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This tag is for questions which a dictionary cannot answer asking the meaning of a particular expression.
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How to apologize
You can say it like this:
I apologize for not having spoken to you in person yet.
or
I apologize for having not spoken to you in person yet.
or
I apologize for not having had the time …
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Idiom for trying to avoid misfortune, but it happens anyway
I'm not sure if these phrases are exactly what you want, but these are what I can suggest:
backfire: (of a plan) to have the opposite result from the one you intended
You can't cheat fate.
If someth …
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Does the English language have a word explaining a song in your head that you can't stop sin...
You can use "Earworm" which means:
a song or melody that keeps repeating in one's mind
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