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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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