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fuck offTo fritter; to fuck around.Rate it:

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the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get(vulgar) The sexual satisfactions that one receives from a spouse or romantic partner are not sufficient to compensate for the significant periods of bad faith and unpleasant treatment which such relationships routinely involve.1971, Allen Churchill, The Literary Decade, ISBN 9780135375228:Years later she expressed her disillusionment with sex by saying, "The fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."1999, Ben Sonnenberg, Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy, ISBN 9781582430454, p. 93:Maitland got drunk at his parties and threw his arm around you and pulled you over to his wife and made you look down her dress, saying, "The trouble with marriage is that the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."2008, Joseph Heywood, Blue Wolf In Green Fire, ISBN 9781599213590, p. 63:"I can't believe a little pussy got me into dis mess." "Shit happens," Service said. "Sometimes the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."Rate it:

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albatross round one's neckAlternative form of albatross around one's neck.Rate it:

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fuck roundAlternative form of fuck aroundRate it:

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fuck aboutTo fool around.Rate it:

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twinkle in one's father's eyeA notional look of anticipation or hope (either for sex or a child) in one's father's eyes at or around the time of one's conception.Rate it:

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

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alone in a crowdFeeling as though one does not fit in with the people around one.Rate it:

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along aboutApproximately; at around some time.Rate it:

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basement battlerA team in or around the relegation zone.Rate it:

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big guyA term of endearment, usually addressed toward an all-around good male person.Rate it:

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black eyefacial injury where the area around the eye(s) turn blackish, bluish purpleRate it:

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box inTo enclose by drawing a box aroundRate it:

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BroadwayA place name for a settlement which grew up around such a road. For example, Broadway, Worcestershire, Broadway, Somerset.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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cast aboutTo try to find; look around; search; meditate.Rate it:

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come toTo devote attention to in due course; to come around to.Rate it:

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cone offTo close by putting traffic cones around.Rate it:

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cowboy showerA simple shower in a horse trailer's living area to remove the dirt and grime associated with working around livestock.Rate it:

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duck duck gooseA children's game where kids sit in a circle facing each other with their eyes closed. One child is designated "it" and walks around the outside of the circle saying "duck" as he/she touches each child's head. Finally, instead of saying "duck" the person who is it says "goose!" then runs forward around the circle and tries to sit down in the spot where the "goose" was sitting. The goal of the game is for the person who is "it" to sit down before the "goose" catches him/her. If he/she does sit down before being touched/tagged, then the "goose" becomes "it" and the process begins again. If the "goose" catches the person who was "it" then the person who was "it' is out of the game and the circle moves in closer/smaller until only one sitting winner remains.Rate it:

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en este mundo traidor, nada es verdad ni nada e mentira, todo es del color, del cristal atraves delPeople see what is happening in the world or around him, according to his convenience.Rate it:

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extract the urineTo mess around, cajole.Rate it:

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fanny aboutTo waste time or fool around; to engage in activity which produces little or no accomplishment.Rate it:

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fanny aboutTo wander about or prowl around.Rate it:

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Fiddle While Rome BurnsTo do nothing or engage you in trivial things knowing that something urgent and critical is happening aroundRate it:

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fool aboutto fool aroundRate it:

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footle aboutTo pass time doing unimportant things; to mess around.Rate it:

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get pastTo continue around a blockage; to get around; to surpass something that is in the way.Rate it:

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get pastTo cause something to get around a blockage; to cause to get around or surpass something that is in the way.Rate it:

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get round toAlternative form of get around toRate it:

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goose bumpsBumps that form around hair follicles of the skin when a person is cold or frightened.Rate it:

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hang uponTo hover around.Rate it:

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have a laughTo joke; kid around.Rate it:

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have the run ofTo have permission or freedom to move around throughout an area or to use something at will.Rate it:

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horse playTo fool aroundRate it:

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in omnes partes aciem (oculorum) intendereto gaze intently all around.Rate it:

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Keep Your Ear to the GroundBe focused and well aware of what is happening aroundRate it:

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keep your friends close, and your enemies closerOne should be on their toes and alert of their surroundings if malicious people are around, to ensure such people can't wreak havoc in one's life.Rate it:

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Know the RopesTo be well aware of everything around, to have knowledge of doing any complicated thingRate it:

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lady gardenA woman's pubic hair, and the area around it.Rate it:

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like a chicken with its head cut offAlways on the move; in a frenzied manner; jumping around crazily in every direction.Rate it:

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loose lipsGossip; particularly where information gets around that is not supposed to.Rate it:

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love handlesBulge around the stomach and hip area.Rate it:

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muck upTo clown around; to have fun, often at the expense of others.Rate it:

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multitudo circumfunditur alicuia crowd throngs around some one.Rate it:

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put out feelersTo explore or watch for; ask around; investigate.Rate it:

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puxar a brasa para a minha sardinhato toot one's own hornRate it:

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ride on a railTo be subjected to a punishment most prevalent in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries in which an offender was made to straddle a fence rail held on the shoulders of two or more bearers. The victim was then paraded around town or taken to the city limits and dumped by the roadside.Rate it:

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rolling stoneA person who moves around a lot and never settles down.Rate it:

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