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Bite My Tongue .... Treat With Kid Gloves .... Hit The Sack .... Get Cold Feet .... An Arm and a Leg .... 24 - 7 .... Dime a Dozen .... Break the Bank .... Make Up Your Mind .... Break a Leg
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A Basket Case .... It's Been Ages .... Cats and Dogs .... Play It By Ear .... Hear a Pin Drop .... Off The Top Of My Head .... Ears Are Burning .... Under The Weather .... Heart of Gold .... No Pain, No Gain
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Cash Cow .... Cut to the Chase .... Call It A Day .... A Breath of Fresh Air .... Once in a Blue Moon .... Costs a Pretty Penny .... Get out of Here .... Draw a Blank .... Stay in Touch .... In Your Dreams
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A Game Plan .... If The Shoe Fits .... Bad Taste in My Mouth .... Keep Your Chin Up .... Actions Speak Louder Than Words .... Burn The Midnight Oil .... My Two Cents .... Dressed to Kill .... A Day Late and a Dollar Short .... Grab a Bite
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What's Up? .... Get On My Nerves .... A Piece of Cake .... Go With The Flow .... Miss The Point .... It's Up To You .... Burned Out .... As the Crow Flies .... Apple of One's Eye .... Back-Seat Driver
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Barking Up the Wrong Tree .... Calling Someone's Bluff .... Clear the Air .... Fair Weather Friend .... Got up on the Wrong Side of the Bed .... Food for Thought .... Fly by the Seat of One's Pants .... Junk Food .... Up the Creek Without a Paddle .... Blow Off Steam
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Poker Face .... Last-Ditch Effort .... Another One Bites the Dust .... The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree .... Know the Ropes .... Back to Square One .... Keep One's Eyes Peeled .... Drama Queen .... Down to Earth .... Nip it in the Bud
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Open Book .... Out of Your Mind .... Not Have a Leg to Stand on .... Off the Cuff .... Put (Something) on Hold .... Bend the Rules .... Shoot the Breeze .... Sleep Like a Rock .... Straight from the Horse's Mouth .... Tip of the Iceberg
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Skating on Thin Ice .... Ring a Bell .... Fishing for Compliments .... Out of the Woods .... Out of the Blue .... Over the Hill .... Don't Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch .... Jazz it Up .... Fifth Wheel .... A Bitter Pill to Swallow
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Clam Up .... Nail-biter .... On the Edge of Your Seat .... On Pins and Needles .... Pain in the Neck .... Knock Your Socks Off .... Elephant in the Room .... The Sky's the Limit .... On the Same Page .... Water Under the Bridge
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Get a Grip .... Up In The Air .... To Have Butterflies .... Jack of All Trades .... The Calm Before the Storm .... Wake-Up Call .... MIA .... Burning Bridges .... Don't Hold Your Breath .... In Over My Head
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Low-Hanging Fruit .... Branch Out .... Face the Music .... In the Spotlight .... Head Over Heels .... Fall Through the Cracks .... Fly Under the Radar .... Wiggle Room .... Living Under a Rock .... Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater
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Get Roped Into .... Best of Both Worlds .... A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing .... That Ship Has Sailed .... Deer in the Headlights .... Bucket List .... Keep Your Eye on the Ball .... Moving Target .... Break Even .... Push the Envelope
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The Last Straw .... Baggage .... Fly on the Wall .... At the Drop of a Hat .... Cool as a Cucumber .... Put Someone on the Spot .... To Fall Down the Rabbit Hole .... A Fish Out of Water .... Where There's Smoke There's Fire .... No Pain No Gain
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Suck the Air out of the Room .... Sing a Different Tune .... Miss the Boat .... Bent out of Shape .... Turn the Tables .... Comfort Zone .... To Have a Lot on Your Plate .... Hit Your Stride .... Red Flag .... Off the Deep End
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Up One's Alley .... Music to My Ears .... Go the Extra Mile .... The Ball Is In Your Court .... Break the Ice .... Switch Gears .... Sink Your Teeth Into .... Dog Eat Dog .... Slip One's Mind .... Golden Opportunity
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Get off on the Wrong (or Right!) Foot .... Sugarcoat .... Two Left Feet .... Freebie .... Slippery Slope .... One Tough Cookie .... Happy Medium .... On a Roll .... Bigger Fish to Fry .... Keep You on Your Toes
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See Eye to Eye .... Jump on the Bandwagon .... Pack Rat .... Breathing Room .... Put All Your Eggs in One Basket .... Boils Down To .... Crawl Out of the Woodwork .... Wires Crossed .... Canary in a Coal Mine .... Boxed in a Corner
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It Takes Two to Tango .... Luck of the Draw .... Shell Out .... Right as Rain .... Night Owl .... Domino Effect .... Buckle Down .... Cut From the Same Cloth .... Let it Slide .... Weasel Out of (Something)
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Hit the Spot .... Drop the Ball .... Come Full Circle .... Grasping at Straws .... In Your Blood .... Mom-and-Pop .... Taste of One's Own Medicine .... Play it by Ear .... The Jury is Still Out .... All Ears
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Will vs. Be Going to .... Pronouns, I and Me .... Onomatopoeia .... Irregular Plurals .... Modals for Asking Permission .... Simple Past Present Perfect .... Understanding Fast Talkers .... Introducing Articles .... Gerunds vs. Infinitives .... Pronouns and Gender
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Bend Over Backwards .... Tacky .... Old Habits Die Hard .... Have a Blast .... By the Skin of My Teeth .... Off the Grid .... Churn Out .... Take With a Grain of Salt .... To Have Nerve .... Spread Yourself Too Thin
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Social Butterfly .... Cold Shoulder .... See the Writing on the Wall .... Happy Camper .... Zone Out .... Show Your True Colors .... Speak Volumes .... Pull Some Strings .... Penny-Pincher .... Put Out Fires
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Turn Over a New Leaf .... Throw Money at the Problem .... Dig Your Heels In .... Muddy the Waters .... Cover a Lot of Ground .... Skeleton Crew .... Paint Oneself Into a Corner .... Pull Someone's Leg .... To Pan Out .... Kick the Can Down the Road
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Hop, Skip and a Jump .... Have an Ace Up One's Sleeve .... Frontrunner .... Twist Someone's Arm .... Sour Grapes .... Party Animal .... Baker's Dozen .... Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right .... Wild Goose Chase .... Find Your Feet
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On the Fly .... Don't Give Up Your Day Job .... By Hook or By Crook .... Crunch Time .... In the Blink of an Eye .... Food Coma .... When it Rains, it Pours .... Have a Heart .... A Mile a Minute .... Blow Your Own Horn
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Hit a Wall .... Ins and Outs .... Let the Dust Settle .... Cat Nap .... Weasel Out .... In the Dark .... Bank on Something .... Force Someone's Hand .... Cook the Books .... Toss-Up
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Window Dressing .... Cry Wolf .... Body and Soul .... One-Trick Pony .... Lion's Share .... To Mince Words .... Nothing to Sneeze At .... Diamond in the Rough .... What's the Catch .... Spill the Beans
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Call Shotgun .... Beat Around the Bush .... Starstruck .... In the Nick of Time .... Whitewash .... Love is Blind .... Long Shot .... Go for Broke .... Lay it On Thick .... Tiptoe
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On the Double .... Play Hooky .... Over the Moon .... Cut (Someone) Some Slack .... Come Rain or Shine .... Plant a Seed .... On a Shoestring .... Call it a Day .... R&R .... Under the Gun
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Spick and Span .... Born with a Silver Spoon .... Keep Someone At Arm's Length .... Not in the Cards .... Take Someone Under Your Wing .... What Am I Chopped Liver? .... Double Whammy .... To Split Hairs .... To Get Up To Speed .... Willy Nilly
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Significant Other .... To Sponge off Someone .... Pig Out .... No Ifs, Ands or Buts .... Cabin Fever .... Ignorance is Bliss .... Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures .... Wait for the Other Shoe to Drop .... Roll with the Punches .... Not Firing on All Cylinders
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Put Down Roots .... Go Overboard .... Cut a Rug .... Haste Makes Waste .... Small World .... Dog Days of Summer .... Misery Loves Company .... Keep Me in the Loop .... Gut Feeling .... Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining
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Hoodwink .... Fan the Flames .... Fight Tooth and Nail .... Dry Spell .... Get Out of Town .... Small Potatoes .... Beach Bum .... Kill Two Birds with One Stone .... In a Nutshell .... Lefty Loosey, Righty Tighty
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To Rain on Someone's Parade .... Dough .... Hit a Nerve .... Nothing to Write Home About .... Drive Someone Nuts .... Tone Deaf .... Lost Cause .... Get Wind of Something
 
 
 
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