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"text": "Try to remember next time, but don’t fret — I won’t jump down your throat if you forget."
},
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"ref": "2006, Larry Rice, The Complete Guide to Divorce Practice: Forms and Procedures for the Lawyer, 3rd edition, page 266",
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"ref": "2007, Michael Bennett, Bent, page 103",
"text": "‘Thanks, Jean,’ he said. ‘Mike I'm sorry. I didn't mean to jump down your throat. Thanks for the advice. I will be careful.’",
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"ref": "2009, Shiela Stewart, Embracing the Darkness: Darkness Series, Book 3, page 59",
"text": "“I'm sorry I jumped on you — jumped down your throat,” he amended, feeling like a complete idiot.",
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"(idiomatic) To criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness."
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"roman": "nahvǎrljam se",
"sense": "criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness",
"word": "нахвърлям се"
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"sense": "criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness",
"word": "hyökätä jonkun kimppuun"
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"sense": "criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness",
"word": "anschnauzen"
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"sense": "criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness",
"word": "skakać sobie do gardeł"
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"roman": "zatykátʹ rot",
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"word": "затыка́ть рот"
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"sense": "criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness",
"word": "не дава́ть слова сказа́ть"
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"sense": "criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness",
"word": "echársele encima a alguien"
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"sense": "criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness",
"word": "arremeter contra alguien"
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"sense": "criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness",
"word": "hoppa på någon"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nahvǎrljam se",
"sense": "criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness",
"word": "нахвърлям се"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness",
"word": "hyökätä jonkun kimppuun"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness",
"word": "anschnauzen"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness",
"word": "skakać sobie do gardeł"
},
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zatykátʹ rot",
"sense": "criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness",
"tags": [
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"word": "затыка́ть рот"
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"code": "ru",
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"note": "somewhat",
"roman": "ne davátʹ slova skazátʹ",
"sense": "criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness",
"word": "не дава́ть слова сказа́ть"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness",
"word": "echársele encima a alguien"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness",
"word": "arremeter contra alguien"
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness",
"word": "hoppa på någon"
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"word": "jump down someone's throat"
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