What does it mean- Idioms?

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I've been taken for a ride
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A deceived or tricked person
I've just had forty winks
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A person who has had a short sleep
I must tighten my belt
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A person who needs to save money
I've let the cat out of the bag
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A person who has revealed a secret, probably accidentaly
I've put my foot in it
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A person who has made an embarrassing mistake
I've turned over a new leaf
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A person who has reformed, has become a better person
I'm in two minds about it
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A person who is undecided about something
They fell off the back of a lorry
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A person who has stolen things (by them)
I've been cooking the books
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A person who has altered the accounts of a company in order to deceive it
I've got butterflies in my stomach
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A person who is nervous
I'm on my last legs
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A person who is close to death
I'm over the moon
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A person who is extremely happy and excited
There are no flies on me
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A person who would be difficult to deceive
I'm a bit thin on top
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A person who is becoming/is bald
I smell a rat
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A suspicious person about sth
I've lost my tongue
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A person who is speechless
I'm at the end of my tether
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A person who has no patience or strength left
I'm at the loose end
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A person who doesn't have antyhing to do
My hair stood on end
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A person who was terrified
You could have knocked me down with a feather
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A person who was very surprised
My lips are sealed
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A person who has promised to keep a secret
I'm in a rut
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A person who has a boring life, difficult to change
I lost my head
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A person who panicked
I blew my top
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A person who lost their temper
I've got the gift of the gab
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A person who is good at talking
I've got green fingers
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A person who is good at gardening
I was tickled pink
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A person who was very amused at something
I had a lump in my throat
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a person who was very sad and was about to start crying
He led me up the garden path
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A person who was misled or deceived
I got hot under the collar
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A person who has become angry and excited
It slipped my mind
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a person who forgot to do something
I was given the sack
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A person who lost their job
stag party
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wieczór kawalerski
go Dutch
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split the bill
kick the bucket
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die
behind the bars
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being in prison
down in the mouth / down in the dumps
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to be sad
birthday suit
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to be naked
go on like a house on fire
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get along very quickly
blacklegs
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a person who works while other workers are on strike
golden handshake
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a payment made to employee when they leave the job (e.g. retirement)
crow's feet
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wrinkeles in the eye area
give sb the cold shoulder
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to intentionally ignore someone or treat someone undriendly
gate-crasher
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a person who goes to a party uninvited
full of beans
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to have a lot of energy and enthusiasm
in the Land of Nod
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to be sleeping
busman's holiday
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working on vacations
name the day
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arrange a date for a wedding
early bird
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getting up early
playing goosberry
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przyzwoitka
the local rag
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a local newspaper

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