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a bad break
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a misfortune/ a serious bone fracture
a bad hair day
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a day on which everything seems to go wrong
a bigger bang for your buck
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better value for your money
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
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it is much safer to be content with things you have at the moment than take risks and try to reach more in the future
a blessing in disguise
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when something bad happens at first we do not see that there are also good points in the situation
a chip on one's shoulder
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to be disappointed with something that occurred in the past
ad lib
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to improvise/ to extemporize
a dime a dozen
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something ordinary and common
a doubting Thomas
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a person who doesn’t believe anything without evidence; a sceptic
a drop in the bucket
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small amount
a fool and his money are easily parted
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fools spend money easily
a man after my own heart
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a kindred spirit/ someone who thinks as I do
a sledgehammer to crack a nut
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the use of excessive resources to overcome a small problem
a skeleton in the closet (cupboard)
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a secret and possibly ruinous source of shame
a sight for sore eyes
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a welcome sight that you weren’t expecting
a stich in time (saves nine)
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a small effort made at the right time might save a calamity later on
against the grain
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when you do or say sth that is opposite to what other people do or say/ opposite to what you usually do or say
a house divided against itself cannot stand
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it means that if there is a conflict and confrontations between members of a group it will soon fall apart
a leopard can't change its spots
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it is very difficult for a person to change his/hers manners; character; way of thinking
all along
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all the time
all of a sudden
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suddenly
a hot potato
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any difficult situation, occasion or issue
a penny for your thoughts
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you say this phrase when you would like to hear someone’s opinion
a penny saved is a penny earned
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it means that it is more important and wiser to save money rather than to spend it
a picture paints a thousand words
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a picture or a photo can tell more about a person than words
a piece of cake
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used to describe something easy
a slap on the wrist
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a light punishment
a toss-up
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sometimes there is a situation when two or more things happen to be equal
above board
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thruthful; straight; candid
actions speak louder than worlds
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actions are more significant than words
Achilles' heel
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a fatal weakness in an otherwise strong person or thing
add insult to injury
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to further a loss/ to make a bad situation worse
add fuel to the fire
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when a situation becomes worse/ also to make someone already agry get angrier
against the clock
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in a hurry/ when you work against time
ain’t my first rodeo
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said by someone who has experience of a situation
all bark and no bite
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when someone talks more than actually does
all in the same boat
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when several people have the same problem
an arm and a leg
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a lot of money
apple of my eye
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a person who is a treasure for somebody
as high as a kite
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to feel excited about sth/ also to feel excited because of being drunk
at the drop of a hat
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immediately
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