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Burn Your Bridges behind YouTo make unchangeable commitment, to be determined on any decisionRate it:

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burn one's bridgesTo destroy one's path, connections, reputation, opportunities, etc.Rate it:

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taking to ones heelsrunning awayRate it:

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i have many bridges to sell you.You've been very naive.Rate it:

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build bridgesTo form links or friendly relations.Rate it:

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burn the candle at both endsTo waste something in two directions at once.Rate it:

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burn the midnight oilTo work studiously, especially late into the night.Rate it:

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burn upTo anger; to annoy.Rate it:

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burn downTo burn to nothing.Rate it:

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burn outTo extinguish due to lack of fuel.Rate it:

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burn outTo tire due to overwork.Rate it:

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burn upTo catch fire and burn until destroyed.Rate it:

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burn upTo destroy by burning.Rate it:

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burn a hole in one's pocketTo cause someone to be tempted to spend money.Rate it:

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burn offTo dissipate as the result of heat.Rate it:

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burn rubberTo accelerate so rapidly from standstill that it leaves a mark of burnt rubber on the road from the tire.Rate it:

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burn the candle at both endsTo work hard night and day.Rate it:

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burn downTo completely burn, so that nothing remains.Rate it:

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burn everything russian except the sources of their energy, coal, natural gas and oil.From an early form of boycott and civil resistance in Ireland with implied relevance in today's world.Rate it:

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burn offTo cause to dissipate by applying heat.Rate it:

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burn offTo dispose of by burning it as it emerges from the well.Rate it:

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burn offTo fill with programming not suitable for its original purpose.Rate it:

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burn one's candle at both endsTo work extremely or excessively hard; to work too hard for good health or peace of mind.Rate it:

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burn one's fingersTo harm oneself; to suffer consequences of one's actions.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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Burn the Candle at Both EndsTo work more than usual, to extraordinary work (mentally or physical) until you get tiredRate it:

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Burn the Midnight OilTo work overnight, work or study till late nightRate it:

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burn to a crispTo burn very badly (usually in reference to food).Rate it:

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crash and burnTo fail utterly.Rate it:

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do a slow burnTo experience a gradually increasing feeling of anger or frustration.Rate it:

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slow burnA gradually increasing feeling of anger or frustration.Rate it:

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flame outburn up, fire up, flame up, flare upRate it:

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not to rewrite other people's wordsThe act of compromising to limiting ones word usage.Rate it:

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on its meritsConsidering only intrinsic good points and bad points, without prejudice or other considerations, such as procedural ones.Rate it:

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snake eyesTwo ones, after rolling two dice.Rate it:

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a goose has wandered onto one's midsection.To experience a warm and fuzzy feeling inside ones chest; to feel content and happy.Rate it:

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what goes around comes aroundWhat encompasses ones ideal thought makes a return to an original meaning once more.Rate it:

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a fool and his money are soon partedIt is easy to get money from foolish people, especially rich ones.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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quantum mechanicsThe branch of physics which studies matter and energy at the level of atoms and other elementary particles, and substitutes probabilistic mechanisms for classical Newtonian ones.Rate it:

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beat one's swords into ploughsharesTo refrain from doing aggressive activities and to do peaceful ones.Rate it:

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age before beautyA phrase said to allow older people to go before younger ones.Rate it:

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aliquem mortuum cremare (Sen. 23. 84)to burn a corpse.Rate it:

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Bite Your TongueTo hold ones words or to have control over what one is willing to say, to being ashamed of something that has been said or trying not to say itRate it:

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blaze upTo burn more brightlyRate it:

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brûler la chandelle par les deux boutsburn one's candle at both ends, or both )Rate it:

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brûler la chandelle par les deux boutsTo burn the candle at both ends.Rate it:

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brush downUsed other than as an idiom: see brush, down. To remove something with a brush, or ones hands using a downward brushing motion.Rate it:

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close to homeAffecting people close to, or within, ones family circle.Rate it:

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cracked me upTo break ones solemnity, reservedness, seriousness.Rate it:

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