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Question 1

A mare’s nest

Answer 1

A difficult situation

Question 2

A lively wire

Answer 2

Lively and active

Question 3

All and sundry

Answer 3

All included/Evereybody wo distinction

Question 4

All thumbs

Answer 4

Clumsy/Physically awkward

Question 5

Alphabet soup

Answer 5

abundance of acronyms

Question 6

At sixes and sevens

Answer 6

In disorder/confusion

Question 7

Be in the red

Answer 7

To be in a loss/debt

Question 8

Break cover

Answer 8

Suddenly leave a place of shelter especially vegetation when being hunted/pursued

Question 9

A bull in a China shop

Answer 9

An extremely awkward, clumsy person

Question 10

Flat-footed

Answer 10

To catch some Red handed

Question 11

Split hair

Answer 11

To indulge in over-refined arguments

Question 12

Queer fish

Answer 12

Strange person

Question 13

Rest on one’s laurels

Answer 13

Complacent, self-satisfied

Question 14

Bag of bones

Answer 14

Very thin person

Question 15

Grey market

Answer 15

Unofficial market

Question 16

Talk shop

Answer 16

Official talk, to talk about your work with people you work with

Question 17

Snake in the glass

Answer 17

Secret enemy

Question 18

Wear off

Answer 18

Not clear

Question 19

Spartan life

Answer 19

Life of ascetic

Question 20

In black and white

Answer 20

In writing

Question 21

Grease the palm

Answer 21

Bribe

Question 22

Turn up one’s nose

Answer 22

To take lightly with contempt

Question 23

Close fisted person

Answer 23

Miser

Question 24

Chicken hearted

Answer 24

Timid/Cowardly

Question 25

White elephant

Answer 25

Costly and troublesome, possession useless to its owner

Question 26

To be all at sea

Answer 26

Lost/confused

Question 27

Achilles’ heel

Answer 27

Weakness/vulnerable point