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look out! there's a car coming!Pay attention, otherwise you can be ran over.Rate it:

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chickens coming home to roostConsequences visited upon someone who originally had appeared to escape them.Rate it:

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Christmas is comingUsed as a reminder or warning regarding an impending deadline.Rate it:

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coming out of one's earshaving too much or too many of something; being overloaded or overwhelmedRate it:

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get what's coming to oneTo experience the consequences of one's action.Rate it:

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have another thing comingAlternative form of have another think comingRate it:

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have another think comingTo be deluded, to be mistaken; to need to rethink something one has determined; to need to reconsider one's plans or expectations.Rate it:

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have it comingTo deserve or merit, as the consequences of one's actions.Rate it:

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the British are comingA statement of impending doom.Rate it:

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the British are comingA warning that enemies are about and a battle is about to begin.Rate it:

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up-and-comingemerging; aspiring; beginning to attract attention or critical acclaimRate it:

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up-and-comingEmerging; aspiring; improving; beginning to attract attention or critical acclaim.Rate it:

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le bel âgeChildhood; youth.Rate it:

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age outUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see age,‎ out.Rate it:

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à la fleur de l'âgeIn the prime of life.Rate it:

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act one's ageTo be mature and not childish.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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age outTo become too old for an activity, program or institution; to become too mature for a behavior.Rate it:

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age quod agisFais ce que tu fais. Incitation à faire correctement ce qu'on entreprend.Rate it:

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come of ageTo reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult.Rate it:

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come of ageTo mature, or become fully developed.Rate it:

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coon's ageA very long time.Rate it:

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day and ageA time period of years or more.Rate it:

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drinking ageUsed other than as an idiom: The least age at which one is permitted by law to drink alcoholic beverages.Rate it:

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drinking ageA two and an ace as a starting hand in Texas hold 'emRate it:

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il est président d'âgeHe is chairman by seniority.Rate it:

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in this day and ageIn the current time period of years.Rate it:

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l'âge n'est fait que pour les chevauxPar extension : il n’est pas poli de parler de la vieillesse en présence d’une personne âgée.Rate it:

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l'âge n'est fait que pour les chevauxL’âge n’est pas important tant qu’on est en bonne santé.Rate it:

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la fleur de l'âgeThe prime of life.Rate it:

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le bas âgeInfancy.Rate it:

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le moyen âgeThe Middle Ages.Rate it:

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old age is not a state of mind, it's a frontal assault!About getting old.Rate it:

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one age withthe same age as, (followed by a name).Rate it:

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quel âge as-tuhow old are you?Rate it:

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ripe old ageA very old ageRate it:

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to attain one' age of wisdomTo reach an age of maturity, to grow old.Rate it:

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black don't crackPeople of African descent tend to wrinkle less with age than people with fairer skin.Rate it:

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payback's a bitchUsually a complete sentence as an interjection: I am amused that someone got their revenge on you...but you certainly had it coming.Rate it:

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smarty pantsTo be really smart for your age or to be just really smart; often used sarcastically toward someone who acts as if they are smart or to a child who 'sasses' their parent or elderRate it:

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canary in a coal mineSomething whose sensitivity to adverse conditions makes it a useful early indicator of such conditions; something which warns of the coming of greater danger or trouble by a deterioration in its health or welfare.Rate it:

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somnium verum evādit (Div. 2. 53. 108)my dream is coming true.Rate it:

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the good die youngWell-regarded people who are morally upright, kind, and beneficent tend to die at a younger age than do most people.Rate it:

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bring roundTo bring something when coming.Rate it:

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keep awayTo prevent from coming.Rate it:

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Over the HillOld and past age, beyond one’s prime, past the bestRate it:

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throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stickTry the same thing (or similar things) often enough, and, even if the general standard is poor, sometimes one will be successful.2001, And still no one is shouting stop. read in The Kingdom archives at on 02 Nov 06,Many team managers are of the philosophy that if you throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick. They believe that team preparation is all about physical fitness. They run the players into the ground and they believe they will be "flying on the day".2001, Robert McCrum, Let them eat cake, in The Observer 16 Dec 01, read on Guardian Unlimited site at on 02 Nov 06,Australian publishing boomed and in the past 10 years the country's literary culture has undergone a mini golden age, capped by Carey's triumph at the 2001 Booker Prize. As one Australian arts administrator said to me many years ago: 'Listen, mate, if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.'2001, Chris Collin, Re: 2-cp speys on The Strathspey Server mailing list archive at on 02 Nov 06,I am finding that "if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick". It doesn't always work of course (especially on the nights when the class is mostly the beginners), but the class seems to thrive on the challange.2005, Ray Craft (poster on The right scale blog), Fitzhooie and his Burden, read at on 02 Nov 06,Prosecutors everywhere have bad habits of overcharging lots of cases, knowing that if the throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick.2005, Sean Kelleher, Spike Milligan: His part in our downfall in Business 07 Aug 05, read at on 02 Nov 06,As long as there is negligible regulation and enforcement anyone can actually try and do the job...Weak regulation allows the industry to build strategies on full time recruitment. The theory goes: throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.c2005, Everything You've Learned About Marketing Is Wrong, read on LINC Performance website at on 02 Nov 06,They have the money to continue to believe in the repetition side of the equation. You throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick. But it still isnRate it:

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reach an early graveTo be sentenced to death before the age of 18.Rate it:

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companyKeep the house clean, I have company coming.Rate it:

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Cut Your Eyeteeth on SomethingTo become sensible at a young age; to have experienceRate it:

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