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1
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Adams Ale

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Pure water

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After ones own heart

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Similar to you

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As fit as fiddle

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Strong and healthy

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Assume airs

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Pretend superiority

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5
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At large

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Absconding

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At sea

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Confused

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At sea

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Confused

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8
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At ones beck and call

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At service

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9
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Bad egg

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Worthless person

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Bad egg

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Worthless person

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11
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Bated breath

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Holding breath with anxiety

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12
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Bear the palm

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To be victorious

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13
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Bear the palm

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To be victorious

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14
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Beat the air

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To make useless efforts

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15
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Bee in ones bonnet

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Talking about unimportant

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16
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Beside oneself

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Nervous worried

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17
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Between scylla and charydis

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Between two dangers

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18
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Blue stocking

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Educated lady

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19
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Bring down the house

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Great applause

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20
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Bring down the house

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Great applause

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21
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Bring to book

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Punish

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22
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Bring to book

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Punish

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23
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Burn ones boat

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Point of no return

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24
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By the rule of thumb

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Practical experience

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25
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Cheek by jowl

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Close together

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26
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Clinch the issue

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Clear controversy

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27
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Cloven hoof

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Disgrace evil intention

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28
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Cloven hoof

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Disgrace evil intention

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29
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Cock a snook

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To show impudent contempt

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30
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Cock a snook

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To show impudent contempt

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31
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Come to pass

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A difficult situation

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32
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Come to pass

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A difficult situation

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33
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Cool ones heels

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To be kept waiting

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34
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Curry favour

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Win flavour by flattery

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35
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Dance attendance upon

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Servile attitude

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36
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Die hard

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Resistant to change

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37
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Double edge sword

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Harm both

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38
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Down in the mouth

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Sadness and despondency

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39
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Down in the mouth

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Sadness and despondency

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40
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Draconian law

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Severe law

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41
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Draw long bow

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Exaggerate

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42
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Ducks and drakes

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Waste money

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43
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Ducks and drakes

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Waste money

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44
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Dutch courage

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Bravery under alcohol

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45
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Dutch courage

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Bravery under alcohol

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46
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Egg on

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Urge to do wrong

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47
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Face the music

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Opposition

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48
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Face the music

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Opposition

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49
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Fish in trouble waters

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Advantage of others

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50
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Fish in trouble waters

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Advantage of others

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51
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Fit to hold a candle to

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Match for equal in quality

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52
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Flash in the pan

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Quickly successful not repeated

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53
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Flash in the pan

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Quickly successful not repeated

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54
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Flesh and blood

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Human nature or physical existence

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55
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Fly in the face off

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To defy or to brave

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56
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Fly in the face off

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To defy or to brave

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57
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Fly into passion

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Enraged

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58
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Fly into passion

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Enraged

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59
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Fools errands

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Fruitless mission

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60
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Fools errands

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Fruitless mission

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61
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French leave

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Leave without info

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62
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French leave

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Leave without info

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63
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Get down to brass tacks

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Basic facts or realities

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64
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Get down to brass tacks

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Basic facts or realities

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65
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Get into scrape

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Find in difficult situation

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66
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Get into scrape

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Find in difficult situation

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67
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Get the better off

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Overcome

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68
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Gird up the loin

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Well prepare for difficult task

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69
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Give cold shoulder

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No attention

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70
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Give the devil his due

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Credit

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71
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Give the devil his due

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Credit

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72
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Give up the ghost

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To die

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73
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Wool gathering

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Daydreaming

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74
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Whole hog

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Complete

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75
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Whole hog

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Complete

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76
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Green horn

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Inexperience

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77
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Hang in balance

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Two possible resutl

78
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Hang in balance

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Two possible resutl

79
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Himalayan blunder

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Serious mistake

80
Q

Hold ones jaw

A

Stop talking

81
Q

Hold water

A

Stand up for critical examination

82
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Hold water

A

Stand up for critical examination

83
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Hot water

A

Trouble

84
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In a fix

A

Difficult mental state

85
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In a fix

A

Difficult mental state

86
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In tight corner

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Difficult situation

87
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In tight corner

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Difficult situation

88
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In doldrum

A

Depressed

89
Q

Down in the dumps

A

Unhappy

90
Q

In the family way

A

Pregnant

91
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In the lurch

A

Difficult position

92
Q

In the red

A

In debt

93
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In the red

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In debt

94
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In the teeth of

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Facing danger or threats

95
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In the teeth of

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Facing danger or threats

96
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Keep abreast off

A

Not to fall behind

97
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Keep the pot boiling

A

Keep going on actively

98
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Keep the pot boiling

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Keep going on actively

99
Q

Kick ones heels

A

Wait impatiently to be summoned

100
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Kick ones heels

A

Wait impatiently to be summoned

101
Q

Kick the bucket

A

To die

102
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Kick the bucket

A

To die

103
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Kill the fat calf for

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Lavish reception

104
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Kill the fat calf for

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Lavish reception

105
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Kiss the dust

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To be humiliated

106
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Get the better off

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To overcome

107
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Gird up the loin

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Well prepared for difficult task

108
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Give cold shoulder

A

Pay no attention

109
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Knock against

A

Hit against

110
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Leave one In the lurch

A

Leave one in difficulties

111
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Leave one In the lurch

A

Leave one in difficulties

112
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Let bygones be bygones

A

Forget old things

113
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Let bygones be bygones

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Forget old things

114
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Lick the dust

A

To get defeated

115
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Live in ivory tower

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Remain away from realities

116
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Live in ivory tower

A

Remain away from realities

117
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Look down upon

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Hatred

118
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Look down upon

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Hatred

119
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Lose the day

A

To be defeated

120
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Lose the day

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To be defeated

121
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Make after

A

To chase

122
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Make after

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To chase

123
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Make amends

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To compensate

124
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Make amends

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To compensate

125
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Make head or tail of

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To understand

126
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Make head or tail of

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To understand

127
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Make up the leeway

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Struggle out of a bad position

128
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Make a clean breast

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To confess illegal

129
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Make a clean breast

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To confess illegal

130
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Man in street

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Common man

131
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Man in street

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Common man

132
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Meet half way

A

To be prepared for compromise

133
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Meet half way

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To be prepared for compromise

134
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Narrow circumstances

A

Poverty

135
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Narrow circumstances

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Poverty

136
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Nook and corner

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At every place

137
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Order of the day

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Common things of time

138
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Order of the day

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Common things of time

139
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Out of the woods

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Out of difficulty

140
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Out of the woods

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Out of difficulty

141
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Pick holes in

A

Find fault with

142
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Pick holes in

A

Find fault with

143
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Play fast and loose

A

To be unreliable

144
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Past master

A

Expert

145
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Pour oil on troubled waters

A

Pacify anger of others

146
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Pull the string

A

Exercise secret influen

147
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Pull the string

A

Exercise secret influen

148
Q

Pull to pieces

A

To criticize severely

149
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Put the saddle on the right horse

A

To blame the really guilty person

150
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Put the saddle on the right horse

A

To blame the really guilty person

151
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Put up with

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Tolerate

152
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Put up with

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Tolerate

153
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Rank and file

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Lower middle class

154
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Rank and file

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Lower middle class

155
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Red rag to a bull

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Produce violent reaction

156
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Red rag to a bull

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Produce violent reaction

157
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Red rag to a bull

A

Produce violent reaction

158
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Rub shoulder with

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Meet and spend time with

159
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Run down

A

Criticize

160
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See the light

A

To be born

161
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See the light

A

To be born

162
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Show a clean pair of heels

A

Run away

163
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Show a clean pair of heels

A

Run away

164
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Sow wild oats

A

Indulgence in youthful

165
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Storm in a tea cup

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Much hue and cry on little

166
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Strain every nerve

A

To make every effort

167
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Strain every nerve

A

To make every effort

168
Q

Sword of democles

A

Imminent danger

169
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Take a leaf out of other man book

A

To imitate

170
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Take an exception too

A

To be offended

171
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Take into ones head

A

Suddenly decide

172
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Take into ones head

A

Suddenly decide

173
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Take the bull by horns

A

Face danger with courage

174
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Take the bull by horns

A

Face danger with courage

175
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Take to ones heel

A

Run away

176
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The Fourth Estate

A

Press

177
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The Fourth Estate

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Press

178
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Sheet anchor

A

Person relied on emergency

179
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Tool in the hands of

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Authority of another

180
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Tool in the hands of

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Authority of another

181
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Turn ones coat

A

Change ones party

182
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Turn ones coat

A

Change ones party

183
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Under a cloud

A

Suspicion

184
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Under a cloud

A

Suspicion

185
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Under the rose

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Secretly

186
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Under the rose

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Secretly

187
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Vexed question

A

Much debated and discuss

188
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Vexed question

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Much debated and discuss

189
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Wash dirty linen in public

A

Expose private affairs

190
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Wash ones hands

A

To be free from

191
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Wild goose chase

A

Useless

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