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red letter dayUsually very positive, sometimes very negative.Rate it:

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poison-pen letterA missive which is malicious, insulting, and/or defamatory toward a person, organization, or point of view, especially one which is unsigned.Rate it:

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french letterA condom.Rate it:

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Red Letter DayA day of great happinessRate it:

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to the letterLiterally, exactly, to follow the rules as they're written.Rate it:

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best regardsUsed as a polite closing of a letter.Rate it:

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dream teamIndividuals brought together to create a team considered the perfect combination for a particular purpose.Rate it:

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every rose has it's thornseverything, even if it seems perfect, has faultsRate it:

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fit like a gloveTo be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size.Rate it:

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Miss RightA perfect, ideal or suitable female mate or wife.Rate it:

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Mister RightA perfect, ideal or suitable mate or husband.Rate it:

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take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselvesIf you take care of little things one at a time, they can add up to big things.1750, Chesterfield, letter 5 Feb. (1932) IV. 1500:Old Mr. Lowndes, the famous Secretary of the Treasury, ?used to say?Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.1912, G. B. Shaw, Pygmalion ii. 132:Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.1979, R. Cassilis, Arrow of God, iv. xvii.:Little things, Master Mally. Look after the pennies, Master Mally, and the pounds will look after themselves.1999, Rate it:

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X outto cross out with letter X's, or with scribble, or with lines.Rate it:

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fire offTo write a note or letter quickly.Rate it:

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Cut the MustardTo comply with the requirements or handle a job in a perfect mannerRate it:

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omegaomega (letter; scientific symbol)Rate it:

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have other fish to fryC. 1710, Jonathan Swift, The Journal to Stella, ch. 2, Letter 15.Rate it:

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nobody's perfectUsed when someone's mistakes or flaws are acknowledged, to remind that everyone else makes mistakes and has flaws1995, New York Magazine Vol. 28, No. 5, 30 January 1995, The de-moralization of society (Book Review)Hypocrisy, particularly in sexual matters, is excused on the grounds that hey, nobody's perfect, and at least folks back then felt bad enough to lie.2000, Madonna, Nobody's PerfectI feel so sad. What I did wasn't right. I feel so bad and I must say to you: Sorry, but nobody's perfect. Nobody's perfect. What did you expect? I'm doing my bestRate 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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snail mailLetter Mail, or Surface-Delivered Mail By United States Postal ServiceRate it:

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c'est un homme comme il fautHe is a perfect gentleman.Rate it:

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dial it inTo set up in a perfect or complete way.Rate it:

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not a hair out of placeThe appearance, condition, presence of a subject which is ideal, almost perfectRate it:

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absolutus et perfectusabsolutely perfect.Rate it:

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pitch-perfectUtterly suitable and flawless with respect to tone, expression, appearance, or other major experienceable characteristics.Rate it:

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повторение мать ученияpractice makes perfectRate it:

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à force de forger on devient forgeronPractice makes perfect; Drawn wells are seldom dry.Rate it:

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achilles' heela weak point or fault in someone or something otherwise perfect or excellentRate it:

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ad bene beateque vivendumfor a life of perfect happiness.Rate it:

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ad litteram, litterateto the letter; literally.Rate it:

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adscribere alicui salutem (Att. 5. 20. 9)to add to one's letter good wishes to some one.Rate it:

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bbsAlternative letter-case form of BBS.Rate it:

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bring owls to athensForgive me, then, for bringing owls to Athens as a thanks-offering. — Goethe, in a letter to Wilhelm von Humboldt.Rate it:

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cock on or spot onSomething is perfectRate it:

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CUThe ISO 3166-1 two-letter code for Cuba.Rate it:

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cushtyslang word: perfect, good,happyRate it:

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dead shotPerfect shooterRate it:

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èThe letter e with a grave accent.Rate it:

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epistula ad Atticum data, scripta, missa or quae ad A. scripta esta letter to Atticus.Rate it:

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epistulam (litteras) dare, scribere, mittere ad aliquemto write a letter to some one.Rate it:

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epistulam dare alicui ad aliquemto charge some one with a letter for some one else.Rate it:

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epistulam deprehendereto take forcible possession of a letter.Rate it:

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epistulam intercipere (Att. 1. 13. 2)to intercept a letter.Rate it:

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epistulam reddere alicui (Att. 5. 21. 4)to deliver a letter to some one (used of the messenger).Rate it:

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epistulam signare, obsignareto seal, fasten a letter.Rate it:

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epistulam solvere, aperire, resignare (of Romans also linum incīdere)to open a letter.Rate it:

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get some zzzzzz'sComic Strip person was pictured as 'sleeping' with a number of letter 'Z,Z,Z,Z,Z's' in overhead cloud:Rate it:

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go off without a hitchWithout any problems; with perfect execution; very smoothly or effortlesslyRate it:

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Goody Two-ShoesA person who is so efficient and tries to be perfect so much so that it annoys othersRate it:

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have something down patTo know something or be able to do something perfectly. Be perfect master of something.Rate it:

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