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1 all fingers and thumbs clumsy

2 at the end of one's rope unable to cope

3 bark worse than one's bite not as grumpy as appears

4 bend over backwards try very hard

5 bite the bullet endure in a difficult situation

6 bite the dust go down in defeat

7 blow it fail at something

8 bury the hatchet make peace

9 cat got your tongue? can't talk?

10 come alive brighten up & become active

11 cough up give unwillingly

12 different strokes for different folks everyone has different interests

13 dressed to kill wear one's finest clothes

14 dressed to the teeth dressed elegantly

15 drive someone up a wall annoy someone greatly

16 duck soup easy, effortless

17 early bird catches the worm early one gets advantages

18 eyes are bigger than one's stomach take more food than one can eat

19 face the music accept the consequences

20 feed someone a line deceive someone

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21 feel like a million dollars feel wonderful

22 fishy strange and suspicious

23 for a song for a little money

24 for the birds uninteresting & meaningless

25 fork over hand over, give

26 get away clean escape punishment

27 get in someone's hair bother someone

28 get off someone's back stop bothering someone

29 get the ax be dismissed, fired

30 get the ball rolling initiate action

31 get the jump on someone get advantage over someone

32 get up on the wrong side of the bed wake up in a bad mood

33 give it one's best shot try hard

34 give someone the slip make a getaway

35 go fly a kite go away

36 go to bat for someone help out & support someone

37 go to the dogs become rundown

38 hang on persevere

39 have the world by the tail be successful and happy

40 hit the ceiling become very angry

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41 hit the hay go to bed

42 horse around play around

43 horse of a different color quite a different matter

44 hot under the collar extremely angry

45 if the shoe fits, wear it admit the truth

46 in stitches laughing very hard

47 in the hole in debt

48 jump down's someone's throat become very angry with someone

49 jump the gun to be hasty

50 keep under one's hat keep something a secret

51 kick the bucket die

52 kick up one's heels celebrate

53 knock someone's socks off enthuse and excite

54 leave someone high and dry abandon someone

55 lemon something defective

56 let sleeping dogs lie don't agitate trouble

57 let the cat out of the bag inform beforehand

58 lose one's shirt lose a great deal of money

59 make a splash attract attention with success

60 make ends meet pay one's bills

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61 mind one's P's and Q's take care in speech & action

62 money talks money can influence people

to have no good defense for one
63 not have a leg to stand on opinion's or actions

64 on ice set aside for future use

65 on one's last legs sick and failing

66 on the line in danger of being lost

67 out of woods out of danger

68 out on a limb in a risky position

69 pay through the nose pay too high

people who live in glass houses one should not criticize when equally
70 shouldn't throw stones at fault

71 play it by ear improvise as one goes along

72 pull someone's leg fool someone

73 pull strings exert influence

put one's money where
74 follow through with a stated intention
one's mouth is

75 raise a stink protest strongly

76 scratch someone's back return a favor

77 sell someone down the river betray someone

78 shake a leg hurry

79 shoot the breeze chat informally

80 a snow job insincere talk

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