Idioms 1 Flashcards

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1
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To square accounts with someone

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To have revenge on him

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2
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To give oneself airs

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To imagine oneself superior than others

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3
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To have an axe to grind

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To have something to gain by an action

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4
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To bark up the wrong tree

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To be on the wrong scent

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5
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To have a bee in ones bonnet

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To be obsessed over a crazy idea

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6
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To hit below the belt

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To act unfairly towards a rival or an opponent

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7
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To kill two birds with one stone

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To do two things with the same action

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8
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To be a wet blanket

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To be a spoiltsport

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9
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To burn ones boats ( or bridges )

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To take a step from which there is no turning back

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10
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To keep body and soul together

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To stay alive

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11
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To have a bone to pick with someone

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To have a dispute or complaint to settle

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12
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To draw the long bow

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To exaggerate

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13
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To pick somebody’s brains out

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To steal his/her ideas

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14
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To take the bread out of a person’s mouth

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To take away his livelihood

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15
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To make a clean breast of it

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To confess to something wrong,

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16
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To take the bull by its horns

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To meet difficulties or dangers boldly

17
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To kill the fatted calf

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To prepare a great reception for a guest

18
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To beat about the bush

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To take a long time to say what one has to say

19
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To burn the candle at both ends

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To work too hard without sufficient rest

20
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To put ones cards on the table

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TO be quite frank about what one has to say