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10 Cards in this Set
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bury your head in the sand |
ignore a problem or an unpleasant situation and hope that it will disappear |
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gain/get/have/take the upper hand |
gain/get/have/take control over a person or situation |
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get/have your way |
be allowed to have or do what you want |
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live and let live |
used for saying that you should accept other people's beliefs and way of life, even if they are very different from your own |
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pull (a few) strings |
use your influence in order to get what you want or help someone, especially when this is unfair |
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red tape |
documents, rules or processes that cause delays |
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take the law into your own hands |
punish someone in your way without involving the police or the courts, often by doing something illegal yourself |
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the powers that be |
the people who control a situation |
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throw the book at somebody |
punish someone very severely |
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under sb's thumb |
completely controlled by someone else |
