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all's well that ends well

a happy ending is the most important thing, the end justifies... Although we argued and fought, we are happy with the result. All's well that ends well!

at loose ends

disorganized, unable to concentrate I was at loose ends when the kids were fighting. I couldn't think.

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.

fast friends

close friends, permanent friends Sue and I became fast friends when we were in Grade 4.

friends with

a friend of, a good friend """Are you friends with Carla?"" ""Yes. She's my best friend."""

loose ends

(See tie up loose ends)

make amends

apologize to someone you have hurt, make up for What can I do to make amends for opening her personal mail?

make ends meet

pay the bills, have enough to pay the expenses Although the Millers are poor, they make ends meet.

make friends

act in a friendly way, become a friend of Sally makes friends easily. People seem to like her.

odds and ends

various items We made games for the children from odds and ends from around the house.

you can't bake the candle at both ends

You will ultimately not be as advantageous or acknowledged as accessible if you dissipate or bankrupt yourself with too abounding tasks or activities. I apperceive you appetite your aggregation to be a big success, but you can't bake the candle at both ends, or you're activity to end up abolition completely. She wants to do it all—have her own business, accession her kids on her own, attempt in triathlons, and abide her artistic writing. But you can't bake the candle at both ends like that.Learn more: both, burn, candle, end

burn the candle at both ends, to (you can't)

To bankrupt one’s energies or resources; to break up backward arena and acceleration aboriginal to assignment adamantine all day. This announcement came into English in the seventeenth aeon from French (brusler la chandelle par les deux bouts) via Randle Cotgrave’s Dictionary (1611), which authentic it as administration one’s actual wealth. It anon acquired a added accepted acceptation (“He arresting aloof like a candle on both ends, amid wine and women,” Richard Flecknoe, 1658) and appeared consistently abundant so that Eric Partridge believed it was a cliché by the mid-eighteenth century. Though clichés usually are not the arena of accomplished poetry, Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “First Fig” (1920) acclimated this one: “My candle burns at both ends; It will not aftermost the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—It gives a admirable light.”Learn more: both, burn, candle, to

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nuts about nutty as a fruit cake nutty as a fruitcake OAP OAU OD odd one oddball odds and ends odds-on favorite of age of course of course you can of the lot of two minds off off and on you can say that again You can say that again! you can take a horse to water, but you can't make him drink you can take/lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink you can talk you can/can't talk You cannot get a quart into a pint pot You cannot get blood from a stone You cannot have your cake and eat it You cannot lose what you never had you cannot make a crab walk straight You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs You cannot make bricks without straw You cannot please everyone You cannot put new wine in old bottles you cannot put the same shoe on every foot You cannot serve God and mammon You cannot teach an old dog new tricks you can't always get what you want you can't be a little bit pregnant you can't be half pregnant you can't be too careful you can't beat (something) you can't bluff a bluffer you can't burn the candle at both ends You can't dance at two weddings you can't dance at two weddings (with one behind) you can't dance at two weddings at once you can't dance at two weddings at the same time you can't eat your cake and have it (too) you can't expect (one) to believe (something) You can't expect me to believe that You can't fight city hall you can't get a quart into a pint pot you can't get blood from a stone you can't get blood from a turnip you can't get blood out of a turnip You can't get there from here you can't go home again you can't go wrong you can't have your cake and eat it you can't have your cake and eat it(, too) you can't judge a book by its cover you can't keep a good man down you can't keep a good man/woman down you can't live with them, you can't live without them you can't lose what you never had you can't make a silk purse (out) of a sow's ear you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear you can't make an omelet without breaking (a few) eggs