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unless the wheels available to you aren't made for the vehicle you're trying to drive.Follow-up to the phrase, "No need to reinvent the wheel." Meant for when one does, in fact, need to reinvent a process to account for accumulated changes that make the old status-quo obsolete.Rate it:

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before it was coolBefore was popular, trendy, famous, or duly appreciated.Rate it:

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Cool ItTo calm downRate it:

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Cool Your HeelsTo wait for a long time due to some problem, influence or effectRate it:

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lose one's coolTo become upset or disconcerted; to lose one's temper.Rate it:

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cool as a cucumberCalm and composed even in difficult or frustrating situations; self-possessed.Rate it:

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cool downTo become cooler, to be reduced in temperature.Rate it:

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cool downTo become less agitated.Rate it:

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cool downTo cause to become less agitated.Rate it:

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play it coolto act coolRate it:

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keep a cool headto keep one's cool; to stay calmRate it:

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keep one's coolTo remain composed, calm, and even-tempered, especially in a provocative situation.Rate it:

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cool downTo cause something temperature to lower.Rate it:

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cool AbdoulCool.Rate it:

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Cool As a CucumberTo act calm and remain relaxedRate it:

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cool catAn individual who is at ease and self-assured; one who is calm and composed in interactions with others.Rate it:

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cool catA person who performs or appreciates jazz, especially one whose style of speech and movement is relaxed and rhythmic.Rate it:

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cool headA calm, focused demeanor and mindset; a person having such characteristics.Rate it:

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cool heads must prevailAlternative form of cooler heads will prevail.Rate it:

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cool heads prevailAlternative form of cooler heads will prevail.Rate it:

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cool heads will prevailAlternative form of cooler heads will prevail.Rate it:

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cool itCalm down, relax, take a time out.Rate it:

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cool offTo cause to decrease in temperature, activity or temper.Rate it:

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cool offTo decrease in temperature, activity, or temper.Rate it:

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cool one's heelsTo wait, especially impatiently or restlessly.Rate it:

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cool one's jetsTo become less excited, intense, or active.Rate it:

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cool story broUsed to dismiss a comment perceived as boring or pointless, or an anecdote etc. that is not true.Rate it:

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cool, RaoulCool.Rate it:

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ice coolcalm and composed in a difficult situation.Rate it:

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joe coolAn “Average Joe,” that has reached “Cool” status, Used derogatorily = pointing out that “No, you have not” — reached Cool Status Snoopy, reached Cool Rate it:

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the bee's kneesMost excellent; surpassingly wonderful; cool.Rate it:

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the one who always envies someone in society, will never live in gaietyThis idiom means that if a person spends time complaining, criticizing and whining about what everyone else does, owns, or how successful other people are about their financial situation, job career, or results they get, instead of focusing and trying their best to improve one's situation, the only consequence is that this behavior will keep them in the guts, that is, at a lower life level than the one they wish to be.Rate it:

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bust assTo work hard, especially when trying to achieve a goal.Rate it:

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a stitch in time saves nineA little effort expended sooner to fix a small problem prevents it from becoming a larger problem requiring more effort to fix later; A little preparation can eliminate the need for repairs later; consistency (achieving a set rhythm) is better than trying to rush ahead.Rate it:

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where it's atcool, trendyRate it:

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old schoolCharacteristic of a style, outlook, or method employed in a former era, remembered either as inferior to the current style, or alternately, remembered nostalgically as superior or preferable to the new style, the older denoting something that would be considered out of date or out of fashion to some, but as such, is considered by others as cool and hip.Rate it:

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cat and mouse gameTwo individuals and/or groups repeatedly keeping check on each other in a suspicious or self-protective way, often with the goal of one or both parties trying to gain a malicious advantage over the other.Rate it:

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rest on one's laurelsTo rely on a past success instead of trying to improve oneself further.Rate it:

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that's the way life isThat is the way things happenCertain things cannot be changed, helped or improved; struggle and objection are pointless.1935, Louis Bromfield, The Man Who Had Everything, page 279:That's the way life is, and there's no use trying to go against it.1979, Jay Edward Abrams, A Theology of Christian Counseling: More Than Redemption, ISBN 0310511011, page 45:There are no standards, no values; that's the way life is. Learn to accept it and slide with it. Stop fighting it.2002, B. Eugene Ellison, Rings of the Templars, ISBN 059524050X, page 337:Shit happens; that's the way life is. In fact, I want you to take an additional thousand for your efforts.Rate it:

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animum explereto cool one's anger.Rate it:

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awesome sauceSomething which is awesome, cool or spectacular.Rate it:

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baptism by fireA trying ordeal that was not experienced before.Rate it:

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Bite Your TongueTo hold ones words or to have control over what one is willing to say, to being ashamed of something that has been said or trying not to say itRate it:

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blame gameA situation in which people attempt to blame others rather than trying to resolve a problem.Rate it:

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butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouthThe identified person is prim and proper, standoffish, cool, or dispassionate.Rate it:

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che figatathat's cool!Rate it:

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Do or DieTo get complete success or failure; to take the chance of destroy oneself in trying to succeedRate it:

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garder son sang-froidto keep one's cool; to keep a cool headRate it:

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Give Up the GhostStop trying or give up when you know it is useless and you will not succeedRate it:

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Grasp at StrawsMaking a futile effort at something, trying to find a way in trouble when it is unlikely to succeedRate it:

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