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don't just stand there like dying calf in a hailstorm.My mom said this to me sometimes when I had misbehaved if I just stood there during the scolding.Rate it:

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he looked like a dying calf in a hail storm.When someone looks ill.Rate it:

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dying calf in a snowstormA lovestruck man looking at the one he adores from a far.Rate it:

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dying quailA pop fly which is hit weakly and falls in front of the outfielders.Rate it:

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I'm dyingIndicates that the speaker believes that he or she is dying.Rate it:

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if I'm lying, I'm dyingA promise that one is telling the truth.Rate it:

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sounded like a dying calf in a hail storm.Terrible singing voiceRate it:

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knocking on heaven's doorDying, close to death.Rate it:

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elle fait la carpe pâmée (fam.)She turns up the whites of her eyes; She pretends to be ill; She looks like a dying duck in a thunderstorm.Rate it:

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dropping like fliesFalling down, leaving, or dying in large numbers.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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la langue lui démangeHe longs to speak; He is dying to put in a word.Rate it:

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mort de rirelit., as adjective or past tense, dead or died of laughing, so "died laughing" or "dying of laughter"; compare mort de faim for starve. Often appearing as abbreviation "mdr" or "MDR," e.g., in SMS, as the French expression equivalent to LOL; sometimes expanded as the infinitive, mourir de rire.Rate it:

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oculos operire (morienti)to close the eyes of a dying person.Rate it:

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son affaire est faiteHe is a dead man (of one dying); He is done for; He is a ruined man.Rate it:

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