you and me both Idiom

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best of both worlds

(See the best of both worlds)

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burn the candle at both ends

work or play too hard without enough rest He has been burning the candle at both ends with his work and his studies. That is why he became sick.

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can't have it both ways

"you have to choose one or the other; cannot have your cake..." When children are allowed to make choices, they learn that they can't have it both ways.

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cut both/two ways

be capable of having two opposite effects My decision to complain to our boss could cut two ways and cause him to be pleased as well as angry at me.

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have it both ways

do two things, have both things You can

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hot and bothered

upset, getting angry, ready to speak angrily You know that Dad gets hot and bothered when you stay out late.

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jump in with both feet

become totally involved, go whole hog Ken gets involved in his work. He jumps in with both feet.

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the best of both worlds

the best parts of two cultures or styles etc., two heads are better... If you have Italian design and German engineering, you have the best of both worlds, eh.

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bat for both sides

to be bisexual

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make (both) ends meet

earn what it costs to live收支相抵
He could not make both ends meet．他入不敷出。
However much money you earn，it's still difficult to make ends meet．不管你挣多少钱，若要收支平衡仍有困难。

bat for both sides

to be bisexual

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best of both worlds

(See the best of both worlds)

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best of both worlds, the

best of both worlds, the
Benefits from two acutely adjoin alternatives, as in Jenny accomplished in the morning alone and formed on her book afternoons, so she had the best of both worlds. Charles Kingsley acclimated this argot in Westward Ho! (1855): “Make the best of both worlds.” Additionally see make the best of it.

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both

both
In accession to the idioms alpha with both, additionally see best of both worlds, the; burn the candle at both ends; cut both ways; foot in both camps, accept a; have it both ways; play both ends adjoin the middle; work both abandon of the street.
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- both barrels, with
- both anxiety on the ground, with

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both --- and|and|both

coord. conj. Acclimated to accent that two or added things are talked about. Both Frank and Mary were at the party. Millie is both a acceptable swimmer and a acceptable cook. In the affairs tonight Mary will both sing and dance. The frog can move bound both on acreage and in the water.
Compare: AS WELL AS. Contrast EITHER OR.

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both barrels, with

both barrels, with
With abounding force, as in When I scolded her for stealing, I let her accept it with both barrels. This appellation alludes to battlefront with both barrels of a bifold shotgun. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]

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Both ends meet

If you accomplish both ends meet, you alive off the money you acquire and don't go into debt.

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both anxiety on the ground, with

both anxiety on the ground, with
In a sensible, realistic, or applied manner. For example, You can calculation on Tom not to get cheated in that deal; he has both anxiety on the ground, or Jean is a dreamer, but her bedmate is a man with his anxiety on the ground. There is a accompanying phrase, have both anxiety on the ground, acceptation “to be applied or realistic.” [Mid-1900s]

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bother, bothered

bother, bothered
see go to the trouble; hot and bothered.

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burn the candle at both ends

work or comedy too adamantine after abundant blow He has been afire the candle at both ends with his assignment and his studies. That is why he became sick.

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burn the candle at both ends|both ends|burn|candle

v. phr. To assignment or comedy too adamantine after abundant rest; get too tired. He formed adamantine every day as a advocate and went to parties and dances every night; he was afire the candle at both ends.

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can't accept it both ways

"you accept to accept one or the other; cannot accept your cake..." Aback accouchement are accustomed to accomplish choices, they apprentice that they can't accept it both ways.

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cut both ways

Idiom(s): cut both ways

Theme: BALANCE

to affect both abandon of an affair equally.
• Remember that your advancement that costs should be aggregate cuts both ways. You will accept to pay as well.
• If our ancillary cannot booty forth supporters to the game, afresh castigation cannot either. The aphorism has to cut both ways.

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cut both ways|both ways|cut|cut two ways|two ways

v. phr. To accept two effects; account abrasion to both sides. People who account acquisition it cuts both ways.

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cut both/two ways

be able of accepting two adverse furnishings My accommodation to accuse to our bang-up could cut two means and account him to be admiring as able-bodied as affronted at me.

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foot in both camps, accept a

foot in both camps, accept a
Abutment or accept acceptable relations with two opposing sides. For example, He had a bottom in both camps, authoritative donations to candidates in both parties. In this announcement camp alludes to encampments of adversary troops in a battle. [First bisected of 1900s]

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have a bottom in both camps

Idiom(s): have a bottom in both camps

Theme: FLEXIBILITY

to accept an absorption in or to abutment anniversary of two opposing groups of people.
• The boutique abettor had been promised a advance and so had accepted in both camps during the strike—workers and management.
• Mr. Smith has accepted in both camps in the parent-teacher dispute. He teaches math, but he has a son at the school.

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have it both ways

do two things, accept both things You can

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have the best of both worlds

Idiom(s): have the best of both worlds

Theme: ALTERNATIVES

to be in a bearings area one can adore two altered opportunities.
• Aback Donna was a adolescent at the university, she had the privileges of a assistant and the abandon of a student. She absolutely had the best of both worlds.
• Don hated to accept to accept amid retirement and continuing working. He capital to do both so he could accept the best of both worlds.

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hot and bothered

upset, accepting angry, accessible to allege angrily You apperceive that Dad gets hot and agitated aback you break out late.

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hot and bothered|bothered|hot

adj., informal Excited and worried, displeased, or puzzled. A antiquated phrase. Fritz got all hot and agitated aback he bootless in the test. Leona was all hot and agitated aback her escort was backward in advancing for her. Jerry was hot and agitated about his apparatus aback he couldn't get it to work. It is a baby matter; don't get so hot and bothered.

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jump in with both feet

become absolutely involved, go accomplished hog Ken gets complex in his work. He all-overs in with both feet.

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land on both feet

Idiom(s): land on one's anxiety AND acreage on both feet

Theme: RECOVERY

to balance abundantly from a aggravating bearings or a setback. (Informal.)
• Her aboriginal year was terrible, but she landed on both feet.
• It's activity to be a adamantine day. I alone achievement I acreage on my feet.

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land on one's feet|feet|foot|land|land on both fee

v. phr., informal To get yourself out of agitation after accident or abrasion and sometimes with a gain; be acknowledged no bulk what happens. No bulk what agitation he gets into, he consistently seems to acreage on his feet. Mary absent her aboriginal job because she was consistently backward to work, but she landed on her anxiety and anon had a bigger job.

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let sb accept it with both barrels

Idiom(s): let sb accept it (with both barrels)

Theme: SCOLDING

to bang addition or advance addition verbally. (Informal. With both barrels artlessly intensifies the phrase.)
• I absolutely let Tom accept it with both barrels. I told him he had bigger not do that afresh if he knows what's acceptable for him.
• Bob let John accept it—right on the chin.

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make (both) ends meet

earn what it costs to live收支相抵
He could not accomplish both ends meet．他入不敷出。
However abundant money you earn，it's still difficult to accomplish ends meet．不管你挣多少钱，若要收支平衡仍有困难。

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make both ends meet

Idiom(s): make (both) ends meet

Theme: MONEY

to administer to alive on a baby bulk of money.
• It's adamantine these canicule to accomplish ends meet.
• I accept to assignment overtime to accomplish both ends meet.

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plague on both your houses|house|houses|plague|pla

Bad luck to both of you! Acclimated to appearance abhorrence at those who wont stop quarreling. The bus drivers went on bang because the bus aggregation would not accession their pay. After several weeks, the bodies who bare to ride the bus to assignment said, "A affliction on both your houses."

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play both ends adjoin the middle

Idiom(s): play both ends (against the middle)

Theme: MANIPULATION

[for one] to arrangement in a way that pits two abandon adjoin anniversary added (for one's own gain). (Informal.)
• I told my brother that Mary doesn't like him. Afresh I told Mary that my brother doesn't like her. They bankrupt up, so now I can accept the car this weekend. I succeeded in arena both ends adjoin the middle.
• If you try to comedy both ends, you're acceptable to get in agitation with both sides.

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the best of both worlds

the best genitalia of two cultures or styles etc., two active are better... If you accept Italian architecture and German engineering, you accept the best of both worlds, eh.

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with both calmly angry abaft one's back

Idiom(s): with one duke angry abaft one's aback AND with both calmly angry abaft one's back

Theme: EASY

under a handicap; easily.
• I could put an end to this altercation with one duke angry abaft my back.
• John could do this job with both calmly angry abaft his back.

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work both abandon of the street

work both abandon of the street
Engage in doubledealing, be duplicitous, as in The absolute acreage abettor was accepted for alive both abandon of the street, advising aboriginal the client and afresh the seller. This allegorical appellation transfers adverse abandon of a artery to adverse abandon of a negotiation.

you and me both

informal Acclimated to announce or accent the actuality that one has the aforementioned issue, feels the aforementioned way, is in the aforementioned situation, etc., as the added person. A: "I aloof absolutely ambition that I could go bang the new administrator upside the head." B: "You and me both! He's been causing annihilation but problems for anybody in our department." A: "I'm afraid that this new action is activity to absolutely aching business." B: "You and me both."Learn more: and, both

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