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  • enough — see enough is as good as a feast enough is enough throw dirt enough, and some will stick give a man rope enough and he will hang himself a word to the wise is enough …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • man — see man cannot live by bread alone whatever man has done, man may do a man is as old as he feels, and a woman as old as she looks man is the measure of all things man proposes, God disposes man’s extremity is …   Proverbs new dictionary

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  • man enough to do something — man enough to (do something) someone with a strong enough character to do something. I appreciate you being man enough to tell me what happened. Usage notes: usually said about doing something difficult or unpleasant …   New idioms dictionary

  • man enough to — (do something) someone with a strong enough character to do something. I appreciate you being man enough to tell me what happened. Usage notes: usually said about doing something difficult or unpleasant …   New idioms dictionary

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