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  • 111mind your p's and q's — Meaning Be on your best behaviour and be careful of your language. Origin There are various proposed explanations of this. Amongst the most plausible are the notion that ale used to be ordered in either pints or quarts and you needed to be… …

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  • 112Fire of Unknown Origin — est un album de Blue Öyster Cult sorti en 1981. Liste des titres Fire of Unknown Origin Burning For You Veteran of the Psychic Wars Sole Survivor Heavy Metal: The Black and Sylver Vengeance (The Pact) After Dark Joan Crawford Dont Turn Your Back …

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  • 113Time of your Life — est le cinquième arc narratif de la série de comics Buffy contre les vampires, saison huit. Il est composé de quatre numéros écrits par Joss Whedon et dessinés par Karl Moline (coloriste : Michelle Madsen, lettrage : Richard Starkings… …

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  • 114Count Your Lucky Stars Records — Founded 2007 Genre Indie rock, Emo Country of origin US Location Fenton, MI Official Website …

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  • 115Over Your Head — Genre Home and Garden Starring Eric Stromer Country of origin United States No. of seasons 9 No. of episodes 105 …

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  • 116nail your colours to the mast — Meaning Show your intention to hold out until the end. Origin In nautical battles colours (flags) were lowered as a mark of submission. Nailing your colours to the mast meant you weren t intending to submit …

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  • 117put your nose out of joint — Meaning Hurt your feelings or upset your plans. Used by Barnaby Rich in His Farewell to Militarie Profession (1591): It could bee no other then his owne manne, that has thrust his nose so farre out of ioynte. Origin …

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  • 118a bee in your bonnet — Meaning Preoccupied or obsessed with an idea. Origin Thought to have come from Robert Herrick s poem, Mad Maid s Song , 1648. Ah! woe is me, woe, woe is me! Alack and well a day! For pity, sir, find out that bee Which bore my love away. I ll seek …

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  • 119sell (your) soul (to the devil) — to accept immoral behavior in order to succeed. If the day comes when I begin to sell my soul like the other managers do, that s the day I ll quit. Etymology: from the literal idea of exchanging your soul (= spirit) with the devil (= the origin… …

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  • 120not on your nelly — ► not on your nelly Brit. certainly not. [ORIGIN: originally as not on your Nelly Duff, rhyming slang for «puff» (i.e. breath of life).] Main Entry: ↑nelly …

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