de minimis non curat lex Idiom, Proverb
flex
1. scratching, from flexing of the wrist. Rakim used to talk about Eric B being on the flex
2. to show one's mettle, flexing one's muscles, showing one's arsenal and readiness to put it to use, letting one's pugilistic prowess be known. To strike someone, or to get up in someones face for intimidation:"I use my nine when suckas start to flex" -- Ice Cube (Man's best friend [1991])
3. to have sexual intercourse
Lexus
Japanese luxury car
flex one's muscles
flex one's muscles Show off one's strength or power, as in
The boys love flexing their muscles, or
The new department head has decided to flex her muscles. [Early 1900s]
schoolgirl complexion
schoolgirl complexion Fresh, glowing, unblemished skin, as in
She's fifty but she still has her schoolgirl complexion. This expression, alluding to the beauty of young skin, was invented for an advertising campaign for Palmolive Soap, which ran from about 1923 through the 1930s and claimed to preserve one's schoolgirl complexion.
de minimis non curat lex
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