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a bird in the hand is worth two in the bushIt is preferable to have a small but certain advantage than a mere potential of a greater one.Rate it:

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a bird may love a fish, but where will they build their home?It's too hard to make a relationship work when two people are so vastly different. Similar variations end by saying "...where will they build their nest?" and "...where will they build their home together?"Rate it:

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a bird of ill-omenSomeone who is always delivering bad news, or bringing bad luck.Rate it:

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a bird of passageSomeone who never stays long in one place; a wanderer, like a swallow which migrates according to season.Rate it:

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a little bird told meOf information which was gathered from a source not to be overtly exposed.Rate it:

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a morning birdThat means the bird always wakes up early in the morning to find its meal.Rate it:

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à qui se lève matin dieu prête la mainIt is the early bird that catches the worm.Rate it:

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à vue d'oiseauA bird’s-eye view.Rate it:

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au gui l'an neufExclamation marquant la joie du passage à la nouvelle année.Rate it:

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bald eagleamerican birdRate it:

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baptism by fireA rite of passage through the survival or success of a crisis.Rate it:

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bird in the bosomA secret pledge that one makes for another.Rate it:

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bird in the handShortened form of "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush".Rate it:

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Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the BushIt is better to remain satisfied with what you have earned or you have got, rather than craving for what is out of reach or difficult to get hold ofRate it:

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bird of one's own brainOne's own idea or conception.Rate it:

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bird's-eye viewthe view from directly or high aboveRate it:

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bird's-eye viewThe view from directly or high above.Rate it:

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c'est un gibier de potenceHe is a gallows-bird.Rate it:

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c'est un trop vieux poisson pour mordre à l'appâtHe is too old a bird to be caught with chaff.Rate it:

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chaud devantExpression utilisée dans la restauration par le personnel de service pour avertir de son passage.Rate it:

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comedy equals tragedy plus timeA tragic subject can be made into a comedy, given the passage of enough time.Rate it:

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couldn't stop a pig in a passageBow-legged.Rate it:

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dickyA small bird; a dicky-bird.Rate it:

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dickyAn insignificant sound or thing; dicky-bird.Rate it:

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dicky-birdwordRate it:

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dicky-birdEndearing term for a small bird, often used when talking with young children.Rate it:

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dicky-birdA insignificant sound or thing.Rate it:

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dicky-birdAn insignificant sound or thing.Rate it:

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dicky-birdA small bird.Rate it:

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dire et faire font deuxDire une chose et la faire sont deux choses différentes, car le passage à l’acte constitue une grande étape qui n’est pas toujours évidente à franchir.Autre chose est dire, et autre chose faire.Rate it:

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due courseRegular or appropriate passage or occurrence.Rate it:

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early birdA person who wakes early or arrives early, typically before most others.Rate it:

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Early Bird Catches the WormThose who wake up early and start work have the best possible chances to attain their settled goalsRate it:

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early bird catches the wormAlternative form of early bird gets the worm.Rate it:

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eat like a birdTo eat in small amounts rather than in a single full meal.Rate it:

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einen Vogel zeigenliterally "to show a bird". making a cuckoo signRate it:

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être à la brochette1. To be brought up by hand (of a bird). 2. To be brought up tenderly, with too much care.Rate it:

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feathered oof-birdAny large, plentiful source or supplier of money.Rate it:

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flip the birdTo make a rude or obscene gesture; particularly, to extend the middle finger.Rate it:

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flip the birdUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see flip, bird.Rate it:

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free as a birdHaving no ties; completely free.Rate it:

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ghetto birdA police helicopter, specifically in the context of patrolling or searching impoverished, high-crime urban areas (the ghetto).Rate it:

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gongoozleTo leisurely watch the passage of boats, from the bank of a canal, lock or bridge.Rate it:

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hic (ille) locus obscurus estthis passage is obscure.Rate it:

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homing pigeonracing birdRate it:

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homing pigeonbirdRate it:

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iter tentare per vim (cf. sect. II. 3)to force a way, a passage.Rate it:

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just a minuteOnly one minute; a passage of time 60 seconds in duration.Rate it:

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just a secondOnly one second; a passage of time one-sixtieth of a minute in duration.Rate it:

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locum Platonis afferre, proferre (not citare)to quote a passage of Plato.Rate it:

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