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Can't Fight City HallThe under authority person cannot do anything against an administrative system, there is no way to win the struggle against official procedureRate it:

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hall porterhotel employeeRate it:

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how do i get to carnegie hallA set phrase, spoken as a rhetorical question, which is answered "Practice, practice, practice!" or sometimes with the humorous literal directions to Seventh Avenue between 56th and 57th.Rate it:

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music hallvaudevilleRate it:

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one can't fight city halltaking on any government entity in a contest is difficult and easier said than done.Rate it:

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you can't fight city hall(chiefly US) Nothing can be done to change the situation, because it is a governmental decision.I see they're going to build the airport after all. I suppose you can't fight city hall.Rate it:

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mess withTo interfereRate it:

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mess upTo make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss.Rate it:

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mess aroundTo fiddle idly.Rate it:

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mess aroundTo have a non-committal sexual relationship.Rate it:

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mess upTo cause a problem with; to introduce an error or mistake in; to make muddled or confused; spoil; ruin.Rate it:

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mess aroundTo joke, kid, or play.Rate it:

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mess upTo manhandle; beat up; rough up.Rate it:

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mess withTo diss; to put down.Rate it:

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hot messRefers to a person, thing, or situation in such a state of disarray or disapproval by peers, often in reference to physical appearance, perceived to be disastrously embarrassing, pitiful, or beyond repair.Rate it:

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hot messA warm meal, usually cooked in a large pot, often similar to a stew or porridge; or, service of such a heated meal to soldiers.Rate it:

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lose the number of one's messTo die, to perish.Rate it:

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mess aboutTo misbehaveRate it:

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mess aboutTo be in a casual non-committal relationshipRate it:

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mess aboutTo play with; to toy with; to waste the time of.Rate it:

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mess of pottageSomething of trivial value, especially of immediate value.Rate it:

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mess upTo damage; injure.Rate it:

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mess upTo make a mistake; to do something incorrectly; to perform poorly.Rate it:

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mess upTo discombobulate, utterly confuse, or confound psychologically; to throw into a state of mental disarray.Rate it:

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mess upTo botch, bungle; to perform poorly on.Rate it:

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mess upTo make unwanted mistakes in a given task, usually through distraction or obnoxious behavior.Rate it:

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Mess with SomeoneTo provoke someone, to bother someone, to frustrate a personRate it:

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f** withTo mess with; to interact with in a careless or inappropriate way.Rate it:

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in a pickleBeing in a difficult predicament; a mess; an undesirable situation.Rate it:

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stay wokeFirst used by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter in a 1938 interview afterword of his song Scottsboro Boys-named for nine Black teenagers and young men falsely accused of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931. Lead Belly knew the Scottsboro boys, and urged Black listeners and Black persons traveling through that area in Alabama to "Stay Woke" (be vigilant, cautious, and alert) in the spoken afterword to the song. Lead Belly's direct relative, Global Activist and Equality Advocate Greshun De Bouse began the #STAYWOKELEADBELLY movement to acknowledge the phrase's origin, and redefine its present-day meaning as a more generalized, all-inclusive phrase admonishing all to be cognizant of past, present, and future world occurrences.Rate it:

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jack upTo ruin; wreck; mess up; screw up; sometimes as a bowdlerized substitution for f** up.Rate it:

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mop upTo clean with a mop; especially to clean up a spill or mess.Rate it:

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cack upTo mess up; to get seriously wrong.Rate it:

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cock upUnintentionally; to screw up, mess up or f** up.Rate it:

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gunk upTo soil or dirty; to mess up; to clog.Rate it:

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the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get(vulgar) The sexual satisfactions that one receives from a spouse or romantic partner are not sufficient to compensate for the significant periods of bad faith and unpleasant treatment which such relationships routinely involve.1971, Allen Churchill, The Literary Decade, ISBN 9780135375228:Years later she expressed her disillusionment with sex by saying, "The fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."1999, Ben Sonnenberg, Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy, ISBN 9781582430454, p. 93:Maitland got drunk at his parties and threw his arm around you and pulled you over to his wife and made you look down her dress, saying, "The trouble with marriage is that the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."2008, Joseph Heywood, Blue Wolf In Green Fire, ISBN 9781599213590, p. 63:"I can't believe a little pussy got me into dis mess." "Shit happens," Service said. "Sometimes the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."Rate it:

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fuck withTo mess with; to interact with in a careless or inappropriate way.Rate it:

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crap upTo ruin, botch, bungle; to make a mess of.Rate it:

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measure twice and cut once(literally, carpentry) One should double-check one's measurements for accuracy before cutting a piece of wood; otherwise it may be necessary to cut again, wasting time and material.1872, "Dressmaking," Hall's Journal of Health, vol. 19, no. 12, p. 280:Look at Carpenters! . . . In old times it was a proverb "Measure twice, and cut once."(figuratively, by extension) Plan and prepare in a careful, thorough manner before taking action.2008, Hilary Johnson, "Mergers rattle bank relations," Financial Week, 9 Nov. (retrieved 9 Nov. 2008):Mr. Paz noted that since the onset of the credit crisis, eBay, like other companies, hasnRate it:

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a wrench in the worksTo mess something up; ruin everything; mess something upRate it:

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all over the placeEverywhere, especially chaotically or in such a way as to make a mess.Rate it:

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bitch upto ruin; spoil; mess upRate it:

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blow itTo fail at something; to mess up; to make a mistake.Rate it:

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blow itTo blow it is to mess-up, ruin, defeat, withdraw, prevent the completion of intended goal.Rate it:

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bollocks upTo fail to do correctly; to make a mess of.Rate it:

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botch upTo ruin, mess up.Rate it:

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clean upTo make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy.Rate it:

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clear awayTo tidy up, to remove mess or obstacles from a place to make it neat.Rate it:

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dog's breakfastAn unappealing mixture; a disorderly situation; a mess.Rate it:

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drive-by mediaMedia professionals who "spray" a bunch of repetitive misstatements, mistaken and misinterpreted news reports to cause excitement and confusion. They then figuratively "drive off" leaving the cleanup of their mess and hysteria to others, to correct and properly explain and interpret.Rate it:

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