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24 Cards in this Set
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see red
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become extremely angry
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blow your top
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become angry, lose your temper
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bite someone's head off
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speak sharply and angrily to someone
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have butterflies in your stomach
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feel nervous/anxious
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be in a flap
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be in a state of nervous agitation
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be on tenterhooks
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be in a state of nervous agitation
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a stiff
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a dead body, a corpse
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kick the bucket
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die
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have one foot in the grave
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be very old or near to death
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be off colour
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not in the best of health
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be under the weather
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not in the best of health
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be out of sorts
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not in the best of health
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a nightcap
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an alcoholic drink taken just before going to bed
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Dutch courage
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courage that comes from drinking alcohol
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one for the road
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a last drink before going home
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have kittens
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be very nervous or frightened
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jump out of your skin
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react strongly to shock or surprise
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put the wind up someone
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frighten someone
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be in ***** street
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in difficulties or debt
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live from hand to mouth
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to have just enough money to live on and nothing extra
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be hard up
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be short of money
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take someone for a ride
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deliberately deceive or trick someone
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pull the wool over someone's eyes
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deliberately deceive or trick someone
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cook the books
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falsify a company's book-keeping
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