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Give in – To agree to do something that you don’t want to do (MTS, 2013)
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Leaps and bounds - Irregularly (MTS, 2013)
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Wide off the mark - Irrelevant / Not accurate / Inadequate (MTS, 2013)
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Out of the world – Extraordinary (MTS, 2013)
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Sweep under the carpet – Keep hidden (MTS, 2013)
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By leaps and bound – Very rapidly (MTS, 2013)
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To toe the line – To follow the lead / To follow boss’s orders (MTS, 2013)
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Stick to guns – Maintain opinion (MTS, 2013)
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Take hat off – Encourage / To admire somebody very much for something he has done(MTS, 2013)
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Null and void – Empty (FCI, 2013)
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Break the ice – Initiate a talk (FCI, 2013)
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Keep the wolf from the door – Avoid starvation (FCI, 2013)
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Fish in troubled water – To make a profit out of troubled situation (FCI, 2013)
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Look into – To investigate (FCI, 2013)
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Smell the rat – Suspect that something is fishy (CGL T-1, 2013)
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Let the grass grow under the feet – Delay in getting things done (CGL T-1, 2013)
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Apple of discord – Cause of animosity (CGL T-1, 2013)
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A fish out of water – In uncomfortable situation (CGL T-1, 2013)
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In the long run – Over a period of time (CGL T-1, 2013)
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Jumping down one’s throat – To react very angrily to somebody (CGL T-1, 2013)
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Out of wits – Greatly confused (CGL T-1, 2013)
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Call spade a spade – To speak in a straightforward manner (frankly) (CGL T-1, 2013)
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Face the music – Accept the punishment (CGL T-1, 2013)
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To play second fiddle – Take a subordinate role (CGL T-1, 2013)
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Casting pearl before swine – Offering good things to undeserving people (CGL T-1, 2013)
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Putting the cart before the horse – Doing things in the wrong way (CGL T-1, 2013)
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Not fit to hold candle – Not so good as somebody or something else (CGL T-1, 2013)
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Egg someone on – TO encourage somebody to do something (CGL T-1, 2013)
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For good - Permanently (CGL T-1, 2013)
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Achilles’s heel – Weak spot (CGL T-1, 2013)
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Take a leap in the dark – To take risk (CGL T-1, 2013)
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Cut the guardian knot – Remove difficulty / To solve problem (CGL T-1, 2013)
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Blow one’s own trumpet – Self boasting (CGL T-1, 2013)
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A cakewalk – An easy achievement (CGL T-1, 2013)
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Not to look a gift horse in the mouth – Not to find fault with the gift received (CGL T-1,
2013)
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Man of straw – A man of no substance (CGL T-1, 2013)
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Born with a silver spoon – Born in a rich family (CGL T-1, 2013)
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Let sleeping dogs lie – Not to bring up an old controversial issue (CGL T-1, 2013)
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A month of Sundays – A long time (CGL T-1, 2013)
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A closed book – A mystery (CGL T-1, 2013)
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In apple pie order – In perfect order (CGL T-1, 2013)
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Thick and thin – In spite of all difficulties (CGL T-1, 2013)
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Wet one’s whistle – To have a drink / Moistens one’s throat (CGL T-1, 2013)
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Bury the hatchet – Make peace (CGL T-1, 2013)
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Cool one’s heel – To keep waiting (CGL T-1, 2013)
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Live-wire – A person who is lively or energetic (CGL T-1, 2013)
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Feel blue – In trouble / depressed (Constable, 2013)
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Above board – Legal and honest (Constable, 2013)
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Pour cats and dogs – Rain heavily (Constable, 2013)
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For good - Permanently (Constable, 2013)
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Iron fist – To treat people in severe manner / strictly (Constable, 2013)
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Time and again - Always (Constable, 2013)
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Rule the roost – Exercise authority / To be the most powerful member in the group(CPO, 2013)
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Have something up your sleeve – Have an alternate plan (CPO, 2013)
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Take to task – Punished / Reprimanded (CPO, 2013)
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Feel one’s pulse – To find what one is thinking on some point (CPO, 2013)
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Donkey’s year – A long time (CGL T-2, 2013)
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To make things done – To manage (CGL T-2, 2013)
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Chicken out – Withdraw / To decide not to do something because you are afraid (CGL T-2,2013)
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Ice braking – Starting a conversation (CGL T-2, 2013)
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Bad hats – People of bad character (CGL T-2, 2013)
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Give and take – Adjustment / Willingness in relationship to accept what somebody
else wants and gives up some of what you want (CGL T-2, 2013)
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Off and on – Irregularly (CGL T-2, 2013)
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Man of straw – A man of no substance (CGL T-2, 2013)
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Break down – Weep bitterly (CGL T-2, 2013)
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Get down to business – To begin work seriously (CHSL, 2013)
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Giving a piece of one’s mind – Speak sharply / To disapprove (CHSL, 2013)
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Go about470. Take exception - To object at something (CHSL, 2013)
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Picking up holes in – Finding out faults with something (CHSL, 2013)
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To cast a die – To take a decision (CHSL, 2013)
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Put up with – Bear patiently / To bear or endure (CHSL, 2013)
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The gift of the gab – Ability to speak well (CHSL, 2013)
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See through – Detect / To realize the truth (CHSL, 2013)
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Keep an open house – Welcome all members (CHSL, 2013)
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Wet behind ears – Young and inexperienced / Naive (CHSL, 2013)
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Pick on - Warn severely (MT(NT), 2014)
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Fight tooth and nail – Fight with strength and fury (MT(NT), 2014)
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Teething problems – Difficulties at the start (MT(NT), 2014)
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A wild goose chase – Fruitless pursuit (MT(NT), 2014)
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To get into hot water – To get into trouble (MT(NT), 2014)
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A bolt from the blue – A complete surprise (MTS, 2014)
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Plain sailing – Very easy (MTS, 2014)
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Take to one’s heel – Run off (MTS, 2014)
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To cut one short – To criticize one (CGL T-1, RE-2013)
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Show the white flag – T o surrender (CGL T-1, RE-2013)
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A cut above – Rather superior to (CGL T-1, RE-2013)
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To throw dust in one’s eye – To deceive (CGL T-1, RE-2013)
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Give vent to - Express (CGL T-1, RE-2013)
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Bring about – Cause to happen (CGL T-1, RE-2013)
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Husband one’s resource – Save / Economical (CGL T-1, RE-2013)
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Foam at the mouth - Angry (CGL T-1, RE-2013)
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Keep wolf away from the door – Keep away extreme poverty (CGL T-1, RE-2013)
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Pin money – Additional money (CGL T-1, RE-2013)
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The Alpha and Omega – Beginning and end (CGL T-1, RE-2013)
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Salt of the earth – Good, honest and ideal (CGL T-1, RE-2013)
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Bring the house down – Make the audience applaud enthusiastically (CGL T-1, RE-2013)
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Gerrymandering way – In a manipulative and unfair way (CGL T-1, RE-2013)
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Strain every nerve – Make all efforts / Try all tricks (CGL T-1, RE-2013)
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Hard and fast – That cannot be altered / fixed (CGL T-1, RE-2013)
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Dot one’s I’s and cross one T’s – Be detailed and exact (CGL T-1, RE-2013)
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All moonshine – Superficial (CPO, 2014)
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Wild goose chase – A foolish and useless enterprise (CPO, 2014)
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Swan song – Last prayer (at funeral or farewell) (CPO, 2014)
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By the skin of teeth – By the narrowest margin (CPO, 2014)
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Bury the hatchet – Make peace / Forget the quarrels (CPO, 2014)
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Keep up with – Go at equal pace (CPO, 2014)
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Flies off at a tangent – Start discussing something irrelevant (CPO, 2014)
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Batten down the hatches – Prepare for a difficult situation (CPO, 2014)
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Nail one’s colours to the mast – Refuse to climb down (CPO, 2014)
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All might and main – With full force (CPO, 2014)
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Red herrings – Clues intended to distract or mislead / An unimportant fact, idea, event,
etc. that takes people attention from the important ones (CPO, 2014)
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To cut one’s coat according to one’s cloth – To live within one’s means (CPO, 2014)
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White elephant – A costly but useless possession (CPO, 2014)
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Look sharp – Pay attention (CPO, 2014)
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Big draw – Huge attraction (CPO, 2014)
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Bear down – To move quickly towards something/someone in a determined or
threatening way (CPO, 2014)
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To put a spoke in someone’s wheel – Destroy the plan / Cause hindrance / To
prevent somebody from putting their plan into action (CPO, 2014)
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At a stretch - Continuously (CPO, 2014)
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Know beans about something – Well informed and intelligent (CPO, 2014)
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To get into hot water – To get into troubles (CPO, 2014)
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Know the ropes – Learn the procedures (CGL T-1, 2014)
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Barking up the wrong tree – Trying to find someone ay wrong place (CGL T-1, 2014)
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In the swim – Well informed and up-to-date (CGL T-1, 2014)
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Rub up the wrong way – To irk or irritate someone (CGL T-1, 2014)
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Add fuel to the fire – Worsen the situation (CGL T-1, 2014)
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In the loop – Informed regularly (CGL T-1, 2014)
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Hold one’s horses – To keep waiting (CGL T-1, 2014)
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Black out – Lost consciousness (CGL T-1, 2014)
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Cut and dry method - Honest (CGL T-1, 2014)
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Back to the drawing board – Plan it all over again (CGL T-1, 2014)
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In the air – Certain / Able to be firmly relied on to happen or be the case / Specific but
not explicitly named or stated (CGL T-1, 2014)
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On the same page – Thinks in a similar way (CGL T-1, 2014)
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Pull no punch – Speaks frankly (CGL T-1, 2014)
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Going places – Talented and successful (CGL T-1, 2014)
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Stand/Hold your ground – Refuse to yield / To continue with your opinions or
intentions when someone is opposing you (CGL T-1, 2014)
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Put your feet down – Take a firm stand / To be very strict in opposing what somebody
wishes to do (CGL T-1, 2014)
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Read between the line – To understand the inner meaning (CGL T-1, 2014)
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To the letter – Paying attention to every detail / Doing or following exactly what
somebody something says (CGL T-1, 2014)
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To carve out a niche – To work harder in order to have successful career / Develop a
special position for oneself (CGL T-2, 2014)
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Wild goose chase – Useless search / Unprofitable adventure (CHSL, 2014)
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In Dutch – In trouble (CHSL, 2014)
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See eye to eye – To have the same opinion (CHSL, 2014)
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Come to light – Been revealed / To become known to people (CHSL, 2014)
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Around the clock – Day and night (CHSL, 2014)
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Balloon goes up – The situation turns unpleasant or serious (CHSL, 2014)
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Watching grass grow – Very boring (CHSL, 2014)
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Nine day’s wonder – A dazzling short-lived spectacle of no real value (CHSL, 2014)
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Beyond the pale – Outside commonly accepted standards (CHSL, 2014)
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Took after – Similar to / to look or behave like an older member of your family (CHSL, 2014)
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Throw dust into one’s eye – To deceive (CHSL, 2014)
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Cool about working – Not tense about working / Reading to work (CHSL, 2014)
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Salad days - Adolescence (CHSL, 2014)
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All ears - Attentive (CHSL, 2014)
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Maiden speech – First speech (CHSL, 2014)
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Hold water – With logical backing / To stand up to critical examination (CHSL, 2014)
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Other fish to fry – Some important work to attend to (CHSL, 2014)
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A close shave – A narrow escape from danger (CHSL, 2014)
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To tell in a nut shell – In a brief manner / Summarize(CHSL, 2014)
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Within a stone’s throw – At a short distance (CHSL, 2014)
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To feather one’s nest – To enrich oneself when opportunity occurs (CHSL, 2014)
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A close-fisted person – A miser (CHSL, 2014)
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To gather roses only – To seek all enjoyments of life (CHSL, 2014)
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A black sheep – A person with bad reputation (CHSL, 2014)
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To grease the palm – To bribe (CHSL, 2014)
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For good – Permanently (CHSL, 2014)
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An about turn – Complete change of opinion or situation (CHSL, 2014
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Make a mockery – to make something seem ridiculous or useless / No serious
outcome (CHSL, 2014)
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Eat like a horse – Eat a lot (CHSL, 2014)
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Go to the dogs – To be ruined (CHSL, 2014)
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Pay on the nail – Pay promptly / Payment without delay (CHSL, 2014)
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Penelope’s web – An endless job (CHSL, 2014)
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At draggers drawn - Enmity (CHSL, 2014)
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Bury the hatchet – Make peace (CGL T-2, 2014)
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Null and void – Not binding / Having no legal force / Not binding (CGL T-2, 2014)
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Break in - To train somebody or something in something (CGL T-2, 2014)
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Stir up a Hornet’s nest - To create a lot of trouble (CGL T-2, 2014)
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Second thoughts – Reconsidering the original idea (CGL T-2, 2014)
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Average out - Balance (CGL T-2, 2014)
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Go to the dogs – Ruin / to go to in very bad situation (CGL T-2, 2014)
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Floored – To surprise or confuse (CGL T-2, 2014)
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Give way - Collapse (CGL T-2, 2014)
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Tall tales - Boasting (CGL T-2, 2014)
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Backseat driver – A person who gives unwanted advice (CGL T-2, 2014)
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At random - Without any aim or target (CGL T-2, 2014)
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Break off – Suddenly stop (CGL T-2, 2014)
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Go haywire – Become out of control (CGL T-2, 2014)
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Above board – Honest / Without any secret (CGL T-2, 2014)
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Feather in one’s cap – An achievement (CGL T-2, 2014)
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Follow one’s nose – To go straight ahead (CGL T-2, 2014)
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To latch onto – To promote (CGL T-2, 2014)
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Fight shy of – To avoid someone/ something (CGL T-2, 2014)
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Add fuel to the fire – Worsen the matter (CGL T-2, 2014)
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Cock and bull story – Absurd an unbelievable story (CHSL, 2015)
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Hold water – Seem logical (CHSL, 2015)
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