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tyrannidem sibi parere aliqua reto establish oneself as despot, tyrant by some means.Rate it:

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un bon averti (or, prévenu) en vaut deuxA man well warned is twice a man; Forewarned, forearmed.Rate it:

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un chevalier d'industrieA swindler, a man who lives by his wits.Rate it:

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un homme d'honneur n'a que sa paroleAn honest man’s word is as good as his bond.Rate it:

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un homme qui n'a jamais mangé de la vache enragée n'est jamais qu'une poule mouillée (mme. de girardin )A man who has never roughed it is always a milksop.Rate it:

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un homme qui se noie s'accroche à toutA drowning man catches at a straw.Rate it:

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un verre de vin avise bien un hommeA glass of wine puts wit into a man.Rate it:

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under one's own steamBy means of the power of its own engines.Rate it:

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up the creek without a paddleIn a difficult situation with no means of rectifying it.Rate it:

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uxorem habere (Verr. 3. 33. 76)to be a married man.Rate it:

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ventre affamé n'a point d'oreillesA hungry man will not listen to reason.Rate it:

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ventum popularem quendam (in aliqua re) quaerereto strive to gain popular favour by certain means.Rate it:

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verbis concertare or altercari cum aliquo (B. C. 3. 19. 6)to hold an altercation with a man.Rate it:

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vir constans, gravis (opp. homo inconstans, levis)a man of character, with a strong personality.Rate it:

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vir defunctus honoribusa man who has held every office (up to the consulship).Rate it:

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vir magno ingenio praeditusa man of ability.Rate it:

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vir magno ingenio, ingeniosusa man of ability.Rate it:

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vir omni doctrina eruditusa man perfect in all branches of learning.Rate it:

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vir or homo doctus, litteratusa man of learning; a scholar; a savant.Rate it:

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vir perfecte planeque eruditusa man of profound erudition.Rate it:

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vir ut temporibus illis doctusa man of considerable learning for those times.Rate it:

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vitam alicuius depingereto make a sketch of a man's life.Rate it:

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vitam alicuius exponereto give an account of a man's life.Rate it:

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vitam, aetatem (omnem aetatem, omne aetatis tempus) agere (honeste, ruri, in litteris), degere, traducereto live (all) one's life (honourably, in the country, as a man of learning).Rate it:

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vocabulum, verbum, nomen ducere ab, ex...to form, derive a word from... (used of the man who first creates the word).Rate it:

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voilà l'homme dont elle est coifféeThere is the man with whom she is smitten.Rate it:

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vous prêchez un convertiYou are talking to a man who thinks with you.Rate it:

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vous vous adressez mal; vous vous adressez bien (ironic.)You have come to the wrong person; You have mistaken your man.Rate it:

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vox, nomen carendi or simply carere hoc significat (Tusc. 1. 36. 88)the word carere means...Rate it:

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watch your mouthWatch what you say; usually said in response to someone cursing; "young man" or "young woman" is often added to the end of the phraseRate it:

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Water Under the BridgeUsed to signify a life situation that has already happened and cannot be changed; therefore, one should not worry about it. The analogy to water having passed under the bridge means that there is nothing you can do about it since it's already passed, so no reason to dwell on it. What's done is done.Rate it:

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wet boyA contractor assassin or hit man.Rate it:

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what is his nameUsed to ask the name of a man.Rate it:

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when thunder bolts, i serve.Book by: Global Advocate and Activist Greshun De Bouse Even in the storms of life, I still serve my global community and fellow man.Rate it:

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whistling dixieIf you say someone ain't just whistling Dixie, it means they're not kidding around.Rate it:

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why i ougthtta...!a threat often accompanied by a n arm gesture of backhanding someone in the face; it means I ought to slap you in the face (or do something worse); exactly WHAT the speaker ought to do is implied almost as if it is a fill-in-the-blank statement where the blank is filled in with something very bad. It isn't a question. (The "why" part of the phrase isn't asking why, it's telling the listener that something bad should happen to him because of what he just said or did wrong.)Rate it:

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wild horsesA force not subject to human control and normally stronger than a man.Rate it:

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without failCertainly; by all means; as a matter of importance.Rate it:

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word of mouthVerbal means of passing of information.Rate it:

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work spouseA man or woman in the workplace with whom one shares a special relationship having bonds similar to those of a marriage: special confidences, loyalties, shared jokes and experiences, and unusual degree of honesty or openness.Rate it:

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wriggle out ofTo circumvent an obligation by sneaky means.Rate it:

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нашла коса на камень (a scythe hit a rock)Means that two strong characters confronted and do not want to give in; similar to "he met his match" or "diamond cut diamond" Ни один ни другой ни в чём не хотят уступить друг другу. Имеется в виду одинаковое упрямство в отношении чего-либо, непримиримая оппозиция двух лиц, равных по силе характеров, по настойчивости в отношении � елаемого; столкновение взглядов, интересов, характеров.Rate it:

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你老母Abbreviated from 屌你老母, which literally means "fuck your mother", but is usually translated as "fuck you".Rate it:

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嫁雞隨雞，嫁狗隨狗Once a woman has attached herself to a man, she should be faithful to him regardless of all circumstances.Rate it:

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小狗懶擦鞋a phrase that literally means "little dog lazy to wipe shoes" but is actually a phrase which contains words with similar sounds to the five profanities in Cantonese: 屌, 鳩, 撚, 柒, 閪.Rate it:

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屌你老母It literally means "fuck your mother", but is usually translated as "fuck you". it is usually abbreviated to 你老母. This phrase may vary in form, but is usually related to sexual intercourse.Rate it:

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恁老母Abbreviated from 姦恁老母 ／奸恁老母, which literally means "fuck your mother", but is usually translated as "fuck you".Rate it:

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