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widow's walkA roof-top walkway or balcony associated with the homes of early sea captains from which the wife could see far out to sea and hope to catch a glimpse of her returning husband's ship...or not. Sailing in wooden ships and/or whaling was a hazardous business.Rate it:

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forgetting the base, forgetting the root, forgetting number 'one, forgetting the alphabet 'a' 1'Generally this era, when children learn and grow up as adults, they think the parents know nothing they are the entire encyclopedia. Disdaining parents education and their university degrees with disrespectful manner.Rate it:

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walk the walkAct competently, like an expert.Rate it:

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black widowvenomous spiderRate it:

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widow-makerSomething which or someone who takes the lives of men; a lethal hazard that affects mostly men or is specific to a primarily male trade.Rate it:

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widow-makerSomething which or someone who takes the lives of men; a hazard that affects mostly men or is specific for some trade, occupied mostly by men.Rate it:

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golf widowA woman who is deprived of her husband's time and attention due to his regular absence in order to play golf.Rate it:

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grass widowA divorcée..Rate it:

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grass widowA married woman whose husband is away.Rate it:

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grass widowA mother out of wedlock.Rate it:

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let there be no reprisals, said the widow of the murdered manThe widow urged/begged that there should be no reprisals.Here the speaker could be ordering, advising, urging or begging (let there be) .Rate it:

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widow's miteThe lepton coin.Rate it:

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widow's miteA very small gift or donation which, however, represents a great sacrifice on the part of the giver.Rate it:

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can't put the words back into one's mouth fast enoughThis phrase is often said after someone said something they shouldn't have said as a way of conveying regret for having said it.Rate it:

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as she's as cold as a witchscold as a witch's tit!Very, very cold!!Rate it:

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don't count your chickens before they're hatchedYou should not count on something before it happens.Rate it:

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if it ain't chicken, it's feathersthat's life; there are always problemsRate it:

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pickin' and grinnin'a country way of saying "playing music"Rate it:

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wear one's heart on one's sleeveTo be extremely transparent, open, or forthright about one's emotion or what is in one's heartRate it:

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when you're up to your ass in alligators, it's easy to forget your goal was to drain the swampYou can't complete the a task if more urgent/immediate necessities take priorityRate it:

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where there's smoke, there's firewhen two things are usually together and you find one, you will find the otherRate it:

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you ain't seen nothin' yetsomething is even betterRate it:

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walk a mile in someone's shoesTo experience what someone has experienced.Rate it:

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walk and chew gum at the same timeTo do something very easy.Rate it:

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walk awayTo withdraw from a problematic situation.Rate it:

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walk backUsed other than as an idiom: see walk, back.Rate it:

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walk in the parkA recreational walk in a park.Rate it:

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walk intoTo fall into .Rate it:

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walk overTo dominate, treat (someone) as inferior.Rate it:

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walk softly and carry a big stickAlternative form of speak softly and carry a big stick.Rate it:

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walk the talkTo do what one said one could do, or would do, not just making empty promises. To walk one's talk is to be innocent of hypocrisy.Rate it:

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walk intoTo collide with.Rate it:

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slow-walkTo delay a request or command, to drag one's feet, to stall, to obstruct, to drag out a process.Rate it:

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Walk on EggsTo proceed very cautiously, to be in precarious position, to be diplomatic for fear of upsetting someoneRate it:

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walk in the parkSomething easy or pleasant, especially by comparison to something.Rate it:

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walk like an EgyptianTo walk with one arm horizontally at the side, with arm bent at the elbow facing up, and the other arm horizontally at the side with arm bent at the elbow facing down.Rate it:

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walk of lifeAn occupation, role, social class, or lifestyle.Rate it:

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cock of the walkA proud or conceited person.Rate it:

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cake walkSomething extremely easy.Rate it:

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walk a tightropeTo undertake a precarious course of action.Rate it:

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walk off withTo make the strongest favorable impression in a theatrical or similar performance, in comparison to other performers.Rate it:

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slow-walkTo punish, to chastise.Rate it:

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walk all overTo easily beat a competitor in a contest; to win without much effort.Rate it:

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walk offTo recover from or digest by walking around.Rate it:

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cake walkFrom the mid 1900s, a game at a fair or party in which people walk around a numbered circle along to music. When the music is stopped, the caller draws a number from a jar and whoever is standing on or closest to that number that number wins a cake.Rate it:

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cake walkA type of dance originating in the United States in the 19th century.Rate it:

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cock of the walkW:The Pogues - w:The Irish Rover.Rate it:

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crawl before you walkTo learn the basics before doing something at a more advanced level.Rate it:

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do you think you can walkAsked to find out whether an ill or wounded person is able to walk or needs to sit down or lie down.Rate it:

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in a walkEasily; without difficulty.Rate it:

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