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knock one down with a featherAlternative form of knock one over with a feather.Rate it:

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laissez couler l'eauDo not be anxious about what cannot be helped; Don’t cry over spilt milk.Rate it:

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lay backTo make a short backwards pass to a teammate in an attacking position.Rate it:

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le beurre et l'argent du beurreone's cake and eating it too; two mutually exclusive things, such that one can only choose one over anotherRate it:

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le plus fort est faitThe worst is over; The most difficult part is done.Rate it:

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Lead You by the NoseTo have a control over someone, to be in authorityRate it:

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left and rightAll over the place; indiscriminately; frequently or excessively.Rate it:

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left, right and centerAll over the place; indiscriminately; frequently or excessively.Rate it:

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let slideTo let go, allow, release, pass over without action.Rate it:

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lord of the fliesA ruler over a worthless kingdom; leader of a meaningless microcosm.Rate it:

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marcher à reculonsTo walk backwards.Rate it:

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megoInitialism of my eyes glaze over : used to indicate the speaker's boredom or impatience with some subject or activity.Rate it:

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mettre sur la selletteTo cross-question; To haul over the coals (fam.).Rate it:

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mount upto increase over a period of time; to accumulateRate it:

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move in onTo encroach or prepare to take over.Rate it:

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muffin topThe roll of flesh that bulges over the top of excessively tight trousers.Rate it:

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my body is readyUsed to express preparation for and excitement over something, especially sex.Rate it:

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No Spring ChickenNo longer young, old person, over his young ageRate it:

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nous en causerons entre la poire et le fromageWe will talk it over at dessert.Rate it:

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on the airbroadcasting usually over radio waves or on live televisionRate it:

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on the rocksPoured over ice, usually in reference to alcoholic drinks.Rate it:

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onoAbbreviation of over and out.Rate it:

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out of the woodsOut of peril; likely to recover or prevail over trouble; finished with the worst or most threatening part of a problem or illness.Rate it:

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overleapTo leap over, to jump over, to cross by jumping.Rate it:

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paint outTo obliterate by painting over.Rate it:

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par dessus le marchéInto the bargain; Over and above.Rate it:

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par dessus les oreillesOver head and ears.Rate it:

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passer sur une chose comme un chat sur la braiseTo pass lightly over a subject.Rate it:

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passons au délugeWe know all about that, let us come to the point; Don’t let us go over all that again, we will take it for granted.Rate it:

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per totum corpus diffundito spread over the whole body.Rate it:

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pick away atTo continually or inexorably harm someone; to continue to do harm; to needle over time; to weaken someone over time.Rate it:

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pip to the postto overcome a strong competitor in a sporting event, especially by gaining a small advantage over him at the last decisive moment.Rate it:

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pissing matchA pointless competition, dispute or conflict, often over some trivial matter.Rate it:

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pissing warAn often vicious conflict in which combatants contend for dominance over certain territory.Rate it:

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pissing warAn immature dispute over some trivial matter.Rate it:

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pons est in fluminethere is a bridge over the river.Rate it:

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potestas vitae necisquepower over life and death.Rate it:

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potestatem habet in aliquem vitae necisque (B. G. 1. 16. 5)he has power over life and death.Rate it:

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pour un rien il se met dans tous ses états (fam.)He gets very excited over a mere trifle.Rate it:

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prawn cocktail offensiveA strategy of the Labour Party in winning over important people in the world of finance.Rate it:

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prospectus est ad aliquidone has a view over...; one is able to see as far as...Rate it:

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pull backUsed other than as an idiom. To pull in a backwards directionRate it:

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pull rankTo assert one's authority over a subordinate who disagrees.Rate it:

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quaestioni praeesseto preside over an inquiry.Rate it:

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quand les poules auront des dentswhen Hell freezes over; when pigs flyRate it:

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qwerty syndromeThe condition of favoring entrenched and inferior technologies or practices over superior technologies or practices.Rate it:

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rag offTo finish by rolling a rag over a coat of paint or glaze.Rate it:

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rat throughTo rummage; to pick over.Rate it:

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religione obstrictos habere multitudinis animos (Liv. 6. 1. 10)to have power over the people by trading on their religious scruples.Rate it:

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run offTo pour or spill off or over.Rate it:

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