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The pros and cons : For and against a thing.

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plan of setting a new firm
High and low: everywhere
He had to search high and low to find his watch
0fl(V3&§JoW(D3(DQflcffl06EQo On the cards: certain
His promotion is on the cards
QW36mlwcylli oaceilct Fair and square just and honest Oily tongue : Flattery
He is one of the few husines.s men who are fair and His oily tongue has won him promotion
I2aJOPikfl) CU1r1j3(J3cn)o square A big draw: Huge attraction
oltoi aimo Kith and kin : friends and relatives The cricket match proved to be a big draw
63W0 lie helped his kith and kin to get prime positions At random : Aimlessly
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Apple-pie order: perfect, order The police fired at random at the violent crowd
6)(roo cro cm 003W0 sm cmo6JJ9(fll)6fl)o The guests found everything in apple-pie order Pell mell : In a disorderly manner
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Null and void legally invalid Baker's dozen : 'thirteen (1:3)As the co-ordinator,
Jflo6So The court declared the law null and void he picked out a baker's dozen of top events
cmo(96mo Alpha and omega : the beginning and end, the Hobson's Choice : no other alternative, no choice
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Faith is the alpha and omega of a religious life soup and salad or salad and soup
c&Qo(TV(U)1@acu olto1m Rack and ruin : destruction It's all Greek : It is impossible to understand
J30om CD13()1 8ffO8OW9(T)0 My lawn is in rack and ruin I have tried reading the essay, but it's all Greek to me
Tooth and nail : with all one's strength Aunt Sally : one who is a target of ridicule
We fought tooth and nail to keep our share of the Today's politicians are everyone's aunt Sally
business Bed of roses : positionlof ease and luxury condi-
njl0. Argus eyed : vigilant, keenly observed tion
' 63(Z 8 Being a politician he is Argus eyed Life is not a bed of roses
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6n 6cm8a0001. (3(6TD13JSm 81mcm Q,)3o (8(3031 The speaker gave a birds eye view of the conditions ing condition, unhappy sittiation
3,6X(3)o 800alcO)U)O(T)6)13181) Black sheep: a worthless member of a respectable Life of an ill person always remains a bed of thorns
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tie was the black sheep; he ran away from home to She and my mother are bird,s of a feather
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Brown study : reverie (absent minded day dream- He murdered his wife in dutch courage
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She was in a brown study and did not notice my He comes round once in a blue moon
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A red letter day : A very important day
,816fl) Close shave : narrow escape from danger 15 th August is a red letter day in the history of India
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Gil0?, 40. 81t03(5(SJo W@MMN75 (fJ1 Cold shoulder : deliberate indifference The leader shed crocodile tears at a press conference
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Fair-weather friend: person who remains a friend win laurels in life
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• I don't want a fair weather friend The population of our country is a burning question
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Fourth estate : the press, journalists The Midas touch : the ability to make money
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The fourth estate collaborates in some conspiracies It was as if the money was blessed with the Midas
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The cricket club won't let any Tom, Dick or Harry, it
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Left handed compliment: insincere praise Mary is a real Jekyll and Hyde
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L830S French leave : leave without permission
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1)ig,ging the tunnel was a herculean task It was Dutch courage that made him attack the police
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Tall tale : a tale or story that is hard to believe. Mr. Right : the ideal person to marry
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An Adonis : A heautifull young man
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She walked in on the arms of some blond Adonis
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810 motmo seutalun 5 041munu A square peg in a round hole : A misfit
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She doesn't have the fineness for this job, she's a on the club champion
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square peg in a round hole Mr. Scrooge : a mean, spirited miser
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(schedules) She stayed in her penthouse like a bird in a gilded An Amazone : a warlike, masculine woman
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The first greeting of one amaxone to the other is to
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She was determined to win the prize by hook or crook Be careful against your green-eyed friends
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Ad hoc : something created for a particular occa- Tooth and nail : With strength and fury
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The rank and file : The ordinary members
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Deja vu : A strange sensation that something one
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is eeriencing now has happened before. I have failed to understand him, he is a queer fish
,3(a81281. iJ3001(D36fl5i I had never been here before, but I got a weird sense A far cry : A long way off World peace is still a far
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his modus operandi in implementing new, changes
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Status quo : The existing order of things. The question of abolition of Private property is still a
1992-638J 73-Os 8trsu)m1 maomml(aomm1 The rich are often content with the status quo moot point
crffi0 62 810 cmolcm6s2m. Tongue in cheek: Ironically
Hole and corner : secret
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tongue in cheek people?
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Coup de grace : The final blow Picking holes':Finding fault with
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