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• Lather, rinse, repeat — is a phrase that is a common part of the instructions on shampoo bottles. It is sometimes also used as a humorous way of saying that a certain set of instructions should be repeated until an explicit or implicit goal is reached, or as sardonic… …   Wikipedia

• Läther — Infobox Album | Name = Läther Type = Album Artist = Frank Zappa Background = Darkseagreen Released = September 24 1996 Recorded = 1972–1976 Genre = Progressive rock, art rock, jazz fusion, experimental rock Length = 172:56 Label = Rykodisc… …   Wikipedia

• work oneself (up) into a lather — 1. tv. to ork very hard and sweat very much. (In the way that a horse works up a lather.) □ Don’t work yourself up into a lather. We don’t need to finish this today. □ I worked myself into a lather getting this stuff ready. 2. tv. to get excited… …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• work yourself into a lather — get into a ˈlather | work yourself into a ˈlather idiom (BrE, informal) to get anxious or angry about sth, especially when it is not necessary • Calm down don t work yourself into a lather about it. Main entry: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• lather — la|ther1 [ˈla:ðə US ˈlæðər] n [singular, U] [: Old English; Origin: leathor] 1.) a white mass of bubbles produced by mixing soap in water 2.) a white mass that forms on a horse s skin when it has been ↑sweating = ↑foam 3.) get in a lather also… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• lather — n. sweating to work oneself into a lather * * * [ lɑːðə] [ sweating ] to work oneself into a lather …   Combinatory dictionary

• work over — verb give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night The teacher used to beat the students • Syn: ↑beat, ↑beat up • Derivationally related… …   Useful english dictionary

• work up — Synonyms and related words: Pap test, aggravate, agitate, anatomic diagnosis, annoy, arouse, arrange, awake, awaken, beat, beat up, biological diagnosis, biopsy, blow the coals, blow up, breed, bristle, calculate, call forth, call up, cast, cause …   Moby Thesaurus

• Barry Lather — (born August 16, 1966 in Albany, New York) is an American Choreographer, Actor and Musician. Biography Barry Lather grew up in Atlanta, Georgia with his brother Thomas and was raised in a dancing family. His mother, Joan, was a dance instructor… …   Wikipedia

• get into a lather — get into a ˈlather | work yourself into a ˈlather idiom (BrE, informal) to get anxious or angry about sth, especially when it is not necessary • Calm down don t work yourself into a lather about it. Main entry: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Gotta Work — Infobox Single Name = Gotta Work Artist = Amerie Album = Because I Love It B side = Released = November 30, 2006 (U.S. – download) April 14, 2007 (Lithuania) May 14, 2007(Europe – download) May 25, 2007 (Spain) July 30, 2007 (UK) August 6, 2007… …   Wikipedia