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jet-setterA member of the jet set; a rich person who travels for pleasure.Rate it:

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jet-settingThe actions of the jet set; travelling from one fashionable location to another by jet.Rate it:

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kill offTo represent or portray as being dead.Rate it:

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kitchen table softwareEspecially in the early years of personal computers, a set of computer programs developed by an entrepreneurial advanced amateur or self-employed professional computer programmer in his or her own home; software developed by a small business using the services of such programmers.Rate it:

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lay down the markerTo set the standard.Rate it:

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lead outA race tactic, used to set up a rider for a sprint finish, in which one rider on a team will ride at a very high rate of speed with a teammate following directly behind in his slipstream thus enabling the following rider to gain speed without expending as much energy as he normally would. See drafting.Rate it:

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lead up toTo set in motion; to act as a causal or preparatory event or sequence of events.Rate it:

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les jeux sont faitsIn roulette, the call made by the croupier as the wheel is set in motion.Rate it:

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les jeux sont faitsIn roulette, the call made by the croupier as the wheel is set in motion.Rate it:

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les jeux sont faitsles jeux sont faits, the stakes are setRate it:

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let looseset freeRate it:

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life's a bitchAn expression of acceptance of misfortune.1950, Joy Davidman, Weeping Bay, page 184:She'd have been willing enough to use them, poor dead little bitch. Life's a bitch. Life's a bad joke.Rate it:

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living impairedDead.Rate it:

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loaded languagelanguage using words, set phrases or idioms that have strong positive or negative connotations beyond their ordinary definitions.Rate it:

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mad moneyMoney set aside to have fun with; or money carried to satisfy a mugger if someone gets mugged.Rate it:

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make matters worseTo worsen an already difficult situation or unfavourable set of circumstances, typically by acting rashly, foolishly, or incompetently.Rate it:

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malacia et tranquillitas (B. G. 3. 15)a dead calm.Rate it:

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mark outto set the boundaries of an areaRate it:

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memory laneA set of recollections available to be reviewed, especially accompanied by a feeling of nostalgia.Rate it:

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mettre la main à la pâteTo put one’s shoulder to the wheel; To set to (a special piece of) work oneself.Rate it:

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mieux vaut goujat debout qu'empereur enterré“A living dog is better than a dead lion.”—Ecclesiastes ix. 4.Rate it:

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mise en scèneThe set of a theatrical production; Physical environment, surroundings, or ambianceRate it:

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modum facere, statuere, constituere alicui rei or alicuius reito set a limit to a thing.Rate it:

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mort de rirelit., as adjective or past tense, dead or died of laughing, so "died laughing" or "dying of laughter"; compare mort de faim for starve. Often appearing as abbreviation "mdr" or "MDR," e.g., in SMS, as the French expression equivalent to LOL; sometimes expanded as the infinitive, mourir de rire.Rate it:

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morte la bête, mort le veninDead dogs cannot bite; Dead men tell no tales.Rate it:

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mortuum in sepulcro condereto entomb a dead body.Rate it:

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multum (aliquid) alicui rei tribuereto consider of importance; to set much (some) store by a thing.Rate it:

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new standardSomething that is set when someone does the unthinkable, or does something better than anyone else.Rate it:

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one's race is runOne's life has reached its end; one is dead or soon to die.Rate it:

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out of the pictureDead.Rate it:

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ponereto propose, set a theme.Rate it:

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ponere alicui, de quo disputetto set some one a theme for discussion.Rate it:

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public commentInput given by the public to governmental (or rarely other) bodies, about proposed legislation or regulation(s), during a period-and by means-set aside and prescribed by law.Rate it:

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push up daisiesTo be dead.Rate it:

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pushing up daisiesDead.Rate it:

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put the cat among the pigeonsIf you set the cat among the pigeons, you will cause a flutter in the dovecote.Rate it:

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quand on compte sur les souliers d'un mort on risque de marcher pieds nusIt’s an ill thing to wait for dead men’s shoes; He pulls with a long rope that waits for another’s death.Rate it:

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ready, steady, goready, set, goRate it:

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rule the dayTo set the standard which guides behavior; to control a situation, group, strategy, etc.Rate it:

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running targeta standard of performance set by the first place competitor that lower placed competitors try to exceedRate it:

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serve outTo win a set, or by extension a match, by holding serve.Rate it:

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short leashForcing one to function within a strict set of rules, or under great scrutiny or oversight.Rate it:

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shroudEspecially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.Rate it:

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sibi exemplum alicuius proponere ad imitandum or simply sibi aliquem ad imitandum proponereto set up some one as one's ideal, model.Rate it:

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six feet underBuried six feet underground; not alive; dead.Rate it:

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soft shoeA speech, explanation, sales pitch, or other set of remarks delivered in a restrained or conciliatory manner in order to persuade, distract, or otherwise influence someone.Rate it:

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son affaire est faiteHe is a dead man (of one dying); He is done for; He is a ruined man.Rate it:

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spaghetti westernNickname for a motion picture produced by an Italian-based company and filmed in Europe, depicting a tale of cowboys and desperadoes set in the American Old West.Rate it:

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spem habere in aliquoto set one's hope on some one.Rate it:

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spem suam ponere, collocare in aliquoto set one's hope on some one.Rate it:

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