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A slap on the wrist
A very mild punishment
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All eyes
Watching eagerly
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Ins and outs
Complete details
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Work together in harmony
Pull together
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Bob's your uncle
It becomes easily and quickly achievable
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Fifth wheel
An unneeded person
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Pay heed to
Listen carefully with attention
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To take risk
Throw caution to the wind
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A lot on one's plate
A lot to do
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Rained on the new bride's parade
To spoil a moment
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All ears
To listen attentively
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Give and take
Obliging each other mutually
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Lie Low
Try not to be noticed
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A vision
An eagle eye
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Boils down
sums up to
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Keep someone at arm's length
Avoid being friendly with someone
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A long shot
Little chance of success
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Rank and file
Ordinary people
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Hold the key
To have control of something
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At the drop of a dime
Something that can happen very fast without hesitation
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To hold water
To be valid and reasonable
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True colours
Real character
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Promised the earth
Promised an impossible thing
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Egg on
Encourage
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To and fro
Forward and backward
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Hang in there
Don't give up
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Light at the end of tunnel
Something that signals the end of a difficult situation
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beat a retreat
Ran away
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Cutting corners
Doing something poorly in order to save time or money
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For a song
Incredibly inexpensive
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Easy money
Make money without much effort
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Crying wolf
Ask for help when you don't need it
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Through and Through
Completely
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A black sheep
Disgrace for the family
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Be on the bread line
Be very poor
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Beaming from ear to ear
Smiling broadly
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Elbow room
freedom to do what one wants
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To call in question
Challenge
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Feast one's eye on
Gaze at something with pleasure
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Hands full
very busy
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Steer clear of
Avoid something or someone because it is dangerous for for you
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At your beck and call
To have absolute control over someone
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Back out
To withdraw
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To give someone cold shoulder
To ignore someone
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Appeal to caesar
Appeal to the highest possible authority
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To take into account
Consider
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To fight shy of
To try to avoid something
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Burnt his fingers
To get into trouble
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A mare's nest
Complicated situation
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Call it a day
Stop working on something
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Achilles' heel
Vulnerable point
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The evidence put forward COULD NOT CONFIRM his guilt
Bear up
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Chip off the old block
Similar to one's parents in behaviour
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To be on thin ice
To be in a risky situation
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In apple pie order
Completely arranged
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A lame excuse
Weak excuse
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Green Horn
Inexperienced
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Take with a grain of salt
Not take too seriously
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A hair in the butter
A challenging situation
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Sticky fingers
An inclination to steal
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Pedal to the metal
To go full speed, especially while driving a vehicle
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Snowed under
Busy
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Blue blood
A person belonging to a high family
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You get a GOOD AND COMPREHENSIVE IDEA of the town from the clock tower
Bird's eye view
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Have a change of heart
Change one's opinion
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In a tight corner
A difficult situation
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Nip in the bud
To destroy early
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All bark and no bite
Full of talk but low on action
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Cold Comfort
Very little satisfaction
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in full swing
at the height of activity
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At sea
At a loss or perplexed
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Eat like a horse
Eating excessively
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Hearts go out
To feel sympathy for someone when they are distressed
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To stand one's ground
To maintain one's position
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Kick up a row
Cause a disturbance
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Catch 22 situation
A difficult situation in which the solution to a problem is impossible
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Hue and cry
A noisy expression of anger
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Heart and soul
With all the effort you can put
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Belly laugh
A loud and unrestrained laugh
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A nervous feeling
Butterflies in his stomach
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In high spirits
Cheerful
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Running around in circles
To be very active but with very few results
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Down the tubes
Failing completely
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With a pinch of salt
Doubt the truth or value of something
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The elephant in the room
A big problem everyone is ignoring or afraid to talk about
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Cat's paw
A person used as a tool by another
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A rolling stone gathers no moss
A peraon who doesn't settle in one place for a long time, does not gain wealth, name or fame
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Water under the bridge
Past events that are not important anymore
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to make amends
To correct a mistake
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Full of beans
Happy and energetic
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Make head or tail of something
To figure out something
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On the wane
On the decline
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Toffee-nosed
A person who thinks he is of high social class and looks down on people of lower class
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Hold your horses
Be patient
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at a stretch
Continuously
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Salt of the earth
A very good and honest person
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To put a spoke in one's wheel
To thwart someone in execution of one's design
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To bury the hatchet
To end a quarrel
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To take pains
To make efforts
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Beside oneself
Almost out of one's senses