問題一覧
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Hold all aces
have a big advantage over other people
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Have one’s finger in The till
be stealing money from your place of work
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All Roads lead to Rome
there are many ways to reach your goals
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A square peg in a round hole
someone who doesen’t feel comfortable in the situation they are in
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Through the look at someone
punish someone severly
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Sail through
do something very easily
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Be on the same wavelenght
understand someone because you have the same feelings and opinions as they do
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Pull through
manage to stay alive after serious injury or illness
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Eat one’s words
admit you were wrong about something
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Get one’s thinking cap on
try to work out what to do
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Hit the books
study hard
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Blow a fuse
suddenly become very angry
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Have a finger every pie
be involved in many different things
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Ray of sunshine
a happy person who makes others happy (sometimes used sarcastically)
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Have itchy feet
have a strong desire to travel
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Play with fire
take unnecessary risks or behave in a dangerous way
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Be wrapped up in cotton wool
be overprotected from danger and risk
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Out to lunch
unaware of or unable to understand what’s going on
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Take someone up the garden path
deceive or trick someone
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On the ball
able to react to situation quickly and successfully
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Sweep something under the rug
hide something that embrassing
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A creature of habit
a person who likes to do the same thing at the same time on a regular basis
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Live wire
A person who is lively and fully of energy, and enthusiasism
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A bright spark
Lively and intelligent person, or a person who has done sht stupid
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A soft touch
A person from whom you can easily get money because they are kind or easily to decive
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An unknown quantity
A person or things whose qualities or abilities or not yet known
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The salt of earth
Good, reliabe, honest person
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The scum of the earth
A person or group considered to be extremely unpleasant or evil
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Nobody’s fool
A person who is too clever to be tircked by other people, synonym: no fool
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A nasty piece of work
A person who is unpleasant, unkind or dishonest
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Cold fish
A person who shows little emotion, or seems unfriendly
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A man of his word
A person who always does what he, or she has promised to do
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Keep one’s head above water
survive in a difficult situation
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In The Same boat
in The Same situation
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The tip of The iceberg
a small part of something bigger
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Take someone up The garden path
deceive or trick someone