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4th Quarter 2020_3 Flashcards

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Talk me down off the ledge

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Relieve my worries and concerns

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Relieve my worries and concerns

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Talk me down off the ledge

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The outlook here is not good

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The optics here aren’t exactly ideal

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The optics here aren’t exactly ideal

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The outlook here is not good

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Not seeing things clearly

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Not seeing the Horizon

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Not seeing the Horizon

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Not seeing things clearly

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On the edge

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On the verge

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On the verge

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On the edge

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take it on the chin

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Tough it out

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Tough it out

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take it on the chin

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He is nowhere to be found

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He is in the wind

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He is in the wind

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He is nowhere to be found

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Being a novice to something

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On the brink of something

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On the brink of something

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Being a novice to something

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Fixing something

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Tying things up

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Tying things up

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Fixing something

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Getting out of proper boundaries

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Overstepped your bounds

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Overstepped your bounds

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Getting out of proper boundaries

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Powder up

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Scrub up

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Scrub up

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Powder up

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Stop hearing about

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Hear the end to somebody or someone

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Hear the end to somebody or something

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Stop hearing about

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I am not fitting in

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I am not squeezing in

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I am not squeezing in

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I am not fitting in

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stem the current
up a/the creek (without a paddle)
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up a/the creek (without a paddle)
stem the current
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have a whip hand over something
gain the upper hand in something
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gain the upper hand in something
have a whip hand over something
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(Timid) chicken
Wussy
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Wussy
(Timid) chicken
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Not an even/level playing field
Not a fair game
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Not a fair game
Not an even/level playing field
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Getting under somebody’s skin
Annoying somebody
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Annoying somebody
Getting under somebody’s skin
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To be tangled with somebody or something
Deep in the trees with somebody or something
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Deep in the trees with somebody or something
To be tangled with somebody or something
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Give me the word for it
Help me to describe it
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Help me to describe it
Give me the word for it
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This is your duty or responsibility
This is your collar
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This is your collar
This is your duty or responsibility
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All strangled inside
All twisted up inside
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All twisted up inside
All strangled inside
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Round the clock
24 hours
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24 hours
Round the clock
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He is in deep trouble and he will drag you down
He is a drowning man and he’ll pull you under
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He is a drowning man and he’ll pull you under
He is in deep trouble and he will drag you down
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Not be informed or not participating
Out of the loop
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Out of the loop
Not be informed or not participating
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Throw someone under a bus
Put a boot to a person
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Put a boot to a person
Throw someone under a bus
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He is a lucky one in this situation
He is the lucky one in this equation
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He is the lucky one in this equation
He is a lucky one in this situation
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Filled with that feeling
(Some feeling) Runs up the spine
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(Some feeling) Runs up the spine
Filled with that feeling
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stop existing or doing something in an exciting way
go out with a bang
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go out with a bang
stop existing or doing something in an exciting way
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rooting for
beating the drum for
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beating the drum for
rooting for
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Rooting for
Sticking up for
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Sticking up for
Rooting for

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