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world is one's oyster

[world is one's oyster] Everything is possible for you; the world belongs to you; you can get anything you want. * /When John won the scholarship, he felt as though […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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world

[world] See: [COME UP IN THE WORLD] or [RISE IN THE WORLD], [DEAD TO THE WORLD], [FOR ALL THE WORLD], [IN A WORLD OF ONE'S OWN] or [IN A WORLD […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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American Idiomatic Expressions This online dictionary of idioms and phrases is based on original book by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner and J.E. Gates - "A Dictionary of American Idioms". Please, […] Dictionary of American Idioms

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сесть в лужу

[сесть в лужу] или [сесть в галошу] {v. phr.} {informal} {perf.} to get oneself into a mess / fix; to […]

mop up

[mop up] {v. phr.} To disperse or liquidate isolated groups or detachments of opposing forces. * /Our forces won the basic […]

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[up against] {prep. phr.} Blocked or threatened by. * /When she applied to medical school, the black woman wondered whether […]