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Question		Answer
two can play that game start learning		When you want to hurt someone in the same way they harmed you
Bark up the wrong tree start learning		To make the wrong choice
Be all ears start learning		To listen attentively
Be game/ I'm game start learning		I'm up for it/to aim for something
Be the spitting image of sb start learning		Take after sb/Look like sb
Bear in mind start learning		to remember to consider something when you're doing something else
Beat around the bush start learning		Stop answering a question
Beg to differ with someone start learning		Politely disagree
Better safe than sorry start learning		it's wiser to be cautious to avoid regretting having done something afterwards
Break the news start learning		to give bad news
Can't help but do something start learning		use this to talk about something you can't control
Call it a day/night start learning		it's enough
Come in handy start learning		Be useful
Cut corners start learning		To do something as easily or cheaply as possible
Do the trick start learning		to fix something
Draw a blank start learning		When you can't think of something
Draw blood start learning		to take blood from your body
familiarity breeds contempt start learning		when being with someone isn't good for you
Take a rain check start learning		To do something another time
If you can't beat them, join them start learning		Be friends with your enemies
If you can't stand the heat, keep out of the kitchen start learning		if you can't deal with the pressures and difficulties of a situation, you should leave others to deal with it rather than complaining
Get the ball rolling start learning		to get something started
up-to-the-minute start learning		incorporating the newest/latest information
Bite off more than you can chew start learning		to try to do something that is too difficult for you
Broke start learning		No money
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush start learning		when you recognise that you shouldn't risk losing something you already have by trying to get something you think might be better
A drop in the bucket start learning		something that isn't very important especially when compared to something else
a piece of cake start learning		something that is very easy
a slap on the wrist start learning		a gentle warning or punishment
add fuel to the fire start learning		to make a bad situation worse
All bark and no bites start learning		when you treathen someone but do nothing in the end
In the same boat start learning		be in the same difficult circumstances as others
bite my tongue start learning		make a desperate effort to avoid saying something
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth start learning		be thankful for what you get
in over your head start learning		beyond the point of being able to control or cope a difficult situation any longer
It's anyone's call start learning		you don't know what the outcome will be
let bygones be bygones start learning		let the past go
On the fence start learning		you can't make up your mind
two heads are better than one start learning		two people can do better than one/to do something together
what goes around comes around start learning		if someone treats other people badly he/she will eventually be treated badly by someone else
you can't have your cake and eat it too start learning		you can't enjoy both of two desiderable but mutually exclusive alternatives
you can't take it with you start learning		you need to think about what's really important, money means nothing/live now
you don't know what you've got till it's gone start learning		appreciate what you have now, you might lose it
there's no place like home start learning		home is the best place to be
cold turkey start learning		to suddenly stop doing something
24/7 start learning		open all the time
a taste of one's own medicine start learning		when someone does something bad to you and you pay back in the same way
cat got your tongue? start learning		you can't speak because you're guilty
draw the line start learning		set the upper limit "say no more"
finding a needle in a haystack start learning		something hard to find
once in a blue moon start learning		very rarely
up a creek without a paddle start learning		to be in a difficult situation
get your feet wet start learning		try to do something, start slowly
stick your nose into something start learning		you don't mind your own business
blessing in disguise start learning		something bad happens but it turns out to be good

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