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John HancockOne's signature.Rate it:

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John Q. PublicA generic individual; some hypothetical average or ordinary citizen.Rate it:

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John DoeAny unknown or anonymous male person.Rate it:

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John DoeA fictitious name used in the legal documents for an unknown or anonymous male person.Rate it:

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John HenryOne's signature.Rate it:

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John ThomasThe penisRate it:

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Master John GoodfellowPenis.Rate it:

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tu m'étonnes, JohnTu m’étonnes.Rate it:

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who shot johnA long and involved explanation; a thing of which an explanation would be long and involved.Rate it:

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hit the hayTo go to bed.Rate it:

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go for a roll in the hayTo have sex.Rate it:

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hay que joderseyou're kidding me; crap; holy crapRate it:

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hay is for horsessaid as a retort to someone saying hey, used to indicate that the speaker disapproves of the usage of the word "hey", perhaps due to a dislike of informal speech.Rate it:

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hay que jodersewould you believe it; fuck meRate it:

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hay ropa tendidasomeone is within earshot; someone might be listening in to the conversationRate it:

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Hit the HayTo go to sleepRate it:

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make hayTo take advantage of an opportunity.Rate it:

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make hayTo cut grass to turn into hay for animal feed.Rate it:

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make hay while the sun shinesTo act while an opportunity exists; to take action while a situation is favorable.Rate it:

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Make Hay While the Sun ShinesTo do something beneficial in a tight situationRate it:

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no hay de quédon't mention it; used as you're welcome in the sense of no problemRate it:

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no hay derechoExpresa disgusto y rechazo hacia aquello que se considera intolerable.Rate it:

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no hay derechono fair; it's not fairRate it:

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no hay moros en la costathe coast is clearRate it:

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no hay problemaNo posa un problema.Rate it:

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para gustos hay coloresAlternative form of para gustos coloresRate it:

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que hay muertes repentinasSe usa para animar a alguien a disfrutar de una ocasión u oportunidad agradables.Rate it:

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what the hayEuphemistic form of what the hell.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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throw dirt enough, and some will stickIf enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say Rate it:

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catch-as-catch-canA. 1681, John Fryer, Richard Chiswell, Robert Roberts, Robert White, A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters, Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672 and Finished 1681.Rate it:

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Jane DoeFemale equivalent of John Doe.Rate it:

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play old harryBlenkiron and I have been moving in the best circles as skilled American engineers who are going to play Old Harry with the British on the Tigris. — John Buchan, "Greenmantle", 1916..Rate it:

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'tis an ill wind that blows no goodSimilar to "every cloud has a silver lining" or "one man's gain is another's loss". This expression appeared in John Heywood's 1546 proverb collection and remains so well known that it is often shortened. (www.dictionary.com}Rate it:

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a puto el postreIndica que hay que hacer algo con gran rapidez y procurando no ser el último.Rate it:

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Aaron's beardHypericum calycinum (great St. John's-wort, Jerusalem star)Rate it:

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Aaron's beardA common name for several plants, which have tufts of stamens.[First attested in the late 19 century.]Cymbalaria muralis (ivy-leaved toadflax, Kenilworth ivy)Hypericum calycinum (great St. John's-wort, Jerusalem star)Saxifraga stolonifera (creeping saxifrage, strawberry geranium)Opuntia leucotricha (arborescent prickly pear, Aaron's beard cactus)Rate it:

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agricultura de secanoAquella agricultura en la que no hay aportación de agua por el hombre.Rate it:

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asiento de los terraplenesSon los que descienden después de la construcción de terraplenes al ponerse macizos por el tránsito y su propio peso. Deben construirse por capas delgadas para que el peso de carros, caballerías y braceros los vaya apisonando a medida que se hacen; cosa que no ocurre cuando se forman por capas gruesas o crestas. En ambos casos hay que cuidarse de deshacer terrones, para que éstos no causen desmoronamientos o mayores asientos por los huecos que producen.Rate it:

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bueno es el cilantro, pero no tantoDicho que expresa que no hay que abusar de las cosas buenas.Rate it:

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c'est le chien de jean de nivelle, il s'enfuit quand on l'appelleThe more you call him, the more he runs away, like John de Nivelle’s dog.Rate it:

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chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foinTo look for a needle in a bundle (bottle) of hay.Rate it:

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con qué ropaEn frases interrogativas o exclamativas, indica que no hay forma de hacer lo que se dice.Rate it:

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conjunción subordinantePalabra que une elementos lingüísticos, especialmente oraciones, entre las cuales hay una relación de dependencia o subordinación jerárquica.Rate it:

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día decretorioFecha en que se define si hay o no cierta enfermedad y/o qué tan grave es.Rate it:

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discutir sobre el sexo de los ángelesDiscutir sobre asuntos poco prácticos o importantes, especialmente cuando hay temas más importantes de los que preocuparse.Rate it:

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dog in a mangerone who denies others what he cannot consume himself: hay in a manger (cattle feeder) cannot be eaten by cows if a (barking) dog is in it - though dogs don't eat hayRate it:

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foenum habet in cornuhe has hay on his horns i.e. he shows signs of madnessRate it:

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ganglio linfáticoPequeño bulto o engrosamiento que hay en algunas partes de los vasos linfáticos. Su función es filtrar la linfa y limpiar las células de sus desechos, así como almacenar linfocitos y macrófagos para la defensa contra las infecciones.Rate it:

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gato con guantes no caza ratonesIndica que cuando se va a realizar una labor manual hay que llevar la indumentaria adecuada.Rate it:

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