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59 Cards in this Set
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In over my head |
In out of my depth (situation I can t cope with) |
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Wilt |
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On an equal footing |
in conditions where everyone has an equal chance |
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Fall flat on the face |
Fail flop |
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Come out of the woodwork |
Emerge from obscurity |
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Show their true mettle |
Show their resilience and effectiveness |
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Spin control |
The act or practice of attempting to manipulate the way an event is interpreted by others |
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Bit hard into |
To cause pain or excessive pressure |
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on the sly |
Secretive fashion |
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Leave it to fate |
Leave it to fate |
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destructive to both sides in a conflict. |
Internecine |
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go out of one's way |
make a special effort to do something |
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Up the ante |
increase what is at stake or under discussion, especially in a conflict or dispute |
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ring in (one's) head |
To still be vividly present in one's mind or memory, as if one can still hear it. Usually said of something very loud or significant that one heard. |
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Threading needle |
Pass something through a narrow space between two things |
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A new start; especially to make a new start by clearing the record |
Start on a clean slate |
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Soft pedal |
Informal. to tone or play down; make less strong, as an idea or fact: |
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At cross purposes |
a purpose usually unintentionally contrary to another purpose of oneself or of someone or something else |
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Egg someone on |
To urge someone to do something that is usually negative |
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Grow by leaps and bounds |
Grow immensely |
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Pull their chestnuts out of the fire |
chestnuts out of the fire, pull someone's succeed in a hazardous undertaking for someone else's benefit, with reference to the fable of a monkey using a cat's paw to extract roasting chestnuts from a fire. |
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Whisked away |
Snatch softly away from something |
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wallow in |
1.(chiefly of large mammals) roll about or lie in mud or water, especially to keep cool or avoid biting insects."there were watering places where buffalo liked to wallow"Synonymes :loll aboutloll aroundlie aboutlie aroundtumble abouttumble aroundsplash aboutsplash aroundsloshwadepaddleslopsquelchweltersplosh2.(of a person) indulge in an unrestrained way in (something that one finds pleasurable)."I was wallowing in the luxury of the hotel" |
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Going got tough |
Things got difficult |
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In shambles |
State of total disorder |
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Bending over backwards |
Make every effort to achieve something especially to be fair or hepfull |
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Get someone going |
Make someone angry or sexually aroused |
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Throw someone off |
To interrupt and confuse someone |
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come out of kilter |
Knocked off balance |
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Face down someone |
To defeat someone or something that is opposing you by being brave and strong |
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Now and again |
from time to time : occasionally now and again … |
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Pour salt into wounds |
Aggravate |
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À plum job |
A plum job, contract, or role is a very good one that a lot of people would like |
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Take it on the chin |
accept misfortune courageously or stoically."one of her great strengths is her ability to take it on the chin" |
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By the sweat of your brows |
With hia honest effort |
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Crop up |
appear, occur, or come to someone's notice unexpectedly. |
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afoot |
Already happening or being planned |
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Jump the gun |
Start doing something too soon, act too hastily. For example, The local weather bureau jumped the gun on predicting a storm; it didn't happen for another two days. This expression alludes to starting a race before the starter's gun has gone off, and supplants the earlier beat the pistol, which dates from about 1900. [ |
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Jump the gun |
Do it hadtily before it's date |
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Keep cards close to her chest |
Stay private |
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willy-nilly |
Whether u like it or not |
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Up a notch |
Further one step or make it better |
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By any stretch of the imagination |
As much or as one is able to imagine or believe. Used in negative. |
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Put up to it |
Encourage someone to do something wrong or unwise |
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Rated out |
To reveal incriminating or embarrassing information about someone |
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Does hold water |
Is not convincing |
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Send him off the edge |
Cause him to lose control |
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The onus is on you |
The burden of proof is on you |
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To be cobbled |
Be put together in a systemic way |
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dot the i's and cross the t's |
Add the final dtaild |
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every nook and cranny |
every part of a place:Every nook and cranny of the house was stuffed with souvenirs of their trips abroad. |
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Beyond the pale |
Outside agreed standards of decency outrageous |
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Sanctity |
Sanctity of human life (utmost importance) |
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Watershed year |
An event or a period that is important because it represents a big change in how people do or think about aomething |
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Pull someone's leg |
deceive someone playfully; tease someone."getting married—are you pulling my leg?" |
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Put someone on the spot |
Put him in charge in the center of the conversation |
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Adjudicate |
adjudicate/əˈdʒuːdɪkeɪt/Apprenez à prononcerverbpast tense: adjudicated; past participle: adjudicatedmake a formal judgement on a disputed matter."the Committee adjudicates on all betting disputes"act as a judge in a competition."we asked him to adjudicate at the local flower show"Synonymes :judgeadjudgetryhearexaminearbitratedecide ondecidesettleresolvedeterminepronounce ongive a ruling onsit in judgement onpass judgement ongive a verdict onmake a ruling onrefereeumpirepronounce or declare judicially."he was adjudicated bankrupt |
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Tear someone away |
Force them to leave the place or stop doing the activity |
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Reel to and fro |
Sway back and forth |
