Dichos Flashcards

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Dime a dozen

A

cars like that are a dime a dozen

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You are jumping the gun here

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Start doing something too soon, act too hastily. The local weather bureau jumped the gun on predicting a storm; it didn’t happen for another two days. This expression alludes to starting a race before the starter’s gun has gone off, and supplants the earlier beat the pistol, which dates from

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The sting in the tail

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an unexpected, typically unpleasant or problematic end to something.
“the Budget comes with a sting in the tail—future tax increases”

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