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empty promiseA promise that is either not going to be carried out, worthless or meaningless.Rate it:

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empty vessels make the most soundnoisy, opinionated people are often stupid.Rate it:

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empty outTo completely empty.Rate it:

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empty the tankTo make the utmost effort; to contribute to the absolute limit of one's energy and abilities.Rate it:

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glass-half-emptypessimisticRate it:

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it is hard for an empty sack to stand upright.It being more difficult for a man in want to act always honestly.Rate it:

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run on emptyLosing enthusiasm or willingness, lacking energy.Rate it:

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running on emptyLosing enthusiasm or willingness, lacking energy.Rate it:

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up in armsTo be angry or upsetRate it:

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babe in armsAn infant.Rate it:

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coat of armsheraldic insigniaRate it:

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man at armsa soldier of the High Medieval to Renaissance periodsRate it:

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small armsFirearms designed to be carried and fired by a single person; often held in the hand.Rate it:

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up in armsAngry; preparing for a fight.Rate it:

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up in armsTo be angry or upsetRate it:

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with open armsWith enthusiasm, as if embracing.Rate it:

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lip serviceEmpty talk; words absent of action or intention.Rate it:

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walk the talkTo do what one said one could do, or would do, not just making empty promises. To walk one's talk is to be innocent of hypocrisy.Rate it:

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ball upTo hunch over and pull in one's arms and legs.Rate it:

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top offTo fill completely; to fill or refill the final portion of something not empty.Rate it:

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hungry as a bearvoracious, starved, empty.Rate it:

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lionThe arms of the University of the West Indies are Barry wavy of six Argent and Azure an open Book proper bound Gules garnished Or on a Chief of the third a Lion passant guardant Erminois. Crest: A Pelican proper. . See talk page.Rate it:

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lionA stylized representation of a large cat, used on a coat of arms.Rate it:

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reach-aroundA passing style in which the ballhandler performs a crossover step in the direction of the intended pass and then extends his or her arms to throw the pass around the defender.Rate it:

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rid outto clear out, emptyRate it:

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snowmanA humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks, a carrot, and stones or coal.Rate it:

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à bras ouvertswith open armsRate it:

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ab armis discedere (Phil. 11. 33)to lay down arms.Rate it:

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ad arma conclamare (Liv. 3. 50)to call to arms.Rate it:

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ad arma concurrereto rush to arms.Rate it:

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ad vim et arma descendere (vid. sect. V. 9, note Similarly...)to have recourse to force of arms.Rate it:

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all mouth and no trousersSuperficial, engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance.Rate it:

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all mouth and trousersSuperficial, engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance.Rate it:

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arm upto supply, or be supplied with, arms (weapons)Rate it:

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arma abicereto throw away one's arms.Rate it:

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arma capere, sumereto take up one's arms.Rate it:

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arma ponere (not deponere)to pile arms (cf. sect. XII. 3, note vestem deponere...).Rate it:

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às armasto arms !Rate it:

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bar sinisterA bend sinister or baton sinister in a coat of arms.Rate it:

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battre l'appelTo call to arms.Rate it:

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bellum conficere, perficereto terminate a war (by force of arms and defeat of one's opponents).Rate it:

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c'est un donneur d'eau bénite de courHe makes empty promises.Rate it:

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clean outTo empty completely; to remove all money or possessions from.Rate it:

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clear outto become emptyRate it:

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clear outto completely emptyRate it:

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compressis manibus sedere (proverb.) (Liv. 7. 13)to sit with folded arms; to be inactive.Rate it:

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deadweightThe largest weight of cargo a ship is able to carry; i.e, the weight of a ship when fully loaded minus its weight when empty.Rate it:

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drain outTo empty completely of liquids; to drain completely.Rate it:

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dump outTo empty a container by turning its contents out over a surface.Rate it:

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exercitatus in armispractised in arms.Rate it:

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