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All ears

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Listening intently; fully focused or awaiting an explanation

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Barking up the wrong tree

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Looking in the wrong place

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Bite off more than one can chew

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To take on more responsibility than one can manage

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4
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Break a leg

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A saying from the theatre that means “good luck”

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5
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Chew the fat

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To chat idly or generally waste time talking

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Clam up

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To become silent; to stop talking

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7
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Couch potato

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A lazy person

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8
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Cut the cheese

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To pass gas, fart, break wind

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9
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Fit as a fiddle

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In good physical health

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10
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Have a blast

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To have a good time or to enjoy oneself

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Hit the road

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To leave

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12
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Hit the sack

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To go to bed to sleep

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13
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Let the cat out of the bag

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To reveal a secret

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Off the hook

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To escape a situation of responsibility, obligation, or (less fre quently) danger

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Piece of cake

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A job, task or other activity that is pleasant or, by extension, easy or simple

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16
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Pull somebody’s leg

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To tease or to joke by telling a lie

17
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Put the cat among the pigeons

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To create a disturbance and cause trouble

18
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Spill the beans

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Reveal someone’s secret

19
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Under the weather

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Feel sick or poorly

20
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You can say that again

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That is very true; expression of wholehearted agreement

21
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Don’t have a cow

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Don’t overreact