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Question		Answer
stop wasting your time talking about the matter that cannot be settled the way you would like it start learning		flog a dead horse
someone tends to make plans that can never be fulfilled start learning		build castles in the air
something doesn’t sound true start learning		hold water
celebrate something start learning		paint the town red
achieved the required level of knowledge start learning		All the students made the grade and were complimented on by their teachers
feel scared start learning		get cold feet
experience hardship, especially financial start learning		feel the pinch
do something that is considered to be impossible start learning		Trying to convince the management to change their policy is like squaring the circle
to challenge someone's statement or threat because it is not believed start learning		call somebody’s bluff
The amount you’ve been arguing about is not worth the squabble start learning		Stop splitting hairs
do something innovative start learning		break new ground in biotechnology
conform to another's actions start learning		follow suit
make a great effort to think of or remember something start learning		Jenny racked her brains but could not remember which magazine she had seen the advertisement in
be in such a desperate situation as to resort to even the most unlikely means of salvation start learning		clutch at straws
make an extraordinarily strenuous effort to do something start learning		i sweated blood over it
to try to settle a disagreement or dispute with words intended to placate or pacify those involved start learning		manage to put oil on the troubled waters
have a private reason for doing or being involved in something start learning		have an axe to grind
to try and make an idea or piece of work seem bad by finding all the things that are wrong or missing start learning		pick holes in somebody’s reasoning
make an indiscreet or embarrassing remark (informal british) start learning		I realized I had dropped a brick by asking Mrs Hobson about her son’s name
closed the business start learning		put up the shutters
failed to obtain what one has been striving for start learning		draw a blank
gain riches in a dishonest way start learning		feather one’s nest
give up participation in an unprofitable activity start learning		cut one’s losses
be fired from work start learning		get the chop
start doing something before the set time start learning		jump the gun
start behaving better start learning		turn over a new leaf
to seem angry all the time because you think you have been treated unfairly or feel you are not as good as other people start learning		chip on the shoulder
prevent someone from carrying out a plan (British) start learning		put a spoke in their wheel
rise in status or wealth start learning		come up in the world
idk lmao start learning		cast a wide net

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