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701-800 Flashcards

1
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Go down like a lead balloon

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To be recieved badly by an audience

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2
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Go dutch

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Divide the costs

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3
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Go easy on something

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Use only a small amount of

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Go for a song

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To be sold cheaply

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5
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Go for the jugular

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Attack in the most aggressive way

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6
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Go getter

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someone who is very energetic, determined to be successful

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7
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Go haywire

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Became out of control

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8
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Go off

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Stop working

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9
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Go over

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Review

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10
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Go the extra mile

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to make an extra effort

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11
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Go through a rough patch

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To experience problems

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12
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Go through fire and water

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To experience many dangers in order to achieve something

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13
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Go through the roof

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Rise very high

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14
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Go to rack and ruin

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Destroyed

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15
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Go to the dogs

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To be ruined

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16
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Go to the wall

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To fail

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17
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Go with the flow

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Do what others are doing

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18
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Go/start with a bang

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To start in a very exciting and noticeable way

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19
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God’s acre

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A cemetry beside a church
कब्रिस्तान

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20
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God’s ape

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A born fool

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21
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Goes about

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Goes around

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22
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Going over one’s head

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Beyond one’s capacity to understand

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23
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Got down to business

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Began to work seriously

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24
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Got on well

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Had a friendly relation

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25
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Got the green light

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Got permission to go ahead with something

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26
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Grasp at straws

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Desperate attempt to success
सफलता के लिए हाथ पैर मारना

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27
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Grease the palm

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To bribe someone

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28
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Great minds think alike

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Said when two people have the same opinion or make the same choice

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29
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Green thumb

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To have a natural interest in gardening

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30
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Green eyed

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To be jealous

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31
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Grin/beam from ear to ear

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To smile a lot because of happiness

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32
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Grist to the mill

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Useful to somebody

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33
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Hadn’t a leg to stand on

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Did not have much hope of getting it

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34
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Halcyon days

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Peaceful/happy days

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35
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Hale and hearty

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Strong and healthy

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36
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Half a loaf is better than no bread

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It’s better to get less than what you want than getting nothing

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37
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Hand in glove / hand and glove

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In close association
घनिष्ठ सम्बन्ध

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38
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Hand in hand

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Together

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39
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Hand over fist

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Quickly and continuously

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40
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Handle with kid gloves

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To treat someone with extreme care

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41
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Hands down

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Easily and without doubt

42
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Hang in the balance

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Remains undecided

43
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Hang in there

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Don’t give up

44
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Hang on every word

A

Listen very carefully

45
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Hang one’s head

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To be ashamed

46
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Hang up one’s boots

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To take retirement from a sport

47
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Hanging by a thread/hair

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Be in a dangerous situation

48
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Hard and fast

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Fixed (cannot be altered)

49
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Hard cash

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Notes and coins as opposed to cheques and ATM cards

50
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Hard of hearing

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To be deaf/ partially deaf

51
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Hard to swallow

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Difficult to believe

52
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Has a face like thunder

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Very angry

53
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Haste makes waste

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Doing things in a hurry does not give fruitful resuts

54
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Haul over the coals

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To scold someone severely for an error

55
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Have a bash

A

To make an attempt

56
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Have a bee in her bonnet

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To be obsessed with something and can’t stop thinking about it

57
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Have a bone to pick with somebody

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Disagree or be annoyed with someone

58
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Have a chip on one’s shoulder

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To be upset for something that happened in the past

59
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Have a finger in every pie

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To be involved in large and varied number of activites

60
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Have a foot in the grave

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Be close to death

61
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Have a good run

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to get a lot of success or pleasure from something that was never going to last forever

62
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Have a long face

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Look unhappy or disappointed

63
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Have a narrow escape

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Just manage to avoid danger or trouble

64
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Have a whale of a time

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Have an exceptionally fun or exciting experience

65
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Have an axe to grind

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To have a private reason for doing or being involved in something

66
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Have an ox on the tongue

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Bribed to remain silent

67
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Have ants in one’s pants

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to not be able to keep still because you are very excited or worried about something

68
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Have bigger/other fish to fry

A

Some more important work to attend

69
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Have green fingers

A

To be good at gardening

70
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Have one’s hands full

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To be very busy

71
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Have one’s heart in one’s mouth

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To be extremely frightened and nervous

72
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Have the ball at your feet

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To be in the best position to do something

73
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Have the last laugh

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To be victorious at the end of the argument

74
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Have them rolling in the aisles

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Make an audience laugh uncontrollably

75
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Have your back to/against the wall

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Be in a difficult situation from where escape is difficult

76
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Have your heart set on something

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To want something very much

77
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Having a soft spot

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To like someone a lot

78
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He who laughs last laugh lodest

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He who focused on winning in the long term is successful

79
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Head in the clouds

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To daydream

80
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Head over heels

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Madly in love

81
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Heads with roll

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Dismissed or forced to resign

82
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Hear someone out

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Let someone complete what they are saying

83
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Hear something through the grapevine

A

to learn information about someone through gossip or rumors

84
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Heart and soul

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With all the efforts you can put

85
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Heart in the right place

A

someone has good intentions and cares about others
अच्छी नीयत होना

86
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Heart to heart talk

A

a serious conversation between two people, in which they talk honestly about their feelings

87
Q

Hearts go out to

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To feel sympathy for someone when they are distressed

88
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Held up

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Delayed

89
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Helter skelter

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In disorderly haste

90
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Herculean task

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Very difficult task

91
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High and dry

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Neglected

92
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High and low

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Everywhere

93
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High and mighty

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Arrogant

94
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High handed

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Using power or authority in an arrogant or excessive way

95
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High on the hog

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To live in luxurious or costly way

96
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High time

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Past the appropriate time

97
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Himalayan blunder

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Grave error

98
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His blood ran cold

A

He was frightened

99
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Hit a bad patch

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Experienced difficulty

100
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Hit a brick wall

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Not able to make any progress

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