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il courait à toute bride (or, à bride abattue)He was running at full speed.Rate it:

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off like a bride's nightieMoving quickly and resolutely.Rate it:

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off like a bride's nightieMaking a rapid departure; away. [From 1960.](Australia, horse racing) Moving quickly and resolutely.Rate it:

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always a bridesmaid, never a brideSaid of a person who has potential that is never fulfilled.Rate it:

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December brideA woman who marries when she is significantly older than most brides.Rate it:

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war brideA woman who marries a man who is on active duty military in wartime.Rate it:

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à cheval donné on ne regarde pas à la brideOne does not look a gift-horse in the mouth.Rate it:

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à cheval donné on ne regarde pas à la bride (or, à la dent)One does not look a gift-horse in the mouth.Rate it:

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à cheval donné, on ne regarde pas la brideIl faut se contenter de ce qu’on reçoit, ne pas critiquer ce qui est offert en cadeau.Rate it:

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always the bridesmaid, never the brideAlternative form of always a bridesmaid, never a brideRate it:

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il est aisé d'aller à pied quand on tient son cheval par la brideIt is easy to stoop from state when that state can be resumed at will.Rate it:

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je lui ai mis la bride sur le couI gave him full liberty.Rate it:

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un cheval boit la brideQuand le mors force les coins de la bouche et les fait rider, ce qui arrive quand les montants de la bride ne sont pas assez allongés.Rate it:

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vous lui tenez la bride trop hauteYou keep him too much under restraint.Rate it:

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war brideA company or individual whose business is increased by warfare.Rate it:

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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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till death do us partA common phrase said between the bride and the groom at a Christian wedding, indicating togetherness and commitment.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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ale postA maypole.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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give awayTo formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom; often by her father.Rate it:

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le vin entre, la raison sortWhen ale is in, wit is out.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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shotgun weddingA wedding in which the bride is already pregnant.Rate it:

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

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white weddingA wedding in which the bride is still a virgin.Rate it:

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