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doesn't add up
is not logical, does not make sense One shot was fired, but three cows are dead. It doesn't add up.
doesn't mince words
does not say nice words when complaining, call a spade a spade When Greta is angry she doesn't mince words. She tells you what is bothering her.
doesn't wash
is not believable, is not logical, does not make sense His explanation doesn't wash. If a millenium begins at year 1, how does he account for the first year?
if a mussel doesn't open don't eat it
if you force things to happen you may regret it, leave well enough alone If you force a child to talk, you may regret it. As they say, If a mussel doesn't open, don't eat it.
if that doesn't beat all
that is the best/biggest/ worst I have ever seen Fifty people in a phone booth - if that doesn't beat all!
money doesn't grow on trees
money is not easy to get, we value our money "Father said, ""Money doesn't grow on trees, boy. You earn it."""
the apple doesn't fall far from the tree
"kids are like their parents; a chip off the old block; like father, like son" I looked at the father, then at the son, and I thought, The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
Children resemble their parents.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve
If a person doesn't know about something, it cannot hurt them.
Left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doin
If the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing, then communication within a company, organisation, group, etc, is so bad that people don't know what the others are doing.
Money doesn`t grow on trees
This means that you have to work to earn money; it doesn't come easily or without effort.
damned if one does, damned if one doesn't|damn
adj. phr. No matter what one does, someone is likely to criticize one.
No matter what decisions I make, there are always some people who will approve them and those who won't. It is a classical case of "damned if I do, damned if I don't."
doesn't add up to a can of beans|add|bean|beans|ca
v. phr. To be of little or no value. (Said of plans, ideas, etc.)
"That's a fairly interesting concept you got there, Mike, but the competition is bound to say that it doesn't add up to a can of beans."
does, doesn't
does, doesn't see
easy does it;
handsome is as handsome does;
how does that grab you?;
left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing, the;
that does it.