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Equivalent English phrase for "don't roll around where you've fallen"

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Is there word like "excruciating" but relating to pleasure rather than pain?

answered Aug 8, 2017 at 11:06

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Single word for delaying an unpleasant task

answered Nov 1, 2019 at 19:59

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Is there any idiom meaning "do as you wish, but I warned you"?

answered Jan 8, 2022 at 19:18

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diurnal is to day as "..." is to morning

answered Feb 23, 2020 at 13:54

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Idiom meaning inferring too much from the available evidence

answered Apr 12, 2021 at 11:55

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Idiom for "just because you give something a different name, it doesn't change what it is"

answered Aug 25, 2014 at 14:48

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Alternative idiom to "phone it in"

answered Aug 12, 2015 at 10:15

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What do you call the type of impoliteness where a person you know enters your house uninvited?

answered May 21, 2014 at 7:43

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Idiom used when a bad situation is not fully resolved and can easily re-escalate

answered Jan 3, 2020 at 16:39

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What's another way to say 'you can take whatever from what I said and interpret it however you want'?

answered Apr 19, 2023 at 10:52

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Verb that describes voters putting a politician out of office by voting for a different candidate

answered Feb 27, 2017 at 8:18

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Occupation where the person receives the punishment for upper class kids

answered Jun 23, 2021 at 9:49

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What's the equal and opposite proverb of "Variety is the spice of life"?

answered Jun 27, 2021 at 18:38

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Is "The heart wants what the heart wants" grammatical? If so, why?

answered Mar 30, 2023 at 9:35

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Expression for a situation which you’re forced to be in but would still choose over something else since you’ve gotten used to it with time

answered Jun 30, 2018 at 13:30

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What does "stick-at-naught" mean?

answered May 9, 2017 at 22:16

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Is there a word that describes a statement whose negative is senseless or would otherwise never be used?

answered Jan 19, 2015 at 20:58

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What is it called when a highly respected person commits an immoral act but people don't believe that he committed the act?

answered Jul 4, 2015 at 20:42

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Alternative idiom to "ploughing through something" that's more sad and struggling

answered Dec 6, 2022 at 12:52

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What is the word to express the fact that 'it will not require doing something'?

answered Jun 1, 2022 at 13:33

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Why is "brick" in "a brick house" a noun, whereas "plastic" in "a plastic bucket" is an adjective?

answered Mar 24, 2022 at 14:32

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Why do we order our adjectives in certain ways: "big, blue house" rather than "blue, big house"?

answered Dec 5, 2022 at 15:55

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Difference between 'obliterate' and 'annihilate'

answered Apr 15, 2023 at 9:50

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Looking for the antonym of stigmatizing

answered May 29, 2018 at 8:43

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"Thirsty, we drank."

answered Jun 23, 2015 at 7:50

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Trying to remember a synonym for a "fixed smile"

answered Mar 28, 2016 at 9:06

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comprise or comprise of

answered Mar 19, 2013 at 9:31

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What is a word or phrase that describes something that looks grand from the outside but in actuality, it is very bad on the inside?

answered Mar 30, 2022 at 11:25

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Word For When You've Been Forced to No Longer Trust Something or Someone

answered Aug 8, 2016 at 11:23

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Equivalent English phrase for "don't roll around where you've fallen"

Is there word like "excruciating" but relating to pleasure rather than pain?

Single word for delaying an unpleasant task

Is there any idiom meaning "do as you wish, but I warned you"?

diurnal is to day as "..." is to morning

Idiom meaning inferring too much from the available evidence

Idiom for "just because you give something a different name, it doesn't change what it is"

Alternative idiom to "phone it in"

What do you call the type of impoliteness where a person you know enters your house uninvited?

Idiom used when a bad situation is not fully resolved and can easily re-escalate

What's another way to say 'you can take whatever from what I said and interpret it however you want'?

Verb that describes voters putting a politician out of office by voting for a different candidate

Occupation where the person receives the punishment for upper class kids

What's the equal and opposite proverb of "Variety is the spice of life"?

Is "The heart wants what the heart wants" grammatical? If so, why?

Expression for a situation which you’re forced to be in but would still choose over something else since you’ve gotten used to it with time

What does "stick-at-naught" mean?

Is there a word that describes a statement whose negative is senseless or would otherwise never be used?

What is it called when a highly respected person commits an immoral act but people don't believe that he committed the act?

Alternative idiom to "ploughing through something" that's more sad and struggling

What is the word to express the fact that 'it will not require doing something'?

Why is "brick" in "a brick house" a noun, whereas "plastic" in "a plastic bucket" is an adjective?

Why do we order our adjectives in certain ways: "big, blue house" rather than "blue, big house"?

Difference between 'obliterate' and 'annihilate'

Looking for the antonym of stigmatizing

"Thirsty, we drank."

Trying to remember a synonym for a "fixed smile"

comprise or comprise of

What is a word or phrase that describes something that looks grand from the outside but in actuality, it is very bad on the inside?

Word For When You've Been Forced to No Longer Trust Something or Someone