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• go the extra mileB2 · #7301
• keep an open mindB2 · #7302
• the last strawB2 · #7303
• out of the blueB2 · #7304
• once in a blue moonB2 · #7305
• a storm in a teacupB2 · #7306
• a different kettle of fishB2 · #7307
• in hot waterB2 · #7308
• on thin iceB2 · #7309
• on the same wavelengthB2 · #7310
• learn the ropesB2 · #7311
• show someone the ropesB2 · #7312
• hit the ground runningB2 · #7313
• get cold feetB2 · #7314
• give someone the cold shoulderB2 · #7315
• rub someone up the wrong wayB2 · #7316
• get something off your chestB2 · #7317
• wear your heart on your sleeveB2 · #7318
• a shoulder to cry onB2 · #7319
• a pain in the neckB2 · #7320
• be on cloud nineB2 · #7321
• down in the dumpsB2 · #7322
• a bundle of nervesB2 · #7323
• break a legB2 · #7324
• better late than neverB2 · #7325
• practice makes perfectB2 · #7326
• easier said than doneB2 · #7327
• don't judge a book by its coverB2 · #7328
• better safe than sorryB2 · #7329
• two heads are better than oneB2 · #7330
• birds of a feather flock togetherB2 · #7331
• actions speak louder than wordsB2 · #7332
• when in Rome, do as the Romans doB2 · #7333
• every cloud has a silver liningB2 · #7334
• the grass is always greener on the other sideB2 · #7335
• don't put all your eggs in one basketB2 · #7336
• hit the booksB2 · #7337
• hit the sackB2 · #7338
• let your hair downB2 · #7339
• hit the roadB2 · #7340
• paint the town redB2 · #7341
• a big fish in a small pondB2 · #7342
• a fish out of waterB2 · #7343
• under your beltB2 · #7344
• in a nutshellB2 · #7345
• touch baseB2 · #7346
• at the drop of a hatB2 · #7347
• pull stringsC1 · #7348
• learn the hard wayC1 · #7349
• add fuel to the fireC1 · #7350
• a can of wormsC1 · #7351
• the elephant in the roomC1 · #7352
• a spanner in the worksC1 · #7353
• bend over backwardsC1 · #7354
• burn bridgesC1 · #7355
• burn the candle at both endsC1 · #7356
• move the goalpostsC1 · #7357
• raise the barC1 · #7358
• go back to the drawing boardC1 · #7359
• be snowed underC1 · #7360
• have your work cut outC1 · #7361
• keep someone on their toesC1 · #7362
• take the bull by the hornsC1 · #7363
• bite the bulletC1 · #7364
• weather the stormC1 · #7365
• a golden handshakeC1 · #7366
• be in the redC1 · #7367
• be in the blackC1 · #7368
• a cash cowC1 · #7369
• throw good money after badC1 · #7370
• feel the pinchC1 · #7371
• on a shoestringC1 · #7372
• put all your cards on the tableC1 · #7373
• keep your cards close to your chestC1 · #7374
• have an ace up your sleeveC1 · #7375
• play it by earC1 · #7376
• the ball is in your courtC1 · #7377
• sit on the fenceC1 · #7378
• a double-edged swordC1 · #7379
• a slippery slopeC1 · #7380
• a red herringC1 · #7381
• the devil is in the detailC1 · #7382
• the proof of the pudding is in the eatingC1 · #7383
• a rule of thumbC1 · #7384
• not hold waterC1 · #7385
• poke holes in somethingC1 · #7386
• connect the dotsC1 · #7387
• lose the threadC1 · #7388
• take a leaf out of someone's bookC1 · #7389
• put two and two togetherC1 · #7390
• bark up the wrong treeC1 · #7391
• go down a rabbit holeC1 · #7392
• not mince your wordsC1 · #7393
• speak of the devilC1 · #7394
• put words into someone's mouthC1 · #7395
• play devil's advocateC1 · #7396
• a slip of the tongueC1 · #7397
• straight from the horse's mouthC1 · #7398
• a little bird told meC1 · #7399
• in no timeC1 · #7400