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14 Cards in this Set
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The bottom line |
Well i think the bottom line is. If u love somebody, you'll accept them no matter what |
The most important fact about what ur discussing |
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Cross the bridge when u come to it |
I'll cross that bridge when i come to it |
U will deal with this problem when it happens or if it happens |
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Cut to the chase |
I'll cut to the chase. We just don't have enough money for the project |
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The icing on the cake |
He was already happy with his salary, the icing on the cake came when he received a large bouns. / lost my job today and the fact that my car broke down was the icing on the cake |
An extra good thing that makes a good situation even better / sth bad added which made a bad situation worse |
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In two minds |
I'm in two minds about going to college. On one hand, it's required for most of the jobs, but on the Other, it's very expensive |
Not able to reach a decision or opinion about sth |
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Make a mountain out of a molehill |
Don't Make a mountain out of a molehill. It's really not a big deal |
To complain about small, unimportant problems as if it's important and serious |
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On the back burner |
Linda put her career on the back burner after marring a famous rich man |
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Play it by ears |
He never prepared his speechs, he always played things by ear / i don't know how to do it or what i'm doing, i'm just gonna play it by ear and see how will it goes |
To deal with things as they happen, yoy don't make plans for the future |
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Sit on the fence |
U can't sit on the fence any longer. U need to choose who of these two we need to fire |
To refuse to give an opinion about something |
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Split hairs |
Don't split hairs, i don't care wether he's 24 or 25 |
To argue about very small details or they try to find differences between things which are really small |
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Stick to ur guns |
Once u tell ur children to do something stick to ur gun even if they get upset |
To refuse to change ur opinion or decision about something even though other people are trying to convince u that ur wrong |
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Take a back seat |
If u know anybody else who can manage this company, i'll be happy to take a back seat / i take a back seat to nobody |
To allow other people to have the power or responsibility |
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The tip of the iceberg |
We get about 2k complains every year and that's just the tip of the iceberg. |
A small part of a very large problem |
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Up in the air |
I was supposed to get a promotion this week but things are still up in the air caz my boss is out of town |
When an important decision or plan hasn't been decided yet |
