Idiomy - good, bad, big

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be out of favour with som
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be in som's bad book
a period of difficulty or unhappiness, problems
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a bad patch
stop doing sth because it seems very unlikely to succeed
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give sth up as a bad job
dishonest, bad personal qualities
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a bad lot
do the best one can in a difficult or unfortunate position
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to make the best of a bad job
the most important person in a group
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the big cheese
sth/som very popular with others
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a big hit
on a large scale
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in a big way
boastful, empty talk
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big talk/words
be very successful
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make it big
generous or kind of som. (often ironically)
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big of someone
do more or do sth better than it has been done before
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go one better
be useful in the future
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stand som's in good stead
to decide that something is not a good idea
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think better of sth
got even worse than it was before
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go from bad to worse
in a poor condition
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in a bad way
not as good as the think som's really want
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second best
have the advantages of two different things at the same time
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get the best of both worlds
make an effort to behave as well as possible
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be on your best behavior
a quite long way
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a good way
be an additional advantage
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be (all) to the good
be in favour with someone
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be in someone's good books
do someone a favour in order to help him
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do someone a good turn
act towards someone in the same way he acted towards you, retaliate
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give as good as one get
criticize someone vigorously
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give someone a good talkin-to
early, with plenty of time to spare
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in good time

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