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cross someone's pathTo meet by chance.Rate it:

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"i don't have to listen to your footsteps, the path you follow does not lead to my destination."DestinationRate it:

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"if i told a herd of oxen they are on the wrong path, would they believe me?"WrongRate it:

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bridle pathtrack suitable for horse ridingRate it:

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garden pathShort for garden path sentence.Rate it:

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garden pathUsed other than as an idiom: see garden, path.Rate it:

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growth pathCareer path, the growth of an employee in organisation.Rate it:

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lead down a garden pathTo mislead; to seduce.Rate it:

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lead someone down the garden pathTo deceive, hoodwink.Rate it:

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off the beaten pathIn a secluded location; in a place which is not frequently visited or not widely known.Rate it:

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Off the Beaten Track (Path)Uncommon, something out of the way, not widely known, unpopularRate it:

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“whoever is guided by faith does not follow any path.â€whoeverRate it:

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“with so many signs, following the right path is only for those who are guided by faith.â€SignsRate it:

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dirty lookAn unpleasant or disdainful look or expression, often directed at someone.Rate it:

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do not pass go, do not collect £200A phrase telling someone to pursue a path directly without deviations.Rate it:

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faith will move mountainsBelief in oneself (read sometimes as belief in God) can help one overcome any hurdle in life's path.Rate it:

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stop someone in his tracksTo prevent someone from continuing along a path or way, literal or figurative, he has begun going along.Rate it:

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boots on the groundThis smacks of a military jargon. Troops deployed to confront enemy. Modern warfare can be conducted from helicopters, drones, bombers with remote directed missiles, rockets and missiles from ships.Rate it:

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do not pass go, do not collect $200A phrase telling someone to pursue a path directly without deviations.Rate it:

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keep it between the ditchesTo stay out of trouble or follow a righteous (God-fearing) path.Rate it:

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a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go downAn otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.1999, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253335833, page 372,One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bitter," arduous path of upholding burdensome precepts and prohibitions, a tale can lighten the load, make the "medicine" easier "to swallow."2001, Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316736368, page 319,It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, ISBN 1564147045, page 11,If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.Rate it:

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poison penA usually intentionally rude, spiteful, and/or condescending piece of writing directed at a person, group, lifestyle, way of thought, or other target.Rate it:

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squint like a bag of nailsTo squint very much, as though one's eyes were directed as many ways as the points of a bag of nails.Rate it:

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yellow brick roadA proverbial path to a Promised Land of one's hopes and dreams.Rate it:

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I know you are but what am IAssertion that an insult made by the party to whom the phrase is directed is actually true of that party, and not of the person using the phrase. Usually considered to be a playground taunt.Rate it:

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a virtute discedere or deficereto deviate from the path of virtue.Rate it:

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alicuius in re publica or capessendae rei publicae consilia eo spectant, ut...a man's policy is aiming at, directed towards...Rate it:

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amber gamblerA driver of a road vehicle who accelerates when the traffic lights change from green to amber (instead of stopping, as required by law), gambling that no vehicle will cross his or her path; a driver who starts off when the traffic lights show red and amber together, but not yet green.Rate it:

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

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dead endA path or strategy that goes nowhere or is blocked on one end.Rate it:

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death spiralThe situation or course of action of one who is on a path toward some sort of inevitable catastrophic failure.Rate it:

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follow in someone's footstepsTo follow the same path as someone.Rate it:

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happy trailsan expression wishing someone a good journey (typically on a road or path); short for 'happy trails to you'; a way of saying goodbyeRate it:

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holding patternA path taken by an aircraft waiting to land.Rate it:

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honestatem deserereto deviate from the path of virtue.Rate it:

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how do you like them applesDirected jestingly or mockingly at someone who has received surprising information, ridiculing the situation.Rate it:

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I hate youExpression of hatred, or intense disdain or dislike directed at someone.Rate it:

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le chemin de veloursThe primrose path.Rate it:

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lead up toTo follow or mark a path toward.Rate it:

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love gogglesblindness to criticism or objectivity directed at a person that one is in love with.Rate it:

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off the railsOff the intended path.Rate it:

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on trackOn a well-defined promotion path in an organisation, usually tenure.Rate it:

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pitroad, path, wayRate it:

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put one's mind to itTo apply oneself; to exert a directed effort.Rate it:

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ray of lighta path a photon or a group of photons takes through space, visible as a column of lightRate it:

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sawdust trailThe path to spiritual redemption or salvation, especially as involving attendance at Christian revival meetings presided over by itinerant preachers in the United States.Rate it:

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step asideto deviate from the right or proper pathRate it:

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straight and narrowA path of honesty; procedure according to rules and plans.Rate it:

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strait and narrowFollowing a good path in life.Rate it:

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substruere viam glarea (Liv. 41. 27)to make a gravel path.Rate it:

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