Idioms 1 Flashcards

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1
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Hold your feet to the fire

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Insist that someone fulfills their promise

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2
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Grit your teeth

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Act bravely

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3
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Comb through

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Look into something carefully

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4
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Get your feet wet

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Take part in a new activity

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5
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Fight tooth and nail

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Fight very fiercely

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6
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Shoot from the hip

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Speak bluntly

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7
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Back the wrong horse

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Make an inapropriate decision

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8
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Ducks and drakes

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Carlessly misuse one’s health. He lost his job for playing ducks and drakes

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9
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Hang fire

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Delay making

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10
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Upset someone

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Tread on your toes

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11
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Make u feel embarrassed

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Male your toes curl

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12
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Be updated

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Keep your finger on the pulse

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13
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Surprise and upset

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Knock someone for six

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14
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Play hardball

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Be so determined to get what they want that they use unfair methods

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15
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Suddenly

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At one fell swoop

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16
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Frighten someone

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Make my hair stand an end

17
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Do soemthing as completely as possible

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Go the whole log

18
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Ready to become important

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Wait in the wings

19
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Make money in a dishonest way

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Live in his own pockets

20
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Be punnished

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Be brought to book

21
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Punish someone as severely as possible

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Throw the book at

22
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Done to a turn

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Perfectly cooked

23
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Triste

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Down in the mouth

24
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Off the mark

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Incorrect