IDIOMS Flashcards

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chalk and chese

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here and there

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a hot potato

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at the drop of a hat

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back to the drawing board

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beat around the bush

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best thing since sliced bread

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burn the midnight oil

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9
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caught between two stools

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hit the books

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scratch one’s back

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12
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hit the nail on the head

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13
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take so/sth for granted

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put so/sth at one’s disposal

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splitting headache

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16
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be on the house

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17
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hit the roof = go through the roof = hit the ceiling

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18
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make someone blood boil

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19
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bring down the house

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20
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pay through the nose for sth

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21
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by the skin of one’s teeth

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22
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pull one’s leg

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23
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it strike somebody as a strange that…

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24
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take it amiss

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25
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ups and downs # high and low

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26
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spick and span

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27
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evey now and then

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28
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part and parcel

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29
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once in a bluee moon

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30
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few and far between

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31
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on the spot

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on the brink of = on the verge of = in the edge of

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it never rains but it pours

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33
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be on the wagon

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