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English equivalent to Spanish idom "to discover America/the Mediterranean"

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answered Jul 7, 2015 at 15:27

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What word means a “male temptress”?

answered Mar 19, 2015 at 13:25

25 votes

Can a statement be "hissed" without any sibilants?

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answered Aug 31, 2015 at 21:19

19 votes

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Appropriate word for a young person who behaves like a cynical old person?

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answered Jul 28, 2014 at 17:11

18 votes

I am looking for an adjective, similar to "holding a grudge"

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answered Feb 12, 2015 at 19:43

17 votes

More formal way of saying "sloppy"?

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answered Dec 16, 2016 at 20:57

15 votes

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Expression for losing something that you never really had

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answered Oct 22, 2014 at 13:40

14 votes

What do you call a team of magnificent people?

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answered Jul 13, 2015 at 14:23

13 votes

Neutral term for "broken" in software

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answered May 5, 2017 at 18:28

13 votes

How to give a tip without using 'Keep the change'

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answered Dec 2, 2014 at 16:51

12 votes

Rosa Parks is a [symbol?] for the civil rights movement?

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answered Sep 30, 2016 at 2:20

11 votes

Opposite idiom for putting my foot down

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answered Jul 8, 2016 at 20:24

10 votes

Metaphors similar to "Trojan Horse"

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answered Jul 30, 2014 at 15:22

10 votes

What is the English equivalent to the Chinese/Japanese saying, “塞翁失馬— Life is like Old Sai’s horse”?

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answered Oct 7, 2014 at 15:00

9 votes

The word for a man who hunts a dangerous mountain cat without prophylactic?

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answered Nov 25, 2014 at 15:42

9 votes

A word/phrase for "being extremely happy and jumping gladly"

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answered May 9, 2015 at 13:30

7 votes

Idiom for describing an unintended benefit

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answered Jun 2, 2015 at 18:08

7 votes

Is there a comparable word to 'visibility' for hearing?

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answered Jun 29, 2015 at 16:23

7 votes

Is there an antonym of "ruthless"?

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answered Jul 30, 2015 at 14:15

6 votes

Going through a hard ordeal to achieve something important?

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answered Jul 27, 2015 at 20:17

6 votes

Is there a name for an argument that is also a counter-argument?

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answered Aug 18, 2015 at 15:25

6 votes

What do you call someone who acts "cool-headed"?

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answered Nov 23, 2016 at 18:17

6 votes

Friendly way of saying "I love you"

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answered Feb 23, 2015 at 16:00

6 votes

Antonym for 'preaching to the choir'

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answered Dec 16, 2014 at 15:45

5 votes

What word means "the feeling of discomfort caused by watching people's ineptitude"?

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answered Nov 11, 2014 at 14:41

5 votes

Common term or single word for someone who is embarrassingly over-complimentary

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answered Jul 1, 2015 at 13:47

5 votes

Single word that describes a boat stop / dropoff point

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answered May 28, 2015 at 13:51

5 votes

Word to describe something as inadequately small in comparison

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answered Jun 25, 2017 at 18:38

5 votes

How to concisely handle words that don't have an antonym

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answered Aug 25, 2015 at 14:32

5 votes

Adjective for a decision that had no real alternative

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answered Jul 13, 2015 at 12:51

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English equivalent to Spanish idom "to discover America/the Mediterranean"

What word means a “male temptress”?

Can a statement be "hissed" without any sibilants?

Appropriate word for a young person who behaves like a cynical old person?

I am looking for an adjective, similar to "holding a grudge"

More formal way of saying "sloppy"?

Expression for losing something that you never really had

What do you call a team of magnificent people?

Neutral term for "broken" in software

How to give a tip without using 'Keep the change'

Rosa Parks is a [symbol?] for the civil rights movement?

Opposite idiom for putting my foot down

Metaphors similar to "Trojan Horse"

What is the English equivalent to the Chinese/Japanese saying, “塞翁失馬— Life is like Old Sai’s horse”?

The word for a man who hunts a dangerous mountain cat without prophylactic?

A word/phrase for "being extremely happy and jumping gladly"

Idiom for describing an unintended benefit

Is there a comparable word to 'visibility' for hearing?

Is there an antonym of "ruthless"?

Going through a hard ordeal to achieve something important?

Is there a name for an argument that is also a counter-argument?

What do you call someone who acts "cool-headed"?

Friendly way of saying "I love you"

Antonym for 'preaching to the choir'

What word means "the feeling of discomfort caused by watching people's ineptitude"?

Common term or single word for someone who is embarrassingly over-complimentary

Single word that describes a boat stop / dropoff point

Word to describe something as inadequately small in comparison

How to concisely handle words that don't have an antonym

Adjective for a decision that had no real alternative