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cursum tenere (opp. commutare and deferri)to hold on one's course.Rate it:

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cut downPut down, deprecate, put someone in their place, tell 'em off, demean, cut someone down to size.Rate it:

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cut inEspecially, to dance with someone who is already dancing by replacing his or her partner.Rate it:

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Cut to the QuickTo hurt someone in a grave manner; to act cold or unkindRate it:

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dalla padella alla braceout of the frying pan, into the fireRate it:

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dans les petits sacs sont les fines épicesLittle fellows are often great wits; Small parcels hold fine wares. Rate it:

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dar las tantascause someone to take a long timeRate it:

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dead meatSomeone in danger of death or severe punishment.Rate it:

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dead men tell no talesOnce someone is dead, they can no longer communicate, hence killing someone is the best way to keep him/her quiet.Rate it:

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dead men's shoesA position or property that is only attainable by someone else upon the current holder's death.Rate it:

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dead ringerSomeone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another.Rate it:

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deal a handTo assign life circumstances to someone.Rate it:

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deal into deal cards to someone entering a game.Rate it:

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deal outto not deal cards to someone who is leaving a game.Rate it:

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der Amtsschimmel wiehertthere is an excessive amount of bureaucracy; someone or some organization is being excessively bureaucraticRate it:

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devil's advocateOne who debates from a view which they may not actually hold, usually to determine its validity, or simply for the sake of argument.Rate it:

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dig out of a holeTo save someone or something from trouble.Rate it:

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dilectum habereto hold a levy.Rate it:

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dirt fileA compilation of negative gossip or facts about someone.Rate it:

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do you have any brothers or sistersUsed to ask whether someone has any siblings.Rate it:

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do you kiss your mother with that mouth?Alternative, longer form of "you kiss your mother with that mouth?"; typically said after and because someone cursedRate it:

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do you mindUsed to politely ask someone for a favour.Rate it:

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do you mindUsed to inform someone that they are being intrusive or annoying.Rate it:

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dob inTo betray someone by informing on them.Rate it:

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dog in the mangerSomeone who denies to others something that he or she cannot use.Rate it:

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dogsFeet.Rate it:

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dogs barkFeet hurt.Rate it:

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doing somebody else's laundryShe married someone else.Rate it:

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don't drop the soap(idiomatic) Used as a mockery to someone who is about to be or should be confined in prison.Rate it:

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don't zig when you should zag, once you find true love.Make the right steps and not the wrong ones when you have someone who loves you and/or you are in a relationship, in order to keep love and not lose it.Rate it:

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donner le tournisto make someone's head spinRate it:

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Dose of One's Own MedicineThe same or a similar unpleasantness revert back to someone that has been giving othersRate it:

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double double, boil and troubleA song/chant/spell witches say while stirring a cauldron and throwing items in the cauldron to brew the spell, usually to put a curse on someone (or to take one off)Rate it:

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double takerSomething causing someone to do a double takeRate it:

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douche bagAn annoying person; someone blatantly inconsiderate of others.Rate it:

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down lowAfter asking you to "high five" or saying "up top" someone will then say "down low". This means they are asking you to "high five" or tap the palm of their hand with the palm of your hand down lower--about waist high--as they extend their hand out toward you. If you don't respond timely they may take their hand away and say "too slow" then laugh. It's just something Americans do to have fun.Rate it:

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down-and-outerSomeone who is down and out.Rate it:

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drag one’s heelsTo delay, to hold up progressRate it:

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draw inTo get someone involved.Rate it:

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drinking ageA two and an ace as a starting hand in Texas hold 'emRate it:

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dry eyeAn eye which is not crying, i.e. someone emotionally unmoved.Rate it:

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dry powderA powder found in a fire extinguisher that is expelled to smother the fireRate it:

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dry upTo deprive someone of.Rate it:

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dump onTo dump (finish a relationship with someone)Rate it:

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eagle eyeSomeone with good eyesightRate it:

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Eat Out of Your HandTo be incredibly supportive to someone; to trust and follow someone without inquiryRate it:

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eeny meeny miney moe(short version) a way of choosing someone or something by counting off items one by one until the last word falls on a person or item to the full rhyme which is: eeny meany miney moe catch a tiger by the toe if he hollers let him go eeny meeny miney moe Whichever item falls on the last word "moe" that's the one that is chosen, for example to be "it" to start a game or to choose sides for teams. There are only four words per line that count. The last line "eeny meeny money moe" was later replaced by My mother said to pick the very best one and you are not it" (all words count for one as each person (item) is tapped.Rate it:

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enjoy your mealUsed to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat.Rate it:

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esculpido em Carraradoppelganger; someone physically very similar to someone else.Rate it:

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every horse thinks its own pack heaviestEveryone thinks their problems or burdens are worse than everyone else's. This phrase is a response to someone complaining or to someone complaining that they have it worse than othersRate it:

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