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a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single stepeven the longest and most difficult ventures have a starting pointRate it:

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better to light a single candle than to curse the darknessIn the face of bad times or hopelessness, it is more worthwhile to do some good, however small, in response than to complain about the situation.Rate it:

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are you singleUsed to ask whether the interlocutor does or doesn't have a partner.Rate it:

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I'm singleIndicates that the speaker does not have a spouse or romantic partner.Rate it:

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single outTo select one from a group and treat differently.Rate it:

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Bed of RosesAn amazing person or condition that is very comfortable or pleasantRate it:

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money gone to bedLots of money and not having to work.Rate it:

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put to bed with a shovelTo bury (someone).Rate it:

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you made your bed, now sleep in itA moralizing rejection said to someone looking for an easy out, especially of a situation they put themselves into.Rate it:

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early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wiseplatitude from Benjamin Franklin under the pseudonym Poor Richard.Rate it:

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too much bed makes a dull headToo much inactivity makes one less mentally acute.Rate it:

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a bed of nailsa problematic, difficult, or uncomfortable situation or circumstance; anything painful, challenging, or unpleasantRate it:

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bed downTo lie down to sleep for the night, usually of livestock or machinery.Rate it:

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bed outTo transfer a young plant from an inside location such as a greenhouse to an outdoors flower bed.Rate it:

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wet the bedTo go bad, to fail (said of machines; a euphemism for shit the bed).Rate it:

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bed them downTo ​lie down ​somewhere, usually ​somewhere different from where you usually ​sleep, in ​order to go to ​sleep.Rate it:

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air bedinflatable mattressRate it:

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bed blockerAn elderly hospitalized person who is too infirm to return home but not sufficiently ill to necessitate continued hospitalization, creating a situation in which his or her hospital stay is prolonged while authorities or relatives search for a suitable placement amid the scarce resources of nursing homes or other long-term care facilities.Rate it:

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bed downTo put an animal to rest for the night.Rate it:

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bed downThe act of lying down, reclining, preparing for sleep by assuming a supine position/reclining/upon or in a quiet, comfortable venue.Rate it:

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bed into settle, to make [someone] feel at homeRate it:

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bed of rosesA comfortable or luxurious position.Rate it:

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bed of rosesA pleasant or easy situation.Rate it:

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bed them downAnimal husbandry term. Domesticated animals are treated in the USA with tender loving care. Caretakers of animals provide comfortable resting and sleeping places for the nighttime.Rate it:

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get out of bed on the wrong sideTo start the day in a bad mood for no apparent reason.Rate it:

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Get Up on the Wrong Side of the BedTo have a bad mood or temper, get grumpyRate it:

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get up on the wrong side of the bedTo feel irritable; to be in a bad mood; to have a bad day from the start, for no particular reason.Rate it:

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in bedLying on a bed, especially under some bedsheets.Rate it:

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in bed withSharing one's bed with.Rate it:

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in bed withEngaging in a close mutually beneficial relationship, especially secretly and illicitly.Rate it:

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make one's bedAlternative form of make one's bed and lie in it.Rate it:

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make one's bedTo make the bed in which one has slept.Rate it:

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make one's bed and lie in itTo create a difficult situation whose unpleasant consequences one must now endure.Rate it:

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put this one to bedWorking unceasingly on a challenge or problem. Spending oodles of time and money on a particular project.Rate it:

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put to bedTo dispel.Rate it:

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put to bedTo finalise the result, seal a win.Rate it:

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put to bedTo prepare a newspaper for printingRate it:

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put to bedTo help someone, for example a child, go to bedRate it:

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shit the bedTo fail.Rate it:

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shit the bedUsed other than as an idiom: see shit, bed.Rate it:

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sofa bedfurniture itemRate it:

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test bedAny venue, setup, etc. used for experimentation, testing, proving a concept, etc.Rate it:

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wake up on the wrong side of bedTo feel grumpy, irritable; to be easily annoyed.Rate it:

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wet the bedTo urinate in one's bed (during sleep).Rate it:

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would not throw someone out of bedan understatement meaning one finds a person sexually attractiveRate it:

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you make the bed you lie inA person's circumstances are normally the result of his or her own actions.Rate it:

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banana republicA small country, especially one in Central America, that is dependent on a single export commodity (traditionally bananas) and that has a corrupt, dictatorial government.Rate it:

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hit the hayTo go to bed.Rate it:

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lie inTo be brought to bed in childbirth.Rate it:

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night owlOne who stays up late at night or goes to bed late.Rate it:

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