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Hard Up: Origin and Meaning
Face the Music: Origin and Meaning
Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder: Origin and Meaning
Wild Goose Chase: Origin and Meaning
Rub it In: Origin and Meaning
A Piece of Cake: Origin and Meaning
I’ll Be a Monkey’s Uncle: Origin and Meaning
A Nest Egg: Origin and Meaning
Pull out All the Stops: Origin and Meaning
Under the Weather: Origin and Meaning
Vanish into Thin Air: Origin and Meaning
Quit Your Bellyaching: Origin and Meaning
Keep an Eye Out: Origin and Meaning
Like Turkeys Voting for Christmas: Origin and Meaning
Hit the Sack / Hit the Hay: Origin and Meaning
Read Between the Lines: Origin and Meaning
Cut to the Chase: Origin and Meaning
Let your Hair Down: Origin and Meaning
No Spring Chicken: Origin and Meaning
Get Off on the Wrong Foot: Origin and Meaning
Frog in my Throat: Origin and Meaning
Do a Runner: Origin and Meaning
A Stone’s Throw: Origin and Meaning
Cool as a Cucumber: Origin and Meaning
Fight Fire with Fire: Origin and Meaning
Play it by Ear: Origin and Meaning
Step Out of Line: Origin and Meaning
Bite Off More Than You Can Chew: Origin and Meaning
Wash Your Dirty Laundry in Public: Origin and Meaning
Make Someone’s Blood Boil: Origin and Meaning
Jump the Gun: Origin and Meaning
Lay it on Thick: Origin and Meaning
Let the Cat Out of the Bag: Origin and Meaning
Get on Like a House on Fire: Origin and Meaning
Elbow Grease: Origin and Meaning
Lick Someone’s Boots: Meaning and Origin
Steal Someone’s Thunder: Origin and Meaning
Get Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed: Origin and Meaning
In the Same Boat: Origin and Meaning
Break Your Duck: Origin and Meaning
Draw a Blank: Origin and Meaning
Walking on Eggshells: Origin and Meaning
Eat My Hat: Meaning and Origin
Make a Pig’s Ear of Something: Origin and Meaning
Fish Out of Water: Origin and Meaning
Dead to the World: Origin and Meaning
Not my Cup of Tea: Origin and Meaning
Once in a Blue Moon: Origin and Meaning
Sleep On It: Origin and Meaning
Spill the Beans: Origin and Meaning

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Hard Up: Origin and Meaning

Face the Music: Origin and Meaning

Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder: Origin and Meaning

Wild Goose Chase: Origin and Meaning

Rub it In: Origin and Meaning

A Piece of Cake: Origin and Meaning

I’ll Be a Monkey’s Uncle: Origin and Meaning

A Nest Egg: Origin and Meaning

Pull out All the Stops: Origin and Meaning

Under the Weather: Origin and Meaning

Vanish into Thin Air: Origin and Meaning

Quit Your Bellyaching: Origin and Meaning

Keep an Eye Out: Origin and Meaning

Like Turkeys Voting for Christmas: Origin and Meaning

Hit the Sack / Hit the Hay: Origin and Meaning

Read Between the Lines: Origin and Meaning

Cut to the Chase: Origin and Meaning

Let your Hair Down: Origin and Meaning

No Spring Chicken: Origin and Meaning

Get Off on the Wrong Foot: Origin and Meaning

Frog in my Throat: Origin and Meaning

Do a Runner: Origin and Meaning

A Stone’s Throw: Origin and Meaning

Cool as a Cucumber: Origin and Meaning

Fight Fire with Fire: Origin and Meaning

Play it by Ear: Origin and Meaning

Step Out of Line: Origin and Meaning

Bite Off More Than You Can Chew: Origin and Meaning

Wash Your Dirty Laundry in Public: Origin and Meaning

Make Someone’s Blood Boil: Origin and Meaning

Jump the Gun: Origin and Meaning

Lay it on Thick: Origin and Meaning

Let the Cat Out of the Bag: Origin and Meaning

Get on Like a House on Fire: Origin and Meaning

Elbow Grease: Origin and Meaning

Lick Someone’s Boots: Meaning and Origin

Steal Someone’s Thunder: Origin and Meaning

Get Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed: Origin and Meaning

In the Same Boat: Origin and Meaning

Break Your Duck: Origin and Meaning

Draw a Blank: Origin and Meaning

Walking on Eggshells: Origin and Meaning

Eat My Hat: Meaning and Origin

Make a Pig’s Ear of Something: Origin and Meaning

Fish Out of Water: Origin and Meaning

Dead to the World: Origin and Meaning

Not my Cup of Tea: Origin and Meaning

Once in a Blue Moon: Origin and Meaning

Sleep On It: Origin and Meaning

Spill the Beans: Origin and Meaning

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