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All Thumbs
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To be Akward and Clumsy
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She was all thumbs when she kept dropping her pencil case
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Ace up your Sleeve
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A surprise or hidden advantage, typically a trick of some sort
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You would need an ace up your sleeve to beat me
My mom never want to play scrabble with me because i always have an ace up my sleeve |
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Air your dirty laundry in public
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to talk about private disagreements or embarrassing matters in public while arguing
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My cousins argue lot and air their dirty laundry
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add fuel to the fire
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making a bad situation worse
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when buzz kept arguing about google earth and then colleen joined him, mrs. blomquist said stop adding fuel to the fire
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Achilees heel
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A person's weakness or vulnerable spot in an otherwise strong character
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when it comes to school subjects, math is definitly my achilees heel
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Bark is worse than your bite
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A person who sounds much worse than he or she acts
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at the end of my rope
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when people run out of patience to deal with you
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at the drop of a hat
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right away, at, without delay
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All Ears
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to be attentive and listening
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as the crow flies
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the shortest srtaight distance
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