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Hard nut to crack

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Difficult to deal with.
The general problem of absenteeism is a hard nut to crack

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Many moons ago

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A long time ago
Many moons ago, this company was just an small operation working out of a warehause

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Tip of the iceberg

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Small part of a larger situation
As with many markets , the possibilities we can see are only the tip of the iceberg

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Out of the woods

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Out difficulties, danger or trouble

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Once in a blue moon

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Extremely rare in occurrence
We only lose out to that competitor once in a blue moon, but this time it happened

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Put something in ice

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Pospone something
Plans for the meeting in paris hace been put on ice as nobody can make it on those dates.

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Par of the course.

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If something is par of the curse , it’s what you’d expect it to be.

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Fresh as a daisy

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If you feel fresh as a daisy, you feel energic and lively.

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