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you can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pigYou can try to change something or one's outward appearance, but it will not change the inward appearance. Even if you put lipstick on a pig, it will always roll in mud and grunt.Rate it:

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put lipstick on a pigMaking superficial or cosmetic changes in a futile attempt to hide the ugly truth of something.Rate it:

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you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drinkYou can show someone how to do something, but you can't make them do it.Rate it:

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you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drinkYou can give someone knowledge, advice or an opportunity or try to make something easy for them, but you can’t force them to believe it, act on it, or benefit from itRate it:

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one can run but one can't hideThere is nothing someone can do to evade something.You can run but you can't hide.Rate it:

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“we are not in prehistory, but dinosaurs still exist.”DinosaursRate it:

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i loved you, than i still love you todayThat you haven't stopped loving someoneRate it:

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happy as a pig in slop/happy as a pig in shitExtremely happy; obviously satisfied and carefree.Rate it:

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a pig might have a long tale but its tail is always short!A hypocrite always keeps giving excuses & making stories, but his/her supporter & power base are always short! So, if anyone earnestly try to get rid of that hypocrite's tyranny and torcher, that is very much feasible as history supports that hypocrites never win!Rate it:

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it's not what you know but who you knowFor success, and especially to obtain employment, one's knowledge and skills are less useful and less important than one's network of personal contacts.1951, G. P. Bush and L. H. Hattery, "Federal Recruitment of Junior Engineers," Science, vol. 114, no. 2966, p. 456:Eighty-four students referred to political influence as a disadvantage of federal employment with such remarks as: "There are too many political connections necessary . . . it's not what you know but who you knowRate it:

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you can't put a wise head on young shouldersAlternative form of you can't put an old head on young shoulders.Rate it:

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you can't put an old head on young shouldersYoung people inevitably lack the experience and wisdom which come with age.Rate it:

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no matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloneyRegardless of how many clever points or fine distinctions one makes, what one is saying is still false or is still nonsense.Rate it:

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even a blind pig can find an acorn once in a whileBeing right once doesn't prove anythingRate it:

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you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don'tAlternative form of damned if you do, damned if you don'tRate it:

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anyone can make art, but not all art makes a person an artist.ArtistRate it:

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you can't win if you don't playUnless or until you don't play , you cannot win .Rate it:

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you can't always get what you wantIt is not always possible to get what is wanted.Rate it:

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you can't take it with youIt is not possible to take one's material wealth to whatever world may await one after death.1900, E. Phillips Oppenheim, A Millionaire of Yesterday, ch. 6:"The clause whichRate it:

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can you hear me looking at youSelf explanatoryRate 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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tough times never last because if you believe you can be tougherTough times don’t last if you believeRate it:

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you know what you can do with ita sarcastic way of expressing disgust to someone; akin to telling someone where to goRate it:

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from can see to can't seeFrom the time when it is barely light enough to see until there is no light remaining whatsoever: from sunup to sundown, from dawn to duskRate it:

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I know you are but what am IAssertion that an insult made by the party to whom the phrase is directed is actually true of that party, and not of the person using the phrase. Usually considered to be a playground taunt.Rate it:

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I know you are, but what am IAlternative form of I know you are but what am IRate it:

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no, but if you hum a few bars...a response made as a joke when someone says, "Do you know _______" (could be anything that fills in this blank.)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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action stillFotografía fija que procede de la ampliación de un fotograma, tomado directamente de la película y que normalmente se utiliza con fines publicitarios.Rate it:

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still waters run deepA person with a calm appearance has, or may have, considerable inner emotion, character, or intellect.Rate it:

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stand stock stillPaul Travers' Adventures, by Sam T. Clover.Rate it:

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Still Water Runs DeepSomeone who apparently looks silent might be very knowledgeable or intelligent person, silence has powerRate it:

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be still my beating heartAlternative form of be still my heartRate it:

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be still my heartCalm down, this situation is too exciting or overly distressing.Rate it:

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hate abounds, eye's awaken/ still your heart, the grounds only quakin'The cumulative mindset of our human condition and how we affect matter without even realizing it, yet we fail or refuse to see exactly what’s we/you’re doing no matter the consequences.Rate it:

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sit stillTo accept, tolerate, or acquiesce.Rate it:

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sit stillTo remain motionless.Rate it:

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stand stock stillTo stand completely motionless.Rate it:

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still got one's communion moneystingy, frugal.Rate it:

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still lifetype of paintingRate it:

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still water runs deepA person with a calm appearance has, or may have, considerable inner emotion, character, or intellectRate it:

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stock stillVery still; motionless.Rate it:

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the jury is still outThe issue has not yet been decided.Rate it:

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time stands still for no oneNo one can control timeRate it:

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who do you think you are, you've not been to cardiff?You dont know anything. You have no knowkedge of the world or any wisdom.Rate it:

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"if you don't use 100% of your brain, how are you right in what you do or say?"BrainRate it:

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"it doesn't matter if you're a genius, if you don't have a lamp, you won't get your wish."GeniusRate it:

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put her there (pronounced put 'er there)something said to someone when extending one's hand, inviting you to shake hands with them in agreement or sympathyRate it:

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before you can say boo.It means that you need to do it before you can say anythingRate it:

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Bite Off More Than You Can ChewTo take on something more than of its actual capacity, a person, who tries to accomplish too much, or is greedy by nature, or overconfident or too much motivated, taking more responsibility or task that a person can manageRate it:

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