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a lie comes back sooner or laterYou can't run from a lie, it will return to you at some point.Rate it:

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a purple patchBritish (Informal) a run of success or good fortune. "people expect him to score in every game now he's hit a purple patch."Rate it:

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a rey muerto, rey puestoThe king is dead, long live the kingRate it:

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against the run of playContrary to the flow of the game.Rate it:

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aliquem ab inferis or a mortuis evocare, excitare (passive ab inferis exsistere)to summon some one from the dead.Rate it:

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aller comme un chat maigreTo run like a lamplighter. Rate it:

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angoribus confici (Phil. 2. 15. 37)to be worn out, almost dead with anxiety.Rate it:

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any oldAny, absolutely any, any typical, a run-of-the-mill.Rate it:

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Appendix:Glossary of baseball jargon (T)A pitcher who leads the league in three major categories: earned run average, wins, and strikeouts.Rate it:

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at peaceDead.Rate it:

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at the end of the roadNo longer living. Dead.Rate it:

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au bout du fossé la culbuteAt the end of the run comes the fall.Rate it:

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back to square oneLocated back at the start, as after a dead-end or failure.Rate it:

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back upFor the non-striker to take a few steps down the pitch, in preparation to taking a run, just as the bowler bowls the ball.Rate it:

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beat a dead horseTo persist or continue far beyond any purpose, interest or reason.Rate it:

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beat feetTo run.Rate it:

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belly upDead or defunct.Rate it:

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better dead than redIt is preferable to be deceased rather than to be either a Communist or ruled by Communists.Rate it:

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better dead than RedAlternative form of better dead than red.Rate it:

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better to be late than be dead on timeIt is better to arrive late than to risk your life speeding to a destination.Rate it:

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bonne renommée vaut mieux que ceinture doréeA good name is better than riches; He who has lost his reputation is a dead man among the living.Rate it:

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brain-deadHaving no useful thoughts; stupid; ditzy.Rate it:

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brain-deadHaving an irreversible loss of brain function and cessation of brain activity.Rate it:

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break one's duckTo score one's first run in an innings.Rate it:

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brûler une station (une étape)To run through a station (or, a halting-place) without stopping.Rate it:

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c'est vieux comme le pont neufQueen Anne is dead; It is as old as the hills.Rate it:

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cargo-200the code word referring to casualties for transportation in the Soviet and modern Russian military. In its official meaning, Cargo 200 refers to bodies contained in zinc-lined coffins, but in military context this code word can be used for dead bodies as they are transported from the battlefield.Rate it:

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center fieldThe defensive position in the outfield in the middle, typically played by a player that can run fast.Rate it:

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ces plantes sont montées en graineThose plants have run to seed.Rate it:

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charge downTo run towards something in an effort to stop it going forward.Rate it:

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cold as a wagon tireDead.Rate it:

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courir à fond de trainTo run at the top of one’s speed.Rate it:

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courir comme un dératéTo go like a shot; To run like mad.Rate it:

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cursu exanimari (B.G. 2. 23. 1)to run till one is out of breath.Rate it:

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cursum conficere in caeloto run its course in the sky.Rate it:

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daylightTo run a drainage pipe to an opening from which its contents can drain away naturally.Rate it:

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deadNot in play.Rate it:

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deadWithout interest to one of the senses; dull; flat.Rate it:

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deadWithout emotion.Rate it:

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deadUnproductive.Rate it:

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deadStationary; static.Rate it:

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deadNo longer used or required.Rate it:

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deadNo longer living.Rate it:

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deadFull and complete.Rate it:

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deadExact.Rate it:

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dead : So hated by that they are absolutely ignored.Rate it:

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deadBroken or inoperable.Rate it:

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deadFiguratively, not alive; lacking life.Rate it:

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deadCompletely inactive; without power; without a signal.Rate it:

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dead 'n' buriedContraction of dead and buried.Rate it:

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