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Yankee go homeUnited States people go back to your country; used to express anger or opposition at American presence in a foreign land.Rate it:

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a good beginning makes a good endingGood beginnings promise a good end; start off on a good note to reap the benefits at the end.Rate it:

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school's outThe school year has come to an end.Rate it:

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bowl outAnd thus end their innings.Rate it:

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clamp down onTo take measures to stop something; to put an end to.Rate it:

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come outTo end up or result.Rate it:

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if it ain't broke, don't fix itLeave something alone; avoid correcting, fixing, or improving what is already sufficient, as it could end up being detrimentalRate it:

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put downTo land an aircraft.Rate it:

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stem to sternStem is the main upright timber at the bow of a ship (front) & stern is the rear part of a ship or boat (back) Means entirely or beginning to end.Rate it:

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the cake is a lieThe end you are pursuing is unattainable or misguided; the reward you have been promised is false.Rate it:

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touch downTo land an aircraft.Rate it:

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shave and a haircutA 7-note riff played at the end of a song for comic effect.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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break offTo end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently.Rate it:

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cut offTo end abruptly.Rate it:

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do inTo kill or end.Rate it:

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make peaceTo end hostilities; to reach a peace agreement.Rate it:

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omgTo start; never end conversation of the best conversation you ever had in your life .Rate it:

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put out of one's miseryTo end or destroy something for the good of the individuals involved in it.Rate it:

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saddleA block of wood, usually fastened to one spar and shaped to receive the end of another.Rate it:

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take a bowTo accept applause at the end of a performance in a theatre. Often this includes actually bowing to the audience.Rate it:

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virgin territoryLand that has never been explored or developed.Rate it:

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yellow brick roadA proverbial path to a Promised Land of one's hopes and dreams.Rate it:

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eat shitTo fall and land on one's face.Rate it:

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in for a penny, in for a poundExpressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof; accepting that one must Rate it:

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c'est un pays de cocagneIt is a land flowing with milk and honey.Rate it:

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carry throughTo manage to execute; to perform successfully, all the way to the end.Rate it:

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the ends justify the meansAlternative form of the end justifies the means.Rate it:

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'nuff saidUsed in various situations to either end a discussion, or to imply that further discussion is not needed.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 seat of learningA retreat for scholars where learning is an end in itself, like the universities.Rate it:

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ab ovo usque ad mala (proverb.)from beginning to end.Rate it:

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abire magistratuto give up, lay down office (usually at the end of one's term of office).Rate it:

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after allIn the end; anyway; referring to something that was believed to be the case, but has now been shown not to be.Rate it:

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ager publicuspublic land; state domain.Rate it:

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agros assignare (Leg. Agr. 1. 6. 17)to allot land.Rate it:

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al fin y al caboat the very endRate it:

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al fin y al caboat the end of the dayRate it:

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all's well that ends wellProblems do not matter if things turn out well in the end.Rate it:

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anaconda mortgageA loan arrangement in which all of the money borrowed from a lender, for whatever purpose, is secured by one's home, land, and other property.Rate it:

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and all thatUsed at the end of a statement to insinuate that there is more information that can be inferred from the preceding.Rate it:

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and finallyA light news story reserved for the end of a bulletin when there is a lack of more important items; typically involving animals or other features supposed to be amusing.Rate it:

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angle for farthingsTo beg out of a prison window with a cap, or box, let down at the end of a long string.Rate it:

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appellere navem (ad terram, litus)to land (of people).Rate it:

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appelli (ad oram) (Att. 13. 21)to land (of ships).Rate it:

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as the crow fliesIn a straight line distance between two locations, as opposed to the road distance or over land distance.Rate it:

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ass-backwardsMoving backwards, that is, rear end first.Rate it:

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at lastIn the end; finally; ultimately.Rate it:

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au bout de l'aune faut (or, manque) le drapThere is an end to everything; The last straw breaks the camel’s back.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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