| "Have a cow" or "hold your horses" |
New York Times |
23 Apr 2024 |
| Local linguistic usage |
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| Figure of speech |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Apr 2024 |
| "Talk turkey" or "chicken out" |
Newsday |
17 Apr 2024 |
| "Once in a blue moon," e.g. |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Apr 2024 |
| "Piece of cake," e.g. |
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| Fool doesn't finish minute phrase (5) |
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| 'If dingoes inch over more' starts a turn of phrase (5) |
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| Expression I had in mind initially about love |
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| Perhaps one is dim about nothing, in a manner of speaking (5) |
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| Local linguistic usage (5) |
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| Phrase, cliche (5) |
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| "The elephant in the room," for example |
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| Expression |
New York Times |
02 Apr 2024 |
| Figurative expression |
LA Times Daily |
31 Mar 2024 |
| Figure of speech |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Mar 2024 |
| Particular turn of phrase |
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| I had one order in the vernacular (5) |
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| "It's raining cats and dogs," for one |
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| 'Put two and two together,' for one |
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| Non-literal phrase (5) |
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| Figure of speech |
LA Times Daily |
11 Mar 2024 |
| "A blessing in disguise," e.g. |
USA Today |
08 Mar 2024 |
| Set phrase or expression |
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| Phrase, metaphor (5) |
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| Saying, maxim |
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| Localised saying |
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| Common phrase or expression (5) |
Puzzler |
24 Feb 2024 |
| Turn of phrase did I omit to employ? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Feb 2024 |
| Turn of phrase did I omit to employ? (5) |
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| Figure of speech |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Feb 2024 |
| Dialect form of one do I'm making up (5) |
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| Phrase with a hidden meaning |
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| Expression |
The Guardian Quick |
19 Feb 2024 |
| "Jumping the shark", for example |
TV |
18 Feb 2024 |
| Figure of speech |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Feb 2024 |
| Manner of speaking |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Feb 2024 |
| Regional dialect, way of speaking |
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| Proverbial expression |
The Times Concise |
14 Feb 2024 |
| Figure of speech |
Commuter |
06 Feb 2024 |
| Expression not meant to be taken literally like raining cats and dogs |
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| Figure of speech like "under the weather" or "over the moon" |
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| 'I do it often myself' starts a peculiar saying (5) |
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| Popular expression is one I'd got back with honour (5) |
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| Non-literal phrase such as 'spill the beans' (5) |
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| Man I had gone before made characteristic expression (5) |
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| "Jump the shark" or "sleep with the fishes" |
Universal |
31 Jan 2024 |
| Cold feet or hot seat |
LA Times Daily |
31 Jan 2024 |
| Figurative phrase |
Newsday |
28 Jan 2024 |
| Colloquial saying |
Mirror Tea Time |
28 Jan 2024 |
| Non-literal expression |
The Guardian Speedy |
28 Jan 2024 |
| Parlance |
Mirror Classic |
22 Jan 2024 |
| Figure of speech |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Jan 2024 |
| By the seat of one's pants, e.g. |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jan 2024 |
| One unclear about love language? |
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| Language of fool wasting time with maiden (5) |
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| Language of fool wasting time with maiden |
The Telegraph Toughie |
26 Dec 2023 |
| Common phrase or expression |
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| You with those mod eyes and that peculiar expression! |
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| "Cherry-pick", for example (5) |
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| "Speak of the devil," e.g. |
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| Established phrase whose meaning cannot be deduced from the literal sense of its words, e.g. over the moon, up in arms etc. (5) |
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| Translating challenge |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Nov 2023 |
| Phrase |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Nov 2023 |
| "Spill the beans" or "piece of cake," e.g. |
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| "Follow your heart," for one |
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| Translator's challenge |
Newsday |
05 Oct 2023 |
| "Under the weather" or "spill the beans," e.g. |
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| Did I omit to mask expression? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
21 Sep 2023 |
| Challenge for a translator, perhaps |
New York Times |
12 Sep 2023 |
| 'Let the cat out of the bag,' e.g |
USA Today |
04 Sep 2023 |
| "Beat around the bush," e.g. |
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| Man, after one day, displaying specific way of speaking |
The Times Cryptic |
26 Jul 2023 |
| 'So far, so good,' for one |
USA Today |
12 Jul 2023 |
| Turn of phrase I love about Diane and Mike |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Jun 2023 |
| Language student's challenge |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jun 2023 |
| When in France, me and a lady picked up a turn of phrase |
The Times Cryptic |
07 Jun 2023 |
| Figure of speech |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Jun 2023 |
| "Heard it through the grapevine," is one |
Family Time |
01 May 2023 |
| 'Across the street' or 'memory lane' |
Newsday |
26 Apr 2023 |
| Figure of speech |
New York Times |
04 Apr 2023 |
| "Stab in the back," for one |
Universal |
25 Mar 2023 |
| Cold feet or cold shoulder |
LA Times Daily |
24 Mar 2023 |
| Down in the dumps, e.g. |
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| Never say never, say |
New York Times |
04 Mar 2023 |
| Raining cats and dogs, e.g. |
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| Expression like "Raining cats and dogs," e.g. |
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| 'Eat crow' or 'talk turkey' |
Newsday |
24 Jan 2023 |
| Challenge for a translator, maybe |
New York Times |
24 Jan 2023 |
| "It's raining cats and dogs," for one |
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| Figure of speech |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jan 2023 |
| Non-literal expression |
The Guardian Quick |
05 Jan 2023 |
| "A penny for your thoughts" or "a dime a dozen," e.g |
Universal |
12 Dec 2022 |
| "Break a leg," e.g. |
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| "Raining cats and dogs" or "once in a blue moon," e.g. |
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| One gloomy about ordinary turn of phrase |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
22 Nov 2022 |
| Mode of expression |
The Times Concise |
16 Nov 2022 |
| Term not to take literally |
Newsday |
13 Nov 2022 |
| 'Call it a night,' for one |
USA Today |
10 Nov 2022 |
| Figure of speech |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Nov 2022 |
| Artistic style |
The Guardian Quick |
03 Nov 2022 |
| Turn of phrase used in papers over in Isle of Man |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 Oct 2022 |
| "Actions speak louder than words," e.g. |
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| Mode of expression |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Oct 2022 |
| "Under the weather" or "spill the beans," e.g. |
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| 'Getting on in years,' e.g |
New York Times |
27 Sep 2022 |
| "Piece of cake" or "pie in the sky" |
Universal |
25 Sep 2022 |
| Put two and two together, e.g. |
New York Times |
20 Sep 2022 |
| Put two and two together, e.g |
New York Times |
20 Sep 2022 |
| identity needed by Man in a manner of speaking |
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| identity needed by Man in a manner of speaking |
The Guardian Quiptic |
19 Sep 2022 |
| Figure of speech |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Sep 2022 |
| It’s not to be taken literally |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Sep 2022 |
| "Raining cats and dogs," e.g. |
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| Expression |
The Times Concise |
11 Sep 2022 |
| Figurative expression |
USA Today |
08 Aug 2022 |
| Setter had set on island, in a manner of speaking |
The Telegraph Toughie |
05 Aug 2022 |
| 'Chicken out' or 'talk turkey' |
Newsday |
01 Aug 2022 |
| "Beat around the bush," e.g. |
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| 'On the ball' or 'off the grid' |
Newsday |
26 Jul 2022 |
| "Break a leg," e.g |
Universal |
24 Jul 2022 |
| Turn of phrase |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Jul 2022 |
| "Piece of cake," e.g |
Universal |
08 Jul 2022 |
| "Head over heels," e.g |
Universal |
07 Jul 2022 |
| "The cat's pajamas," e.g |
Universal |
02 Jul 2022 |
| 'Spill the beans,' e.g |
USA Today |
02 Jul 2022 |
| Identify Crown Dependency’s dialect |
The Times Cryptic |
30 Jun 2022 |
| Man overcome by one daughter’s literary style |
The Times Cryptic |
28 Jun 2022 |
| "Smell a rat" or "Have a cow" |
Universal |
21 Jun 2022 |
| 'Piece of cake,' e.g |
USA Today |
02 Jun 2022 |
| "Under the weather," e.g |
Universal |
19 May 2022 |
| "Cold feet" or "two left feet," e.g |
Universal |
16 May 2022 |
| Italy discouraging adopting old form of expression |
The Telegraph Toughie |
12 May 2022 |
| 'Hold your horses,' e.g |
USA Today |
23 Apr 2022 |
| Figure of speech |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Apr 2022 |
| 'Easy come, easy go' is one |
USA Today |
10 Apr 2022 |
| Figure of speech |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Apr 2022 |
| Jump the shark, e.g. |
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| Figure of speech |
Newsday |
29 Mar 2022 |
| Find big room oddly abandoned in a manner of speaking |
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| "Jump the shark," e.g. |
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| Gloom and doom, for example |
Newsday |
03 Feb 2022 |
| 'Blessing in disguise,' e.g |
USA Today |
01 Feb 2022 |
| ''Talk turkey'' or ''chicken feed'' |
Newsday |
01 Feb 2022 |
| “Hit the sack” or “hit the books” |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Jan 2022 |
| "Under the weather" or "raining cats and dogs," e.g. |
|
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| "Under the weather," say |
LA Times Daily |
01 Dec 2021 |
| "It's raining cats and dogs," for one |
|
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| 'So far, so good,' e.g |
USA Today |
14 Nov 2021 |
| Set phrase |
The Guardian Speedy |
14 Nov 2021 |
| "Piece of cake," e.g |
LA Times Daily |
09 Nov 2021 |
| Nearly fool me at first with peculiar expression |
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| 'Flash in the pan,' e.g |
The Washington Post Sunday |
17 Oct 2021 |
| Fool wasting time on central Colombian dialect |
The Telegraph Toughie |
14 Oct 2021 |
| ''Off the grid'' or ''on the ball'' |
Newsday |
06 Oct 2021 |
| Characteristic style of expression |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Sep 2021 |
| Passport, maybe, on British island, showing particular expression |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 Sep 2021 |
| 'Eat crow' or 'talk turkey' |
The Washington Post |
13 Sep 2021 |
| "Eat crow" or "talk turkey" |
LA Times Daily |
13 Sep 2021 |
| Distinctive phrase fool finally changes |
|
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| Figure of speech |
Newsday |
13 Aug 2021 |
| "In the red," e.g |
Premier Sunday |
18 Jul 2021 |
| I love to wear dumb expression |
|
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| "Break a leg," for one |
Universal |
01 Jul 2021 |
| It might get lost in translation |
Universal |
16 Jun 2021 |
| Tense is misused primarily in stupid turn of phrase |
|
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| Love trapped by one obscure colloquialism |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Jun 2021 |
| Turn of phrase |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Jun 2021 |
| Figure of speech |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Jun 2021 |
| "Under the weather" or "piece of cake", e.g. |
|
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| "Bite the bullet," e.g. |
|
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| 'Have a cow' or 'smell a rat,' e.g |
The Washington Post Sunday |
16 May 2021 |
| "Piece of cake," for one |
|
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| Tense is misused primarily in stupid turn of phrase |
|
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| "A penny for your thoughts," for one |
Universal |
01 May 2021 |
| Former dictator gets award for expression |
|
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| Quirky phrase |
Newsday |
24 Apr 2021 |
| ''Green thumb'' or ''white elephant'' |
Newsday |
07 Apr 2021 |
| “Beat around the bush,” for example |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Apr 2021 |
| ''Hold your horses,'' for example |
Newsday |
01 Apr 2021 |
| Nonliteral phrase |
USA Today |
29 Mar 2021 |
| 'Hot to trot' or 'cool as a cucumber' |
New York Times |
23 Mar 2021 |
| Dialect |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Mar 2021 |
| Turn of phrase |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Mar 2021 |
| ''Belted out a song,'' for example |
Newsday |
17 Mar 2021 |
| "Raining cats and dogs," for one |
Universal |
09 Mar 2021 |
| ‘I shall go first!' — little bossy woman oppressing Vlad, in a manner of speaking |
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| 'I shall go first!' — little bossy woman oppressing Vlad, in a manner of speaking |
The Guardian Cryptic |
09 Mar 2021 |
| 'In la-la land,' e.g |
USA Today |
15 Feb 2021 |
| 'In a pickle,' e.g |
USA Today |
26 Jan 2021 |
| Hit the sack, e.g |
Universal |
17 Jan 2021 |
| Turn of phrase |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Jan 2021 |
| Everyman would back me in France for use of local lingo |
|
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| "Eat crow" or "talk turkey" |
Universal |
22 Dec 2020 |
| Form of expression peculiar to a language |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
13 Dec 2020 |
| White lightning, e.g |
Newsday |
10 Dec 2020 |
| 'Rings a bell,' e.g |
USA Today |
26 Nov 2020 |
| Expression could be sans forced admission |
|
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| Mode of expression |
The Times Concise |
21 Nov 2020 |
| Dialect I'd picked up in Isle of Man |
|
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| "Going to the dogs," for example |
Universal |
08 Nov 2020 |
| Admission could be sans any expression |
|
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| ''Over a barrel'' or ''under the weather'' |
Newsday |
22 Oct 2020 |
| Peculiar turn of phrase from top plod in Isle of Man |
|
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| Everyman would back me in France for use of local lingo |
|
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| Figure of speech |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Oct 2020 |
| Form of expression |
The Times Concise |
28 Sep 2020 |
| Saying |
The Guardian Speedy |
27 Sep 2020 |
| I'd one second to write up phrase |
The Sun Two Speed |
24 Sep 2020 |
| Colloquialism |
The Sun Two Speed |
24 Sep 2020 |
| Man following retired woman's turn of phrase |
|
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| Fool almost getting married, in a manner of speaking |
|
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| 'Under the weather,' e.g |
USA Today |
30 Aug 2020 |
| Expression from princess in Isle of Man |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Aug 2020 |
| I love wearing stupid expression |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 Aug 2020 |
| 'Speak of the devil,' e.g |
USA Today |
05 Aug 2020 |
| Hit the nail on the head, e.g |
New York Times |
02 Aug 2020 |
| "Piece of cake," for one |
|
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| Figurative expression |
Universal |
09 Jul 2020 |
| 'Bad apple,' for example |
USA Today |
09 Jul 2020 |
| “On the ball” or “off the wagon,” e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Jul 2020 |
| In the red or in the black? |
Universal |
07 Jul 2020 |
| Fool almost getting married, in a manner of speaking |
|
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| Figure of speech, such as "spill the beans" |
|
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| "Ants in one's pants" or "bee in one's bonnet" |
Universal |
17 Jun 2020 |
| Take a chance or take a look |
Newsday |
05 Jun 2020 |
| Turn of phrase used in papers on the Isle of Man |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
01 Jun 2020 |
| 'Money talks,' e.g |
USA Today |
24 May 2020 |
| Figure of speech |
LA Times Daily |
12 May 2020 |
| Figure of speech |
The Washington Post |
12 May 2020 |
| Challenge for translation |
Wall Street Journal |
09 May 2020 |
| 'Horse around' or 'rain cats and dogs' |
New York Times |
27 Apr 2020 |
| Word usage peculiar to a specific group |
Irish Times Simplex |
24 Apr 2020 |
| "Fell on deaf ears" or "giving the cold shoulder," for instance |
|
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| Turn of phrase |
The Times Concise |
28 Mar 2020 |
| "Piece of cake" or "easy as pie" |
Universal |
25 Mar 2020 |
| "Actions speak louder than words," e.g. |
|
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| Fool with no time to get married in characteristic style |
|
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| Down in the dumps, say |
LA Times Daily |
01 Feb 2020 |
| Down in the dumps, say |
The Washington Post |
01 Feb 2020 |
| ‘A fool will spend time to gain money': it's an expression |
|
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| ‘A fool will spend time to gain money': it's an expression |
|
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| I love to wear dumb expression |
|
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| Raining cats and dogs, for e.g. |
|
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| Phrase with a figurative meaning |
|
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| "Raining cats and dogs," for one |
|
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| "Actions speak louder than words," e.g. |
|
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| Dialect is described in old manuscript originally |
|
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| Oft-quoted phrases or expressions, such as "Apple of my eye" |
|
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| "Play it by ear" or "see eye to eye", e.g. |
|
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| One not clear about old expression |
|
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| One gets over wearing stupid expression |
|
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| One not clear about old expression |
|
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| Largely innocent man can be a bull in a china shop? |
|
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| Language institute attended by stupid taking in nothing |
|
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| "Bite the bullet" or "break a leg," e.g. |
|
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| I'd recalled way of working one part of speech |
|
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| "Better late than never," for one |
|
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| Man absorbing woman's artistic style |
|
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| Figure of speech, such as "spill the beans" |
|
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| An expression or phrase |
|
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| One is taken in by a promise and gets married — a shotgun wedding perhaps |
|
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| Turn of phrase in papers I'm carrying round |
|
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| Some said I omitted it, in a manner of speaking |
|
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| "Actions speak louder than words", for one |
|
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| Love encapsulated by one obscure turn of phrase |
|
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| Expression given by one confused about love |
|
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| I, mod I, employed peculiar language |
|
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| I love wearing stupid expression |
|
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| Expression coming from mostly stupid men at the top |
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| Dialect is mostly simple and is followed by millions |
|
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| I would love to include one masculine phrase |
|
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| Saying man follows one God (in Latin) |
|
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| Nothing seen in one obscure turn of phrase |
|
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| Moron's tail replaced by moron's head, in a manner of speaking |
|
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| I faint without love, in a manner of speaking |
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| Distinctive speech from old dictator getting award |
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