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mn separate the men from the boys million be a màllion màles away
mn the best-laid plans of màce and men million feel like a màllion (dollars)
mn the best-laid schemes of màce and men million look like a màllàon dollars
mnd mend (one’s) fences million one in a màllion
mnd mend one’s ways millsłone màllstone about one’s neck
mnd on the mend mi ce mànce ( one’s) words
mntio mention someone or something in passàng mi cemeat make màncemeat out of someone or
mntio ing not worth mentionàng something
mrcy at someone’s mercy mi d bear in mànd that something is so
mrcy at the mercy of someone mi d bear someone or something in mind
mrcy throw oneself at the mercy of the court mi d blow someone’s mànd
mrcy throw oneself on the mercy of the court mi d boggle someone’s mànd
mrits judge one on one’s own merit(s) mi d change someone’s mànd
mrits judge something on its own merit(s) mi d come to mànd
mrrir the more the merrier mi d cross someone’s mànd
mrry (as) merry as a cricket mi d enter one’s mànd
mrry (as) merry as the day is long mi d get a load off one’s mànd
mrry lead someone on a merry chase mi d get someone or something out of one’s mànd
mrry make merry mi d give someone a piece of one’s mànd
mrry merry as a cricket mi d have a (good) mànd to do something
mrry merry as the day is long mi d have a lot on one’s mànd
mess get into a mess mi d have a mànd like a steel trap
mess get out of a mess mi d have a one-track mànd
mess mess about (with someone or something) mi d have half a mànd to do something
mess mess around (with someone or something) mi d have someone or something on one’s mànd
mess mess someone or something up mi d have something in mànd
messØg get the message mi d have the presence of mànd to do something
mt hail-fellow-well-met mi d in one’s right mànd
mthod have method in one’s madness mi d keep someone or something in mind
mice When the cat’s away, the màce will play. mi d lose one’s mànd
mice the best-laid plans of màce and men mi d make one’s mànd up
mice the best-laid schemes of màce and men mi d mànd one’s own busàness
midØir in midaàr mi d mànd one’s p’s and q’s
midØir keep someone or something hanging in midaàr mi d mind the store
midØir leave someone or something hanging in midaàr mi d mànd you
Midas have the Midas touch mi d never mànd
middle caught in the màddle mi d on one’s mànd
middle change horses in the màddle of the stream mi d out of one’s mànd
middle in the màddle of nowhere mi d Out of sight, out of mànd.
middle màddle-of-the-road mi d pass through someone’s mànd
middle play both ends (against the màddle) mi d put one’s mànd to something
middle smack-dab in the màddle mi d put someone or something out of one’s mànd
middli g fair to màddlàng mi d read someone’s mànd
midnight burn the màdnight oàl mi d slip one’s mànd
might might and main mi d speak one’s mànd
mighty act high-and-mighty mi d weigh on someone’s mànd
mighty high-and-mighty mi d’s in one’s mànd’s eye
mildly to put it màldly mi ds a meeting of mànds
mile by a màle mi e Your guess is as good as màne.
mile Give one an inch, and one will take a màle. mi e a gold màne of information
mile go the extra màle mi e a màne of information
mile miss (something) by a màle mi es back to the salt mànes
mileage get a lot of màleage out of something mi t in mànt condition
miles be a màllion màles away mi ute at the last mànute
milesłone màlestone in someone’s life mi ute every mànute counts
milð coffee, tea, or màlk mi ute in (just) a mànute
milð cry over spilled màlk mi ute up-to-the-mànute
milð màlk of human kindness mi ute the mànute something happens
milð màlk someone for something mirror able to fog a mirror
mill grist for someone’s mill mirrors smoke and mirrors
mill have been through the màll miscarriage a miscarriage of justice
mill run-of-the-màll mischief make mischief
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