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41 Cards in this Set
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Cry for the moon |
Ask for the impossible |
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Cock and bull story |
A made up story |
Have butterflies in one's stomach |
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Like a cat on hot bricks |
Very nervous |
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Tell against |
To go against |
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At sea |
To be confused |
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To burn one's finger |
To face a bad result |
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Behind one's back |
In the absence of |
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A cold fish |
A person with no emotion |
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Let sleeping dogs lie |
Do not instigate trouble |
Lal Bahadur shastri ji died in harness |
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Died in Harness |
Died while working |
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Kicking his heels |
Wasting time |
Origin if universe is a hard nut to crack fir astrophysicists |
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A hard nut to crack |
A difficult problem |
I want to buy Mac pad but then I have to cut my coat according to my coat. |
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Cut your coat according to your cloth |
Live within your means |
Naive |
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Wet behind the ears |
Inexperienced |
Spill the beans |
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Gave the game away |
Gave out the secret |
To do what you are ordered or expected to do |
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Toe the line |
To follow the lead |
I finally left home for good |
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For good |
Permanently |
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The alpha and omega |
Beginning and end |
Dhokha. My brother pulled a fast one when he said he has a headache and can't go to the school. |
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Pull a fast one |
To succeed in an act of deception |
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Feather one's own nest |
To make oneself richer in a dishonest or improper way |
I have been a member of that club for donkey's years |
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Donkeys years |
A long time |
Don't ask such daft questions |
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As daft as a brush |
Extremely silly, very foolish |
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Put up the shutters |
1: Close a shop or business at the end of the day. 2: to close permanently |
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Beyond the pale |
Unacceptable; outside agreed standards of decency |
My neighbor thinks he can intimadate me, but he will soon realise that he has caught a tartar. |
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Catch a tartar |
To encounter to reckon with someone or something that proves more powerful, troublesome. |
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A golden mean; the goldilocks zone |
Middle course between 2 extremes |
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Catch time by the forelock |
Seize an opportunity |
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A dog's breakfast |
A poor piece of work; a mess |
Fixing india's infrastructure woes seems like a Penelope's web |
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Stir up a hornet's nest |
To create a lot of trouble |
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Penelope's web |
An endless job |
He might act like an expert but he doesn't know beans about the subject |
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Salad days |
The days of one's youthful inexperience |
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Don't know beans about something |
To know nothing about something |
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The gift of the gab |
Ability to speak well |
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Apple of discord |
Something that causes trouble or unhappiness |
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On the horns of dilemma |
Having to decide between 2 things, people, etc |
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Go scot-free |
To escape without permission |
Laptops are the best thing since sliced bread |
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Leave in the lurch |
To leave someone waiting for or anticipating your actions |
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Best thing since sliced bread |
One which is extremely good |
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Catch-22 |
A situation in which it's impossible to succeed because of conflicting rules or conditions |
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Crux of the matter |
Most essential part of the problem |
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Dodged a bullet |
Barely escaped from a dangerous situation |
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