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quarter ofquarter ofRate it:

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quarter pastFifteen minutes past any hour.Rate it:

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quarter-pounderUsed other than as an idiom: see quarter, pounder: Anything weighing a quarter of a pound.Rate it:

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quarter ofFifteen minutes before the next hour.Rate it:

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quarter-pounderA burger weighing approximately a quarter of a pound.Rate it:

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wouldn't pay a quarter to see jesus ride a bicycle.Somone so tight with their money they wouldn't pay even a little bit to see something miraculous !Rate it:

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dead menThe ends of reefs left flapping instead of being tucked out of sight when a sail has been furled.Rate it:

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don't be penny wise and pound foolishDon't be careful when it comes to spending small amounts of money, but careless when spending much larger amounts.Don't focus on minutiae and lose sight of the big picture; don't obsess over tiny inconsequential efficiencies while glaring inefficiencies are going on elsewhere.Rate it:

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feast for the eyesVisually pleasing sight.Rate it:

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hidden in plain sightSeemingly hidden, but actually not hidden and easy to find.Rate it:

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razor strappedThe violent WHIPPING of a recalcitrant, errant, disobedient grammar school boy with a two-inch wide by thirty inch long by one/quarter inch thick cowhide strap or belt. Punishment was generally for a misdemeanor and the beating was generally by the schoolmaster, school Principal, janitor or a person designated by the Principal to administer the 'thrashing': 'Crying out' or screaming by the school boy was met by harsher thrashing and Yelling' from the maddened 'THRASHER': The well 'WELTED'STRAPPED victims were forced to return to their classroomRate it:

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sight unseenNot having seen the object beforehand.Rate it:

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catch sight ofto see for a brief period; to get a glimpse ofRate it:

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out of sight, out of mindWhen something is not nearby, it is forgotten about.Rate it:

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Sight for Sore EyesA pleasant and good surprise, an unexpected thing that can relieve you of your troubleRate it:

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blue moonThe third full moon in a quarter that contains four rather than the usual three full moons.Rate it:

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Out of Sight, Out of MindYou forget people that are no longer visible, if you don’t see someone for a while, you tend to forgetRate it:

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drain the swamp when up to one's neck in alligators(idiomatic) When performing a long and complex task, and when you've gotten utterly immersed in secondary and tertiary unexpected tangential subtasks, it's easy to lose sight of the initial objective. This sort of distraction can be particularly problematic if the all-consuming subtask or sub-subtask is not, after all, particularly vital to the original, primary goal, but ends up sucking up time and resources (out of all proportion to its actual importance) only because it seems so urgent.Rate it:

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rich a sight!Extremely Sweet, concentrated goodness.Rate it:

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de prime abordAt first sight; At the first blush.Rate it:

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sight to beholdSomething amazing or spectacularRate it:

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à prime abordAt first sight; At the first blush.Rate it:

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abire ex oculis, e conspectu alicuiusto go out of sight, disappear.Rate it:

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box the compassTo know, and be able to recite the 32 points and quarter points of the magnetic compass from North, both clockwise and anticlockwise.Rate it:

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c'est un beau venir y voirA pretty sight indeed!Rate it:

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cet homme est ma bête noire (mon cauchemar)That man is my pet aversion; I hate the very sight of that man.Rate it:

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comme vous voilà arrangé!What a sight you look!Rate it:

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coup de foudreA sudden unexpected event, especially an emotional one; love at first sight.Rate it:

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coup de foudrebolt from the blue; love at first sightRate it:

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dichosos los ojos que te venlong time no see, you're a sight for sore eyesRate it:

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eye candyAny object or sight with considerable visual appeal.Rate it:

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forget, when up to one's neck in alligators, that the mission is to drain the swampTo lose sight of one's initial objective, becoming caught up in subtasks or in tasks only tangentially/orthogonally related to the initial objective.Rate it:

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fugere alicuius conspectum, aspectumto keep out of a person's sight.Rate it:

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go toTo attend an event or a sight.Rate it:

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heave in sightTo appear at a distance, to emerge in the field of vision.Rate it:

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hide in plain sightTo be unnoticeable, by staying visible in a setting that masks presence.Rate it:

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if looks could killA phrase said upon catching sight of someone's giving you a particularly nasty look of discontent or disapproval.Rate it:

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il traduit à livre ouvertHe translates at sight.Rate it:

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in conspectu omnium or omnibus inspectantibusbefore every one, in the sight of the world.Rate it:

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in plain sightvery easy to see or notice especially when it is supposed to be hiddenRate it:

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into thin airImmediately and inexplicably out of sight.Rate it:

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j'y vois troubleI see dimly; My sight is dim.Rate it:

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je ne peux pas le voir même en peintureI hate the very sight of that man.Rate it:

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liber deperditusa book which has been entirely lost sight of.Rate it:

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Liebe auf den ersten Blicklove at first sightRate it:

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loin des yeux, loin du cœurOut of sight, out of mind.Rate it:

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lose sight ofTo fail to remember; to overlook or neglect.Rate it:

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lose sight ofTo be no longer able to see.Rate it:

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love at first sightan instantaneous attractionRate it:

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ma vue baisseI am getting short-sighted; My sight is failing.Rate it:

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