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Idiomatic Expressions

A bad quarter of an hour uncomfortable time

A blue-eyed- boy a favorite

(To) affect ignorance to pretend not to know

a person who feels


A Fish out of water uncomfortable in his
present surroundings

Something that last only


A Flash in the pan
for short time

unintentional mistake
A Freudian slip
revealing true thoughts

A friend at court an influential friend

A going concern successful business

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an issue that is
A hot potato
embarrassing to deal with

an enterprise that is not


A lame duck
a success

A long way out Inaccurate

An eagle-eye a very quick eye

A passing fancy temporary liking

Apple pie order in perfect order

state of confusion, a mix


Pretty kettle of fish
up

A pretty penny quite a lot of money

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A random shot a wild guess

someone who can write


A ready pen
easily and quickly

a passion which
A ruling passion
dominates a person’s life

A skeleton in the something embarrassing


cupboard or shameful

Snake in the grass a deceitful person

As good as one's word to keep promise

a brief description or a
A Thumb-nail sketch
small scale drawing

a person who can be


Tower of strength relied upon for help in
time of need
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At the first blush at first glance

Willing horse a willing worker

to be so surprised that
(to) be at a loss for words
one not know what to say

to misunderstand
(to) be at cross purposes
someone

(to) be at one's best to be most able

(to) be at one's ease to feel comfortable

(to) be hard pressed for


to be under pressure
something

(to) be hard put to do to have difficulty in


something doing something

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to be in a state of
(to) be in a flutter
nervous excitement

(to) be in keeping with


to correspond
something

to be in agreeable
(to) be in one's elements
circumstances

(to) be in one's line to be in one's province

(to) be in the bag to be certain

to be in a happy frame
(to) be in tune
of mind, he is in tune.

(to) be of a piece with in keeping with

(to) be one too many to be better than

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(to) butter someone up to flatter

to discover someone not


(to) catch someone
doing what one should be
napping
doing

to slow down someone's


(to) clip someone's wings
progress

(to) cool one's heels to wait

Crossed in love disappointed in love

(to) drop a line to write

Every inch completely, entirely

Eye-wash deceit

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(to) feel someone's pulse to find out secret opinion

Feet of clay to be weak or cowardly

(to) fight shy of something to avoid

(to) Fly off the handle to become furious

French leave leave without permission

(to) get a word in to get a chance to


edgeways speak

Give a dog a dad name to at tribute fault and


and kill him dismiss

to do with all one's


(to) go flat out
power

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(to) go grey to become grey haired

(to) go into black to mourn

(to) go red to blush

Good at heart kind

(to) hand a bouquet to pay compliments

(to) handle someone with


to treat very Carefully
kid gloves

(to) hang on to something retain, not to part with

(to) have a bee in one's to be slightly unbalance


bonnet mentally

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(to) have a bone in the
to be tired
leg

to have a cause of
(to) have a bone to pick
complain

to have some pleasing


(to) have a way with one
Characteristic

(to) have the gift of the to have the talent for


gab speaking

(to) hold water to be sound

In good time with time to spare

In the pink good in health

Iron something out resolve

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(to) join forces with
to cooperate
someone

To keep one's fingers


to hope for the best
crossed

To kick up a row to make fuss

To knuckle under to give way

Let someone off forgive

To live by one's wits to live by deceit or fraud

(to) look green to look sick

(to) lose one's head to lose presence of mind

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