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61speak of the devil! — If you are talking about someone and they happen to walk in, you can use this idiom as a way of letting them know you were talking about them. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** This is said to refer to a person who appears just when… …
62speak for oneself — give one s own opinions ■ [in imperative] used to tell someone that what they have said may apply to them but does not apply to others This is such a boring place. Speak for yourself I like it …
63They say — Say Say, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Said} (s[e^]d), contracted from sayed; p. pr. & vb. n. {Saying}.] [OE. seggen, seyen, siggen, sayen, sayn, AS. secgan; akin to OS. seggian, D. zeggen, LG. seggen, OHG. sag[=e]n, G. sagen, Icel. segja, Sw. s[ a]ga,… …
64speak out of turn — If someone speaks out of turn, either they intervene at the wrong moment or they say something tactless or inappropriate. At the first meeting I was afraid of speaking out of turn …
65Speak of the devil! — If you are talking about someone and they happen to walk in, you can use this idiom as a way of letting them know you were talking about them …
66speak someone’s language — tv. to say omething that one agrees with or understands. □ I gotcha. Now you’re speaking my language. □ Mary speaks Fred’s language. They get along fine …
67You Don't Speak for Me — is an anti illegal immigration activist group in the United States. Retired Army Colonel Al Rodriguez founded the group in 2006, to represent Hispanic Americans like him who are opposed to legalization for those who have entered the US… …
68talk - speak — Speak and talk have very similar meanings, but there are some differences in the ways in which they are used. When you mention that someone is using his or her voice to produce words, you usually say that they are speaking. He hadn t looked at me …
69To speak a ship — Speak Speak, v. t. 1. To utter with the mouth; to pronounce; to utter articulately, as human beings. [1913 Webster] They sat down with him upn ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him. Job. ii. 13. [1913 Webster] 2. To… …
70First they came... — First they came… is a poem attributed to Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984) about the inactivity of German intellectuals following the Nazi rise to power and the purging of their chosen targets, group after group.HistoryAn early supporter of… …
