EE-PROVERBS-OLD

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to start behaving in a different, usually preferable way
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Mend Your Ways-
to be the perfect size and shape for someone
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Fit Like A Glove-
to do the same thing as someone else
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Follow In Someone's Footsteps
to get a sense of enjoyment, amusement, or excitement from someone or something
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Get A Kick Out Of
to spend as little money as possible, to be very frugal or tight, especially with the aim of saving up for something bigger
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Pinch And Scrape
unable to function or move, inoperable
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Be Dead In The Water, The project is out of funds and dead in the water for
to push one to do something that one is not inclined to do otherwise
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Force One's Hand
used in reference to something that is constantly changing, especially unpredictably
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Shifting Sands
to do something that prevents a plan or activity from succeeding
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Throw A Spanner In The Works
to be very busy doing a lot of things, but not being effective
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run round like a headless chicken
highly unexpected or coincidental event
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twist of fate that I happened to get this job
no informed about things that might be useful to know
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in the dark
attract a great deal of attention
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turn heads
be involved in a conflict that one is not a part of
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cought in the crossfire
to begin to understand how to do sth well
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get a feel for sth
a brief period of celebrity or notoriety
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fifteen minutes of fame
difficult to believe
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hard to swallow
to be beyond one's prime
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have seen one's day
very calm
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cool as a cucumber

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