idiom
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A shot in the dark
An attempt to guess or achieve something without having enough information or a clear understanding of the situation.
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Costs the earth
This phrase describes something that is extremely expensive or requires an enormous amount of money.
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Cut the mustard
To be good enough, to meet expectations, or to perform satisfactorily.
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Give someone the cold shoulder
To intentionally ignore or be unfriendly towards someone, often as a sign of displeasure or rejection.
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Pull yourself up by your bootstraps
To improve one's situation or achieve success entirely through one's own efforts, without relying on external assistance.
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Ring a bell
To sound familiar or to trigger a vague memory, even if the specific details are unclear.
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Shoot yourself in the foot
To inadvertently take an action that harms one's own interests, plans, or reputation.
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Storm in a teacup
A lot of unnecessary anger or worry about a trivial or unimportant matter.
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Cool your jets
To calm down, relax, or reduce one's excitement or anger, especially when someone is being overly eager or agitated.
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Easy on the eyes
Visually pleasant or attractive to behold.
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Dealt a good hand
To be given a fortunate set of circumstances or advantages in life.
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Made a pig's ear of it
To perform a task or create something very poorly, making a significant mess or mistake.
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The show's over
This phrase means that a particular situation, event, or period has come to an irreversible and definitive end, often implying that further action is futile.
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To fold your hand
To withdraw from an activity, challenge, or competition, especially when faced with unfavorable circumstances or a perceived losing position.
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A walk in the park
An activity or situation that is exceptionally easy and presents no difficulty or challenge.
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If the cap fits
If a criticism, description, or accusation seems to apply to you, you should acknowledge its truth.
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Dust yourself off
To recover from a setback, failure, or disappointment and resume efforts or activity with renewed resolve.
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coming down in sheets
It refers to extremely heavy rainfall, where the water appears to fall in solid, continuous curtains.
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no stranger to
To be no stranger to something means to be very familiar with it or to have experienced it frequently.
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not rocket science
Something is easy to understand or accomplish, requiring no special intelligence or complex skills.
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Around the bend
Becoming irrational, crazy, or losing one's sanity.
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To be thin-skinned
To be easily offended or sensitive to criticism.
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Tit for tat
An action taken in return for a similar action, especially a retaliation for an insult or injury.
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A monkey wrench in the machinery
Something that causes an unexpected problem or disruption, preventing a plan or process from running smoothly.
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a dead duck
Someone or something that is doomed to fail, be eliminated, or suffer an inevitable negative consequence.
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A headache
The phrase refers either to a physical pain in the head or, more commonly in an idiomatic sense, to an annoying problem or person that causes a lot of trouble and worry.
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A real handful
Someone or something that is very difficult to control, manage, or deal with.
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A pain in the ass
Someone or something that is extremely annoying, troublesome, or difficult to deal with.
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A disaster waiting to happen
This phrase describes a situation or thing that is highly likely to fail, collapse, or cause significant problems in the future due to inherent flaws or negligence.
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Beating a dead horse
To waste effort on something that is already over, decided, or exhaustively discussed, yielding no further results.
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Talk a big game
To boast or make grand promises about one's abilities or intentions without necessarily having the skill or will to back them up.
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Just another day at the office
This phrase is used to describe something unusual, difficult, or dangerous as if it were a normal, routine occurrence, often with a sense of ironic understatement.
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As mad as a hornet
To be extremely angry, agitated, or furious, much like a hornet when disturbed.
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Have a swelled head
To be excessively proud, conceited, or arrogant due, usually, to success or praise.
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Not the sharpest tool in the shed
This idiom describes someone who is unintelligent, slow-witted, or lacking in common sense.
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Start afresh
To begin something again from a new perspective, free from past mistakes or burdens, with renewed hope.