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Bite the bullet

To face a difficult or unpleasant situation with courage.

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Break a leg

Good luck! (Used especially before a performance)

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Cost an arm and a leg

To be very expensive.

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Get something off your chest

To tell someone about something that has been worrying you or making you feel guilty for a long time.

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The ball is in your court

It's your turn to make a decision or take action.

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Once in a blue moon

Very rarely.

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Speak of the devil

Said when the person you were just talking about shows up.

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Under the weather

Feeling slightly ill or unwell.

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When pigs fly

Something that will never happen.

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Be in hot water

To find yourself in a difficult situation that is hard to escape.

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Beat around the bush

To avoid talking about what is important.

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Bite off more than you can chew

To ignore or treat something as unimportant.

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Call it a day

To give up.

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Keep your chin up

To stay calm in a difficult or stressful situation.

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Learn something by heart

To learn something new.

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Add insult to injury

To make a bad situation worse.

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Back to the drawing board

To have to start a plan or idea again from the beginning after it has failed.

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Barking up the wrong tree

To direct your efforts toward the wrong person or thing.

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Bite your tongue

To stop yourself from saying something that you want to say, even though you are very annoyed or angry.

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Break the ice

To do or say something to make people feel more relaxed in a social situation.

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Burn the midnight oil

To work late into the night.

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Go the extra mile

To do more than what is expected of you.

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Have a chip on your shoulder

To have an angry or bad attitude because of something bad that happened to you in the past.

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In a nutshell

In short; to summarize.

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Jump on the bandwagon

To join an activity or movement that has become popular.

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Let the cat out of the bag

To reveal a secret.

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Pull someone's leg

To tell someone something that is not true as a joke.

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Put all your eggs in one basket

To put all your resources or efforts into one plan or option, thereby risking everything.

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To agree

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Put/ set the cat among the pigeons

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