Idioms & Phrases
Idiom
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Meaning
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Turn over a new leaf
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Change for the better
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Make up one’s mind
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Decide
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In the long run
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Eventually; ultimately
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In the nick of time
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Just at the last moment
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Through thick and thin
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Under all conditions
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With a high hand
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Oppressively
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Sitting on the fence
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Hesitate between two decisions
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Bring to light
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Disclose
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Burn one’s fingers
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Get into trouble by interfering in
other’s affairs
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Laugh one’s head off
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Laugh heartily
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Chew the cud
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Ponder over something
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Hard and fast rules
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Strict rules
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Play second fiddle
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Take an unimportant part
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Rank and file
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Ordinary persons
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By fits and starts
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In short periods, not regularly
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A wee bit
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A little
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Out of the wood
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Free from difficulties and dangers
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Under his thumb
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Under his control
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At one’s wits end
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In a state where one does not know
what to do
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Between the devil and the deep sea
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Between two dangers
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Burn the midnight oil
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Work or study hard
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Call a spade a spade
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Speak frankly and directly
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Come off with flying colours
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Be highly successful
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Hoping against hope
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Without hope
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Hit the nail on the head
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Do or say the exact thing
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An axe to grind
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A personal interest in the matter
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Spread like wild fire
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Spread quickly
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The gift of the gab
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Talent for speaking
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Throw out of gear
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Disturb the work
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Tooth and nail
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With all one’s power
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Take to one’s heels
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Run away
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Die in harness
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Die while in service
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Out of the way
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Strange
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Read between the lines
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Understand the hidden meaning
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In cold blood
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Deliberately; without emotion
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