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foreign ministerPolitical or official representative person of one country in another country.Rate it:

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escape the bear and fall to the lionTo avoid a problem or inconvenience only to exchange it for an even worse misfortune afterwardsRate it:

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exchange blowsHit each otherRate it:

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exchange fleshTo engage in sexual intercourse.Rate it:

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how do you say...in EnglishCommon phrase used to ask how to express an idea or translate a word, often in a foreign language.Rate it:

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pay forTo exchange for, especially money for goods or services.Rate it:

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swap inTo exchange for another of the same kind.Rate it:

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swap outTo exchange for.Rate it:

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Yankee go homeUnited States people go back to your country; used to express anger or opposition at American presence in a foreign land.Rate it:

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dummy outFrom a video game in the process of localizing that game from a foreign country.Rate it:

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swap outTo exchange for an unused equivalent.Rate it:

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ghost homeA residence intentionally kept vacant by an absentee owner, especially a foreign investor, as a financially safe asset to be liquidated at a convenient time.Rate it:

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swap spitto exchange informationRate it:

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the jetset wayThe JetSet Way is the only way. People who live this way are straight alpha/sigma males and have the ability at will to ethically attain any and every woman they shall desire, own any car they shall want, wear whatever brand clothes they want, get VIP access everywhere and will spend more time on planes traveling to foreign countries than they do at their home. The Jet Set Way was coined by JetSetFly (also known as Josh King Madrid) himself.Rate it:

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after you, AlphonseAn exchange indicating excessive formality or effort at politeness, particularly where two people each refuse to go forward because each insists on allowing the other to go forward first.Rate it:

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böhmische Dörferdouble Dutch, all Greek, like a foreign languageRate it:

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call it evenTo declare debts resolved or favors or other exchange equitable.Rate it:

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captivos permutare, commutareto exchange prisoners.Rate it:

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cash outTo retire; to exchange gambling chips for money when finished gambling.Rate it:

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cash outTo exchange possession of any commodity or idea for cash.Rate it:

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changer son cheval borgne contre un aveugleTo lose in an exchange.Rate it:

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color upTo exchange a high number of low-value chips for a lower number of higher value, but keeping the same overall value.Rate it:

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exchange ratecurrency ratioRate it:

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false friendA word in a foreign language bearing a deceptive resemblance to a word in one's own language.Rate it:

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fresh off the boatNewly arrived from a foreign place, especially as an immigrant who is still unfamiliar with the customs and language of his or her new environment.Rate it:

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funny moneyBills of any foreign currency or of counterfeit origin.Rate it:

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gunboat diplomacyThe pursuit of foreign policy objectives with the aid of conspicuous displays of military power.Rate it:

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here you areSaid when you hand something over to someone or do a favour to them, usually to draw the recipient's attention to the exchange; Equivalent to “thank you” when receiving something..Rate it:

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hire outTo allow others to use temporarily in exchange for money.Rate it:

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in exchangeas an exchange or replacementRate it:

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in exchangeto reciprocateRate it:

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inter se consalutare (De Or. 2. 3. 13)to exchange greetings.Rate it:

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jump the fenceTo change from first approach, approach from a different direction, suggest a completely foreign idea.Rate it:

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Monopoly moneyBills of foreign currency which are brightly colored or printed on flimsy paper.Rate it:

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not in a pig's eyeA chiding expression, relative to an odd-ball idea or suggestion. Deemed irrelevant, awkward, foreign, inappropriate.Rate it:

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peregrinatioa foreign journey.Rate it:

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pill millAn clandestine operation where a medical worker spuriously offers prescription medications to patients in exchange for bribes and not necessarily for any actual need.Rate it:

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private branch exchangeTelephone lines.Rate it:

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provincias permutareto exchange provinces.Rate it:

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quid pro quo(law) A form of sexual discrimination where a person implicitly or explicitly offers something in exchange for sexual favours.Rate it:

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quid pro quoan equal exchange.Rate it:

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round tableA conference at which participants of similar status discuss and exchange viewsRate it:

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sellTo agree to transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.Rate it:

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telephone exchangecommunications switching centreRate it:

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to be named laterUsed other than as an idiom. In an exchange, a unspecified example of a thing (in sports, usually a player), either not yet chosen or named publicly, at the time of a trade.Rate it:

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trade downTo lose value on the stock exchange.Rate it:

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trade upTo gain value on the stock exchange.Rate it:

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un capitaine au long coursA captain of a trading vessel going to foreign ports.Rate it:

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war of wordsA heated exchange of threatening or inflammatory statements.Rate it:

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