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A bad apple
A big bug
A big mouth
A big noise/shot
A bird in the hand is worth ten in the bush

A bit of fluff

A bit of luck

A blot on one's copy book

A blow to one's pride
A brisk market
A broad hint

A broken home

A case in point

A cat-and-dog life
A cautionary tale
A chip off the old block
A classic example
A creep
A cultivated man


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A dangerous course of action

A dark horse
A date

A day's journey
A day off
A demon for work
A devoted wife
A dog's life
A dozen times / dozens of times
A drug on the market
A dusty answer

A fair-wheather friend
A far cry from
A fat lot of good
A fighting chance
A fine figure of a man
A fly in the ointment
A foregone conclusion

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A fourpenny one
A friend in need is a friend indeed
A full-dress debate
A good looking piece
A good while ago
A hard nut to crack

A hell of a time

A horse of another colour

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A judicial mind
A kind of fruit is in
A knowing look
A last-ditch stand
A late person
A late riser
A lingering illness
A live issue
A man of good judgement
A man of settled/firm convictions
A master-stroke

A matter for conjecture

A matter of form

A matter of great moment

A mere pawn in the game

A miserable sum of money

A moment of high drama
A moot point
A name to conjure with
A new broom sweeps clean
A new lease of life
A person is well-built
A place is packed

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A popular line

A queer customer

A queer fish
A roar of laughter
A rolling stone gathers no moss
A shadow of doubt
A storm of abuse

A tear-jerker
A woman on heat
A word in due season

A word in season

A word in your ear

Abandon oneself to passions or impulses

About = more or less

About enough = quite enough

About to do something
Above-mentioned = mentioned earlier
Above board

Absent-minded

Abstract = steal

Accept no crap

Accommodate someone with something =

grant
According to one's lights
Ache (with
back/ear/head/heart/stomach/tummy/tooth)
Ache for someone

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Acknowledge receipt of something

Act = pretence

Act for someone

Act for someone = act on behalf of

someone
Act of God
Act on instructions
Act the fool
Act up to one's principles
Actions speak louder than words
Active-mind
Ad = advertisement( USA)

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Add fuel to the flames

Addendum / addenda

Address something to someone

Advance payment
Advert = advertisement( UK)
Advice note
Affair = object

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After-sales service

After the lapse of

Age = very long time
Age of consent
Age of discretion
Age = very long time
Age of consent
Age of discretion
Age of puberty
Agree with = correspond to
Agree with = match = conform with
Agree with = suit
Ahead of time/schedule
Air-liner = passenger plane
Air sickness
Alarms and excursions

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Alas

Alive to = aware of

Alive to the fact

Alive with = full of living things

All alone

All along

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All at once
!All hands on deck
All in good time

All is fair in love and war

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All of a sudden = suddenly

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All skin and bone

All the credit goes to someone

All things considered
All walks of life
Amusement park
An awkward person
An ear for music
An earnest of one's good intention
An escape of gas

An extreme case

An off day

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An old hand

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And so forth

And so on
And to add insult to injury

And to make the matter worse

And what is more. ,

Animal magnetism
Answer someone back
Answer the treatment
Answer to a description

Anti meridian = before noon (a.m).

?Anything else

Apart from
Apartment house
Apology wipes out the insult
Appeal against a sentence

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April fool
Arch-enemy
?Are you a mouse or a man
?Are you in or out
Arouse strong feelings
As a mark of respect
As a matter of fact
As best as one could
As far as I'm concerned
As far as I know
As far as I see
As far as one knows
As far as possible
As far as the price is concerned
As for

..

As for me

As God wills

As if

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As long as
As per usual
As soon as
As the saying goes
As usual
As well

As well as

As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb

As you please

Ask a favour

Association of ideas
At all !B2291
At breaking point

At first blush

At first sight

At one's last gasp

At the bar of history
At the foot of the page
At your convenience

At your service

Attain one's end

Attempt one's own life

Attempted murder

Attend to one's business

Attract attention

Auction sale

Auto-eroticism

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Auto-suggestion
Avert a catastrophe
Back-chat
Back and forth
Back out of
Back someone up
Back to back
Back to back conception
Bad blood
Bad debt
Bad language

Balance-sheet

Balance of power

Balance of trade

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Balanced diet
Balanced judgement
Ballpoint-pen
Bang the door
Bank on something = count on / rely on
Bank rate

Bank statement

Banqueting-hall

Bar none
Bar of chocolate

Bar of soap

Barbed wire

Barefaced liar
Barge in
Bark out an order
Bark up the wrong tree

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Barricade oneself in
Barrow-boy
Base-born
Base currency
Base one's hopes on
Based on observations
Bath-tub
Batter the door down
Battle one's way through
Battle with/against odds
Bawl someone out
Be all ears
Be equal to the occasion
Be even with
Be green with envy
Be in contact with someone
Be in the soup
Be kind enough to
Be left out in the cold

Be of the same persuasion

Be off!

! / !

Be on one's own

Be oneself again

Be possessed with the idea

Be quick on the uptake
Be sick of something
Be the envy of all
Be the spit image of someone else
Be wise after the event
Be your age
Be/become accustomed to

Be/come of age

Be/live in clover

Beads of sweat

Bear a child
Bear a grudge towards/against someone
Bear/keep in mind
Bear/take the brunt of something

Beard the lion in his den

Beat about the bush

Beat one's head against the wall

Beat someone up
Beat the band in

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Beat the carpet

Beat the record

Beat up/whesk eggs

Beaten track = paved way

Beauty aids
Beauty parlour
Beauty spot on a woman's face
Bed and board = bed and breakfast
Before christ( bc)
Before long
Beg a favour
Beggars can't be choosers
Behind bars

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Behind in one's payment

Behind the time/schedule
Believe it or not
Belly-ache

Belly-dance

Belly-laugh

Bend down

Bend over

Benign tumour

Best-seller

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Betray one's ignorance

Between the devil and the deep blue sea
Between whiles
Biased in favour of
Bid in an auction
Bid someone good-bye
Big-hearted
Big business
Bill of exchange



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Bill of fare
Bill of lading
Bill of service/telephone/water/electricity
Billing and cooing
Bind up a wound
Bird-fancier
Birds of a feather flock together
Birth-control

Birth-mark

Birth-place

Birth-rate

Bit by bit

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Bite off more than one can chew

Bite one's lips
Bite the dust
Bitter disappointment
Black sheep

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)Blank cheque( check

Blank look


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Blanket permission
Blaze of glory
Blazing heat
Bleed someone
Bleed someone white
!Bless you
Blind as a bat
Blind corner
Blind rage
Blind to someone's faults

Blinded by science

Blink the facts

Block letters = capital letters

Blocked currency

Blood-and-thunder fiction

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Blood-feud

Blood bank

Blood group
Blood is thicker than water

Blood relations

Blot out the memory of

Blow the gaff

Blunder on the truth

Boarding-house

Boarding-school

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Bobbed hair
Body of opinion

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Boiled shirt

Bold-faced

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Bon appetite
Bonds of friendship

Booby-trap

Book cover

Book jacket

Bordering on the absurd

Bored to death
Bosom friend

Bottle up one's feelings

Bound by ties of friendship
Bound hand and foot
Bounden duty
Brace oneself for/against
Breach of contract
Breach of promises
Breach the law
Breadth of mind
Break a record
Break an appointment
Break bread with someone
Break down someone's resistance
Break fresh ground
Break off for lunch
Break off negotiations
Break one's fast
Break one's heart over something
Break one's word

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Break out into a sweat

Break someone's heart
Break someone's nerve/spirit
Break the back of a job
Break the bank

Break the ice

Break the law

Break the news

Break the spell

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Break wind
Bridge the gap
Bring about one's ear
Bring someone to his knee
Bring someone to his senses

Bring to light

Bring to mind

Bring/come to one's ear

Bristling with difficulties

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Broad-minded
Broadly speaking
Brood on/over something
Build on an extension
Build up a reputation
Building society

Built in
Bull shit
Bump into someone

Burglar alarm

Burial-service

Burn one's boats

Burn one's finger

Burn the candle at both ends

Burning desire
Burst/prick the bubble
Bursting with energy
Bury oneself in something

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Bury the hatchet

Bust up
But for the grace of God
Butt in
Butter up someone = flatter
Buy a pig in a poke
Buy on credit

Buy someone a drink

Buzzing with rumours

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By-pass = bypass
By day
By far
By the way
Cab-rank
Call again
Call attention to
Call someone

Call someone's bluff

Call someone back



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Call to mind
?Can I be of any assistance
!Can I help you
?Can you make it
Capital levy
Capital murder
Capital punishment
Capture someone's attention
Car park

Caretaker government

Carnal knowledge

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Carry on with someone = have an affair

Carry the can
Carve out a career for oneself
Case the joint
Cast a damp on/over
Cast an eye over

Cast light on

Catch fire

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Catch on (an idea/commodity/song/. Etc).

Catch one's breath
Catch someone's eye
Catch someone in the act
Catch someone napping
Catch the drift
Cause and effect
Chain smoker
Change of front
Change of life
Change one's tone
Chapter of accidents
Chequered career
Chicken-hearted
Chin wag
Chip in
Choke someone off

Choke with rage

Chop-house

Chuck it!
Circumstantial evidence
Clap someone on the back
Clasp to one's bosom
Classified document
Clean hands
Clean living

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Clear as a bell

Clear cut

Clear one's throat

Clearance sale
Clench one's teeth
Climb/jumb on the bandwagon
Clinch a bargain
Clinch an argument
Clip someone's wings
Close a bargain
Close co-operation
Close down a business

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Close friend
Close someone's eyes to something
Clothes-horse

Clothes-line

Clothes-peg

Clutch at a straw
Cock-a-hoop
Cock-and-bull story

Cold-blooded

Collect one's thoughts

Come across something

Come again = repeat what you have said

Come before the court

Come forward
Come in!
Come in or else go out
Come in person
Come in the flesh
Come into effect = put in force

()

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Come into effect from/as of

Come into force
Come into property
Come loose
!Come on here
!Come right in
Come round to someone's place
Come to a full stop
Come to an agreement

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Come to light

Come to nothing

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Come to one's senses

Come to pieces
Come to terms
Come to the point
Come to/draw a conclusion

Come up against a brick wall

Come up to expectations

Come up with a suggestion

Come within one's competence
Commit suicide

Common ground
Commonly known as
Community of interest
Community spirit
Compensation
Conclude a bargain
Concrete problem
Congratulations
Connected by marriage
Consensus
Conspiracy of silence
Consult one's own interest
Consumer goods
Contain oneself
Content oneself with

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Contract a disease

Contract a habit

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!Control yourself

Convertible currency

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Cook someone's goose

Cook the books

!Cool down

Cool reception

Corporal punishment

Correspondence course
Corrupt practices

Corrupt text

Cost price

Cottage industry
Count on someone

Count the cost

Country life
Cover girl

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Covering letter
Crack a joke

Crash helmet

Crash landing

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Creak at the joints

Create a sad atmosphere
Credit account
Cross-country race

Cross-legged

Cross-section

Cross one's mind

Cross the line

Cross the line

Crossword puzzle
Cry for the moon
Crystal-clear
Cudgel/rack one's brain
Cup final
Current account

Current affairs

Custom-house

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Customs clearance
Cut off a corner
Cut one's coat according to one's cloth
Cut one's loss
Cut the Gordian knot
Daft

Daily bread

!Damn you

Damned from the start

Dawdle away the time

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Daylight saving
Dead as a doornail
Dead end
Dead on target
Dead on time
Dead spit of

Deadline
Death-duties
Death-roll
Death-trap
Deathly pale

Debunk

Decent

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Dedicate a book to someone

Dedicate one's life to
!Definitely

Deliver a judgement

Deliver a speech

Dental floss
Depart from tradition
Department store

!Depend upon it

Deposit account

Depressed area

Devoted to something
Dice with death

?Did I make myself clear

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Die away

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Die down

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Die in harness
Die in the attempt to
Die out
Dig one's heels in
Dip into a book
Dip one's hand into one's pocket
Dire need
Directly( conj).
Dirt-cheap

Dirt-road

Dirty joke

Dirty work

Disaster overtake him

Disciplinary action

Disciplinary board

Disgusting

Dish
Dispose of
Distress signal
Distress warrant
Divide and rule
Divided attention
Divided opinion
Do as one is told

! / !

!Do as you think fit

Do good

Do it for kicks
Do it standing on one's head
Do not count your chickens before they are
hatched
Do oneself well
Do out the room


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Do someone a favour
Do someone in
Do something for a lark
Do something in all innocence
Do something with one's eye open
Do the dishes
Do the necessary
?Do you bet
?Do you get it
?Do you have company

?Do you see any green in my eye

Doesn't like being taken for a ride

Dogged by misfortune

Don't argue the toss

Don't bother to reply

Don't breathe a word

! / !

Don't calculate on it
Don't darken my door again
!Don't get ideas

Don't have a stitch on

Don't hit a man when he's down

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!Don't jump guns

Don't lay a finger on him

! / !

!Don't mention it

Don't overdo it

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!Don't push

Don't put all your eggs in one basket

!Don't rush
Don't take that line
Dont wash your dirty linen in public
Done in / done up

Donkey's year

Dopy / dopey

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Dot one's I's and cross one's t's

Dotty
Double-dealing
Double Dutch

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Double entry

Double room

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Doubled up with pain

Dough
Down a drink
Down in black and white
Down payment

/ /

Down to earth

Down tools

! !

Drag in a reference
Drain one's glass
!Drat
Dratted

Draw a conclusion

Draw down abuse

Draw in one's belt

Draw in one's horns

Draw tears
Drinking-bout


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Drinking-fountain
Drive someone into a corner
Drive someone mad
Drive someone to extremes
Drive the point home
Drive to distraction
Drop a brick
Drop a line
Drop a line to someone
Drop in = visit unexpectedly
Drop ones voice
Drop someone on one's way

Drop the subject

Drown one's sorrows
Drug traffic

Dry-clean

Dry bread

Dry eyes

Dry goods

Dust-cart

Duty-free

Dying by inches

Dying for a drink

Early to bed, early to rise

Earn one's daily bread

Earth-closet

Earth tremor

Earthly (adj).

Easy circumstances

Easy come, easy go

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Easy in one's mind

Eat dirt
Eat like a horse
Eat one's word
Eat out of someone's hand
Eat something to stay one's hunger
Ebb away

Either this or that

Elections
Embrace Islam
Emerge from obscurity

Empty-headed

Empty phrases

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Empty/move the bowels

End one's day
Engaged in something
Enjoy your time
Err on the right side
Escape one's mind
Eternal
Even tempered

Even though

!Ever so nice

Ever such a rich man

Every now and then

Every other day

Every thing will come right in the end
Evil eye

Exclusive right

Excursion train

Executive power

Exercise one's rights

Exert pressure on
Exhaust the subject
Expect
Expectant mother
Expert evidence/witness
Explain away
Explain himself
Explore every avenue
Explore the possibilities of
Expose to the elements

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Express letter

Express train


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Extend one's stay

Extract information from

Extremes may meet

Exult over something

Eyewash
!Fabulous
Face a barrage of questions
Face the issue
Face value
Facer
Fail in one's duty

Fair copy

Fairy-tale

Fall between two stools

Fall by the wayside

Fall for someone
Fall into someone's clutches
Fall on evil times

()

Fall over each other to

Fall short of one's expectations

Fall under the heading of
Fallen woman
False alarm
False modesty

False step

False witness

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Familiarity breeds contempt

Family man
Family planning
Fan
Fan the flame
Fancy-free

Fancy goods

Fancy prices

Far-sighted

Far fetched



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Far from well

Far into the night
Fasten the blame on someone
Fat-head / fat-headed
Fatted calf
Fear the worst
Feast one's eyes on
Feather-brained
Fed up
Feeble-minded
Feel at home
Feel fine
Feel for someone
Feel for words
Feel like to / feel like doing something
Feel the draught
Feel/look blue
Fetch and carry
Fiery temper

Fight something out

Fight tooth and nail

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Figure
Figure of fun

File a petition

Fill a vacancy

Fill the bill

Fill the gap
Filling station = petrol station

Find one's foot

Fine distinction

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Fine feelings
Finger print
Finish someone off
Finished performance
Finishing touches
Fire-escape
Fire-extinguisher

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!Fire
!Fire away

Fire questions

Fire someone

First-aid
First-aid post

First-born

First-class

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First and foremost

First come, first served
First impression
First of all
First things first
Fish for compliments
Fish in troubled waters
Fit for nothing
Fix on a day for
Fix rules of procedures
Flat out

Flat refusal

Flesh wound

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Flight of fancy
Fling open the door
Fling out/up one's arms
Flirt with the idea
Float capital
Float company
Flog a dead horse

Flowing hair

Fluff

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Fly at/upon someone

Fly in the face of someone
Fly into rage
Fly off the handle
Fly to someone's aid
Flying squad
Focus of attention
Follow in the wake of

Follow one's nose

Follow someone's example
Follow the example of someone
Follow the lead of someone

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Fond hopes

Fond of the bottles

Food for thought

Fool's paradise
Foot-bridge
For keeps

What a shame!

! / !

Forbidden area

Force down an aircraft

Force of character
Force of circumstances
Force the pace
Foregone conclusion
Foreign to one's nature
Forewarned is forearmed


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Form a cabinet
Form a habit
Fortune smiles on someone
Forty winks

Foul-mouthed

Fountain-pen

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Frame
Frame a question
Frame of mind
Free-lance

Free love
!Freeze
Fresh
Fringe benefits
From now on
From the bottom of one's heart
From the depth of my heart
From the foregoing

From this time/now forth

From this day forward

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Frosted glass
Fruity voice
!Fuck you
Full of beans
Full of life
Full of oneself
Full powers
Full speed ahead
Full up
Fumble for words
Fund of knowledge
Funk
Fuss-pot
Gab
Gaga
Gain control of/over
Gain the upper hand

Gain weight
Gain/win someone's affections

Galley-proof

Gang up on

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Gas = empty talk

Gas = hurry
Gash
Gate-crash
Gather one's wits
Generous to a fault
Gentleman agreement
!Gently does it
Get a bad name

! !

!Get a move on

Get about = circulate

Get better

Get even with

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Get in by the back door

Get into hot water

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!Get lost
Get off to a flying start
Get one's money's worth
Get rid of

Get someone by the short hair

Get something off one's chest

/

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Get to the bottom of

Get to the point
Get up to kill
!Get well soon

! / !

!Get your ass out of here

! ( )

!Get your ass out of here

Get/learn by heart
Gift of the gab

Gild the lily

Gild the pill

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Gilded youth
Give-away
Give a jump

Give away
Give birth to
Give effect to
Give in part exchange
Give me a break!
Give someone a call
Give someone a free hand
Give someone a jaw

Give someone a lift

Give someone a piece of advice
Give someone a sound advice
Give someone an advantage over someone
else
Give someone credit for
Give someone hell
Give someone his due
Give someone the benefit of the doubt
Give someone the cold shoulder
Give someone the go-by

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Give something a miss

Give the subject a second thought
Give the thumbs up
Glad eye
Glad tidings

Glory-hole

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Gloss over

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Go ahead = proceed

Go bald-headed at something
Go bankrupt
Go by the book

Go for a blow

Go from one extreme to the other

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Go in at one ear and out at the other

Go into business
Go into detail
Go off one's feed
Go off the deep end

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Go off with a bang = explode

Go on strike
Go out of one's way to
!Go to blazes
Go to one's doom
Go to waste
Go/set about something
!God forbid
!God rest his soul

Good-looking

Good humour

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!Good lord
Good/bad form
!Goodness gracious
Govern one's temper
Government securities

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Graft = corruption

Graft = hard work

Grapple with a problem



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Grate on someone's nerve

Gratuitous insult
!Great heaven
Green with envy
)Greenwich mean time( GMT
Grim
Grin and bear it
Grounds for complaint
Guess
Gutter press
Hair-do
Half-dead
Half-hearted
Half a loaf is better than no bread
Ham = poor actor
Ham = radio amateur
Hand-to-mouth existence
Hand a woman the frozen mitt
Hand with kid-gloves

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Hang about
!Hang it all
Hang up on someone
Hanky-panky

!Hard-luck

Hard currency

Hard labour

Hardly ever

Have a bad time

Have a bee in one's bonnet

Have a clear/guilty conscience

Have a finger in every pie

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Have a frog in his throat

Have a lean time
Have a look
Have a name for honesty
Have a narrow escape
Have a nasty mind
Have a seat ,please

Have a whale of time

Have an advantage over someone in

Have an affair with the other sex

Have an effect on
Have an eye for

Have ideas above one's station

Have information straight from the horse's
mouth
Have money to burn
Have one's head in the clouds
Have one foot in the grave
Have someone's ear
Have something in mind

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Have something on the brain

Have the ball at one's feet

Have the front to

Have the goodness to

Have the pleasure to

Have two strings to one's bow

Have you any thing to declare?

Have you the time = ?have you enough
time?
Have/gain advantage over someone
He's no judge in (this matter)

He's not in
He blackens his name
He constitutes himself a judge
He could do with some help

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He demands his pound of flesh

He does something out of envy

He doesn't know chalk from cheese

He doesn't know the ABC of his job

He doesn't know the first thing about it

He doesn't let the grass grow under his feet

He doesn't lift a hand to

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He doesn't yield an inch

He drives a hard bargain

He elbowed his way

He falls for the trick

He gets good money

He gives himself up to study

He gives it to him hot and strong
He has a card up his sleeve
He has a cast iron case
He has a good sense of humor
He has a high opinion of someone
He has brought it on himself
He has not an earthly chance
He has nothing to do with it
He has something by him

He has the right idea

He has too many irons in the fire

He hasn't a leg to stand on

He hasn't the ghost of a chance

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He hovers between life and death

He is a big noise
He is a bit of a lad
He is a genius if ever there was one
!He is a lucky dog
He is doing mathematics/English/. Etc.
He is flushed
He is his own master
He is hot for doing something
He is in a groove
He is in an enviable position
He is in for a surprise
He is in for it
He is on his uppers
He is one jump ahead of everybody
He is too big for his boots
He is under the impression that

He is up to his larks again

He keeps his own counsel

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He knows what's what

He lives a lie
He looks as if butter wouldn't melt in his
mouth
He loses control of himself
He means business
He sat on his hunkers
He sees her only in a good light
He shot the lights
He stands to gain by this

He takes his medicine like a man

He tells someone some home truths

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He was at a loss for words

He was shaken to the very foundation
He will never be anybody
He won't come back in a hurry
He wouldn't say boo to a gooze
Heap abuse on someone
Heap coals of fire on

Hear a case

Hearing aid

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Heart-searching
Heart and soul
Heavy-duty
Hell-cat
Help yourself

Her colour rose

Here it is / here they are

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Hide-and-seek
Hide-out
Hiding
High-hat
High jinks
Hijack
His bark is worse than his bite
His blood is up
His cheque bounced
His eyes blazed

His hopes were dashed

His joy knows no bounds
His patience was exhausted

His rise to fame was meteoric

His voice grates on my ear

His wife wears the trousers

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His word is as good as his bond

Hit-and-run
Hit on a solution

Hit the nail on the head

Hold extreme views

!Hold on, please

Hold one's breath

Hold one's ground

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Hold someone responsible

!Hold the line
!Hold your horses

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!Hold your tongue

Hold/take office

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Hole = predicament
Hollow ware
Homer sometimes nods
!Honey

)Hooch( US

Hot-blooded

Hot-headed

Hot-water-bottle

House of correction

House of ill name

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?How about doing something

?How about it

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?How come
?How do they compare
?How do you dare
?How do you feel

How does this idea strike you?

How nice to

How/what about it?

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Hurt someone's feelings

Hush-money
I'll be hanged if I know
I'll be there in two shakes of a lamb's tail
I'll buy it!

I'll eat my hat if

I'll give it to him

I'll make you laugh on the wrong/other side

of your face
I'll see if I can work it out
I'll see it gets done

I'll see what I can do

I'm broke

I'm broke

I'm delighted to hear it

I'm having friends in tonight

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I'm much obliged

I'm not very well up in current affairs

I'm off the game today

I'm sick of you

!I'm sorry
I beg to differ
I beg you leave
!I beg you pardon = !pardon
I can't bear him
I can't stand this
I can't tell one from another
!I can tell you
I cannot bring myself to do something
I didn't budget for that
I didn't quite catch what you said
I don't follow you
I don't give a damn
I don't know what to do for the best



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I fail to see why he doesn't come early

I fancy you're right
I feel it in my bones
I feel like having something
I give you my word

I had to laugh

I have no part or lot in

I have other fish to fry

I haven't a clue

I haven't the faintest idea

I haven't the foggiest idea

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I owe you a lot

!I see

I see what you mean

I stand corrected

I was miles away

I was struck all of a heap

I won't give you a nickle

I won't keep you long
I would die before surrendering
I wouldn't dream of it
I wouldn't gamble on it

I wouldn't touch it with a barge-pole

If you don't mind

If you please

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Ill-clad

Ill-fame

Ill-favoured
Ill-feeling
Ill-gotten gains
Improper suggestion
Improve the occasion
In a blue funk
In a class for itself
In a state of flux
In a state of nature = naked

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In a twinkle

In a word

In all my born days

In any shape or form
In deep water = on a dilemma
In duty bond
In for a penny, in for a pound
In good spirit
In letter and spirit
In no time
In some ways
In the aggregate
In the first blush of youth
In the land of the living
In the lap of luxury
In the limelight
In the mind's eye
In the nick of time
In the same breath

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In/out of accord = in/out of harmony with

Incapable of improvement
Indecent assault
Indecent haste
Independent means
Indirect evidence
Indulge oneself in a habit
Informed opinion

Inside job

Inside out

Inside story
Inspiration

Intended

Interested parties

Intimate diary
Intrigue
Invade someone's privacy
Invalid carriage

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Invalid diet
Invest in = buy
!Is there anybody here/there
?Is there anything wrong

It's a bad business

It's a crying shame

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!It's a deal
It's a lost cause
It's a matter of life and death
It's a picnic
It's a piece of cake
It's a scream
It's all for the best
It's all yours
It's dumb
It's I = it's me
It's just right

!It's mere nothing

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It's no bother




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It's no business of yours

!It's no picnic
!It's not a big deal
It's not my cup of tea
It's not that bad/beautiful
It's nothing to write home about
It's one of those days
It's over
It's someone's own affairs
It's strange, yet true
It's the early bird that catches the worm
It's up to someone
It all depends
It all hinged on his decision
It bodes no good for him
It can't be got for love or money

It commands respect

It cries out for action

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It dies hard
It does me good
It doesn't count for much
It doesn't look bad
It doesn't make sense
It doesn't matter
It falls to my lot

It goes

!It goes

It goes like clockwork

It grows on me

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It has to do with
It has turned his brain
!It looks like it

It makes me sick

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It makes no odds

It makes one's flesh creep

It makes one's gorge rise

It makes one's hackle rise

It runs in the family

It serves you right

It sounds good

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It takes time
It tastes awful
It tastes delicious
It will cost the earth
It will do you good
It won't take long
Jack of all trades and master of none
Jaloppy
Jam on the brakes

Jar on the ear

Jar the nerves

Jaw-breaker
Jaw = speak at tedious length
Jaw = preach at
Jay-walker
Jealous of ones rights

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Jittery
Job autopsy
Joint account
Jolly = pleasant

Joy-ride
Jug = prison

Juggle with figures

Juice = electricity - cut off the juice
Juice = petrol - run out of juice
Juicy news

Jumble sale

Jumbo size

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Jump at something
!Jump in ! = get into vehicle

Jumped-up

Junk = rubbish

Junkie

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Just a minute/moment
Just now = a moment ago
Keen on
Keep a cool head
Keep a promise
Keep a straight face
Keep an eye on
Keep body and soul together
Keep clear of
Keep company with
Keep in touch

Keep it for a rainy day

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!Keep it up

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Keep mum

Keep one's chin up

Keep one's figure

Keep one's head

Keep one's temper

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Keep one's word

Keep open house

Keep pace with
Keep quiet
Keep someone to his word

Keep someone up

Keep space/step with someone

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Keep step with something

Keep the ball rolling
Keep the change
Keep your hair on
!Keep your shirt on
Key-money
Key-word
Kick against the pricks
Kick up a fuss
Kill-joy
Kill two birds with one stone






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Kill with kindness

King-size

!Kiss my ass
Kiss of Judas = Judass kiss

Knock the bottom out of an argument

Know all the answers

Know the when and the how of the matter

Knows which side one's bread is buttered

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Labour pains
Lady-killer
Lame excuse

Land on one's feet

Language barrier

Lapse of memory

Larger than life

Last but not least

Later on

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Laugh at the expense of

Laughing-stock
Lay a bet
Lay an ambush
Lead someone astray

Lead someone by the nose

Leap-year
Learn by heart

Least said, soonest mended

Leave it at that
Leave no stone unturned to discover the
truth

Leave nothing to chance

Left-handed compliment

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!Less talking
Less than nothing
Let's call it a day
!Let's face it

Let's say that

Let bygones be bygones
Let it be
Let it ride!
Let sleeping dogs lie
Let someone have a squint at something

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Let something slip through one's finger

Let that pass!

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Let things take/run their course

Let us assume
Let us say.
Let us see which way the cat jumps
Lets see how the wind blows
Letter of Attorney
Letter of credit
Lick someone's boots
Lie in ambush
Life expectancy
Lift one's hand against

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Light duties
Like a cat on hot bricks
Like a drowned cat

Like someone

Like someone = admire him

Lion's share

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Lion-hearted

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Liquid assets

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Listening-post

Live and let live

Lively imagination
Lively mind
Local rag

Lodge a complaint

Long distance call

!Long live the King

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Look about for

Look ahead

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Look ahead

Look before you leap

Look for a needle in a haystack
Look forward to doing something
!Look who's here
!Look who's talking

Loose conduct

Loose thinking

Loose tongue

Lose face

Lose flesh

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Lose one's grip

Lose one's mornings
Lose the toss
Lose/regain consciousness
Loud-mouthed
Lousy = bad

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Love-child
Love-making
Love at first sight
Love someone to distraction
Love something

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!Lucky beggar

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!Lucky devil

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Lump in the throat

Lumpsum
Lying-in hospital

Made to order
Make a conscious effort
Make a family
Make a fetish of someone/something
Make a fresh start
Make a hash of
Make a hit
Make a leeway

Make a long arm for something

Make a mess of the job
Make a name for oneself
Make a speech
Make an ass of oneself

Make an elephant out of an ant

Make an evening of it

Make an example of someone

Make an impact on
Make approaches to someone
Make as if
Make both ends meet
Make eyes at
Make for a place
Make free with
Make fun of someone
Make it hot for someone
Make living by
Make mischief between two persons

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Make one's point

Make one's will

Make oneself clear

Make room for someone

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Make someone's flesh creep

Make someone's life a burden
Make someone aware of
Make something plain
Make the best of it
Make things lively for someone
Make track for home
Make up a story
Make up one's mind
Make way for someone
Make yourself clear
Make/pull faces
Make/raise a dust
Make/raise difficulties

Make/strike a bargain

Man of action

Man of ideas

Man of iron

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Man of words
Man proposes, God disposes
Margin of error
!Mark my words
Marriage of convenience
Mask one's enmity under a cloak of
friendliness

Mass media

Mass meeting

Mass production
Master mind

Match-stick

Match box

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?May I

!May your shadow never grow less

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!Mind the step

Mind your own business
Miss one's turn

Miss the point

Money for jam

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Monkey-business
Mop one's brow

More hast, less speed

More kicks than halfpence
More or less
More than flesh and blood can stand
Most likely

Mother country

Mother tongue

Mother wit
Motion picture
Move heaven and earth

Mug = face

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Mug = simpleton

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!Mums the word

Mummy's boy
My advice was lost on him
My condolences
My heart bleeds for you
My mind is a blank

Narrow-minded

National service

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Near/short-sighted
Necessity is the mother of invention
Necessity knows no law
Nervy
!Never mind

Never say die

Never stop to think
New to the game

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New/fresh blood
News flash
Nice dreams
Nip something in the bud
No bar to success
No end to it
!No fear
No hard feelings
No joy = no result
!No kidding

No man's land
No news is good news
No one can tell
No use crying over spilt milk
No word pass his lips
Nominal rent

Nominal value

Nor that either

Not a word escapes him

Not as black as he's painted

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Not at all

!Not half

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Not in the first flight

!Not likely
Not one jot or little shall be changed
Not so dusty

Not so hot

Not to say

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Not worth a hoot

Not yet awhile
Nothing escapes him
Nothing of the sort
Notice-board
Now that

Null and void

Nursery school

Object of pity

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Odd jobs
Of a commanding presence
Of his brain-child
Of no effect
Of one's own accord = without being asked
or forced
Off-putting
Off one's food
!Oh my God
Old fox
Old stager
On account of = because of
On an equal footing
On easy payment

On no account