4th Quarter 2020_4 Flashcards by siochong d | Brainscape

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(no) jack-squat/jack-all

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nothing at all

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nothing at all

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(no) jack-squat/jack-all

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ball and chain

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a drag

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a drag

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ball and chain

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Rat’s nest

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an amok

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an amok

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Rat’s nest

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one the fence about something

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haven’t made up my mind about something

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haven’t made up my mind about something

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one the fence about something

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Have a bone to pick with someone

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have to nit-pick on something with sb

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have to nit-pick on something with sb

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Have a bone to pick with someone

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Price overview

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Price point

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Price point

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Price overview

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swoon over (someone or something)

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To be over the moon about something/sb

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To be over the moon about something/sb

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swoon over (someone or something)

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Divest myself to one end

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Burning my own boat/bridge

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Burning my own boat/bridge

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Divest myself to one end

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part of the menu

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part of the game

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part of the game

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part of the menu

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a slight wrinkle

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a hiccup/a bump

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a hiccup/a bump

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a slight wrinkle

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poke the bear

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play with fire

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play with fire

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poke the bear

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air one’s laundry

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reveal internal dissension

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reveal internal dissension

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air one’s laundry

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straight shooter

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a forthright person

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a forthright person

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a straight shooter

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keep somebody on the leash

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keep somebody in check

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keep somebody in check

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keep somebody on the leash

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back against the wall

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backed into a corner

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backed into a corner

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back against the wall

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trade places

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switch positions

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switch positions

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trade places

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a man apart

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no ordinary person

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no ordinary person

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a man apart

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emancipated from his family

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cut off from one’s family

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cut off from one’s family

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emancipated from one’s family

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bone of contention

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moot point

something that drives wedge between people

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something that drives wedge between people

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bone of contention

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bite him in the butt

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come back and hurt him

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come back and hurt him

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bite him in the butt

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slum

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ghetto

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ghetto

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slum

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break down walls

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break ice

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break ice

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break down walls

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witch-hunting

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scapegoating

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scapegoating

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witch-hunting

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work in the grey

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work in the flux

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work in the flux

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work in the grey

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let sb out of the gate

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let me off the leash

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let me off the leash

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let me out of the gate

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offer them the moon

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offer them the earth

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promise them the earth

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promise them the moon

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fly off the handle

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lose temper

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lose temper

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fly off the handle

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money is not object

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money is no problem

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money is no problem

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money is not object

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a good/bad call

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a good/bad decision

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a good/bad decision

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a good/bad call

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strong-arm

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coerce

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coerce/manipulate

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strong-arm

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take me up for the offer

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accept my offer

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accept my offer

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take me up on the offer

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extend courtesy

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extend an olive branch

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extend an olive branch

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extend courtesy