Idioms Flashcards

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Irritate or annoying someone

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Get on someone’s nerves

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2
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Consult and work together

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Put our heads together

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Nervous or anxious about something that it’s hard to be still and calm.

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Ants in one’s pants

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4
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To do something that causes you harm, sometimes serious harm

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Dig your own grave

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Someone is not likely to succeed, esp. because the person is not being given a fair chance

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The cards are stacked against someone

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6
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Unable to see well

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As blind as a bat

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To succeed in achieving two things in a single action

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Kill two birds with one stone

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Directly from the person who has personal knowledge of the matter

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Straight from the horse’s mouth

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