ale?Cakes an ale are similar to "the good life", such as beer and skittles.Rate it:

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put one's money where one's mouth isMore generally, to take an obvious stake in the truth of a claim that one is making.Rate it:

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skin in the gameA stake; something at risk.Rate it:

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dog in the huntThis is often used erroneously to indicate that one has no stake in the outcome. As such this is a bastardization of two Southern idioms: "no dog in the fight," and "that dog won't hunt." (The latter indicates something is a bad idea or prone to fail.) Use of the phrase "no dog in the hunt" when one wishes to indicate they have no "dog in the fight" will generate funny glances from any Southerners who overhear it.Rate it:

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hunger is a good sauce(dated) Being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food.1854, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman, Punch, Vol. XXVI, Punch Publications Ltd., page 74:His bread and cheese were somewhat dry, to be sure; his ale had become flat, and considerably warmer than was desirable; but hunger is a good sauce, and thirst is not particular.Rate it:

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à la cléas a reward, at stake, up for grabsRate it:

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ad palum deligare (Liv. 2. 5)to bind to the stake.Rate it:

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at stakeIn danger; hazarded; pledged; at risk.Rate it:

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barrelThe quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31 1/2 gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds; of beer 31 gallons; of ale 32 gallons; of crude oil 42 gallons.Rate it:

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Bottle of DogNewcastle Brown AleRate it:

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il s'agit de votre vieYour life is at stake.Rate it:

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il y allait du bonheur de ma familleThe happiness of my family was at stake.Rate it:

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j'ai tiré mon épingle du jeuI have saved my stake; I got well out of a bad job.Rate it:

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j'en mettrais la main au feuI would swear to it; I would stake my life on it; I would take my dying oath about it.Rate it:

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le vin entre, la raison sortWhen ale is in, wit is out.Rate it:

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salus, caput, vita alicuius agitur, periclitatur, in discrimine est or versatura man's life is at stake, is in very great danger.Rate it:

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stake a claimTo take an action that asserts a property right in something.Rate it:

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stake outTo watch a location and/or people, generally covertly.Rate it:

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stake outTo mark off the limits by stakesRate it:

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stake outTo end the game by hitting the stake peg in the middle of the court.Rate it:

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welsh rabbitMilk or cheese plus ale on toast.Rate it:

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