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more by accident than by designsomething done without deliberate intention; more by coincidence or luck than thanks to one's own skill or planning.Rate it:

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I can't hear you over the sound ofSaid to dismiss what the interlocutor is saying.Rate it:

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like the sound of one's own voiceTo talk a lot.Rate it:

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safe and soundHaving come to no harm, especially after being exposed to danger.Rate it:

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sound as a bellIn excellent condition.Rate it:

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sound offTo hold forth about something in an opinionated manner.Rate it:

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empty vessels make the most soundnoisy, opinionated people are often stupid.Rate it:

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sound as a roachPerfectly sound.Rate it:

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sound asleepSleeping still and silently.Rate it:

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sound outTo pronounce a word or phrase by articulating each of its letters or syllables slowly in sequence.Rate it:

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sound outTo question and listen attentively in order to discover a person's opinion, intent, or preference, especially by using indirect conversational remarks.Rate it:

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sound outTo speak or sing loudly, to call out.Rate it:

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everything happens for a reasonAll events are purposeful.Everything happens for a reason, so there is no such thing as failure. Mary-Kate OlsenPeople like to say "everything happens for a reason." If you repeat that in your head long enough that starts to sound like "anything can happen with a razor." Laura KightlingerI believe that everything happens for a reason, but I think it's important to seek out that reason - that's how we learn. Drew BarrymoreRate it:

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false alarmA warning sound which turns out to have been erroneous.Rate it:

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hit a home runAccomplish a difficult task, design a spectacular approach, display an outstanding solution.Rate it:

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In the PinkIn good health, enjoying sound health emotionally and physicallyRate it:

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listen to her purradmiring the sound of a boat or car motorRate it:

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beat outTo sound a rhythm on a percussion instrument such as a drum.Rate it:

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aim atTo design for a particular audience.Rate it:

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as loud as thunderThe thunder is the loudest natural sound ever known so there is nothing as loud as a thunder naturallyRate it:

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one brick short of a full loadNot mentally sound; insane.Rate it:

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Saw LogsTo snuffle, or breathe heavily while having sound sleepRate it:

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talk upIn such a way as to make the thing or person sound better than it actually is.Rate it:

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you get what you pay forIn commercial transactions, the quality of goods and services increases as the prices increase, i.e., the more one pays, the better the merchandise.2003, Michael Blumenthal, "For Whom the School Bell Tolls," Time, 7 Dec.:Though it may sound unapologetically capitalistic to say soRate it:

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key offTo collide with ; or connect to an object with a degree of force and soundRate it:

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level-headedSensible; rational; possessing sound judgment.Rate it:

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ring outTo sound very loudly.Rate it:

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garbage in, garbage out(computing, information technology) If input data is not complete, accurate, and timely, then the resulting output is unreliable and of no useful value.1963, Raymond Crowley, "Robot Tax Collector Seeks Indications of 'Fudging'," Times Daily (Alabama, USA), 1 April (retrieved 26 July 2010):Officials explained that the quality of the computer's work depends on the quality of the data fed into it. Neil Hoke, administrative assistant to Stewart, quoted an adage of computer men: "Garbage in, garbage out."2008, Roger K. Lewis, "'In Architectural Design, Brains and Talent Trump the Best Software," Washington Post, 19 July (retrieved 26 July 2010):The old caveat "GIGO"Rate it:

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gear toTo design or adapt so as to suit.Rate it:

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play by earTo play guided by one's memory of the sound, rather than from a written score.Rate it:

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the three components of art are : 1. mere catharsis and cathexis, 2. (etc. )Cathexis : 2 major definitions, one being psychoanalytic in nature. Very rarely used in speech or in it's written form. Cathexis : what a fascinating word. Even the sound of it is unusual.Rate it:

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a certa ratione proficiscito be based on a sound principle.Rate it:

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aequa iuris descriptio (Off. 2. 4. 15)a sound judicial system.Rate it:

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amateur hourA situation or activity in which the participants show a lack of skill, sound judgment, or professionalism.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/in X, no one can hear you YIndicates a threat of imminent danger. X is often limited to words having something to do with space. Y is a sound made by humans, especially 'scream'.Rate it:

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because reasonsUsed to avoid specifying the reasons for something, perhaps because specifying them would be tangential to the point at hand, or perhaps because they are not sound or are not known to the speaker.Rate it:

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bleep outTo censor inappropriate spoken words by obscuring them with the sound of a bleep.Rate it:

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blow the whistleTo make a piercing sound which signals a referee's action or the end of a game.Rate it:

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bud upTo don a pair of ear buds in preparation for listening to a portable sound system.Rate it:

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bunged uppronounced with a hard "G" sound, not a "j" sound; injured, mangled; usually used to mean a bodily injury; often said by small children and often with the word "all" in front of the phraseRate it:

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chuThe sound of a kiss.Rate it:

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clip clopsound of a horse walkingRate it:

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dead airAn unintended interruption in a radio broadcast during which there is no sound; a similar interruption of a television broadcast in which there is neither sound nor a video signal.Rate it:

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dial it up/dial it downdial it up is to increase or escalate tensions or volume (sound); dial it down is to decrease or de-escalate tensions or volume (sound)Rate it:

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dial it up/downdial it up is to increase or escalate tensions or volume (sound); dial it down is to decrease or de-escalate tensions or volume (sound)Rate it:

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dickyAn insignificant sound or thing; dicky-bird.Rate it:

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dicky-birdA insignificant sound or thing.Rate it:

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dicky-birdAn insignificant sound or thing.Rate it:

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doctrina exquisita, subtilis, eleganssound knowledge; scholarship.Rate it:

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elegantia in illo esthe possesses sound judgment in matters of taste.Rate it:

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