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• eat your wordsC1 · #7401
• talk a mile a minuteC1 · #7402
• have a chip on your shoulderC1 · #7403
• get under someone's skinC1 · #7404
• have a soft spot for someoneC1 · #7405
• be thick as thievesC1 · #7406
• go behind someone's backC1 · #7407
• stab someone in the backC1 · #7408
• give someone a taste of their own medicineC1 · #7409
• a fair-weather friendC1 · #7410
• be at someone's beck and callC1 · #7411
• at your wit's endC1 · #7412
• a sinking feelingC1 · #7413
• a weight off your shouldersC1 · #7414
• have nerves of steelC1 · #7415
• keep a stiff upper lipC1 · #7416
• have a lump in your throatC1 · #7417
• be on tenterhooksC1 · #7418
• be thrown in at the deep endC1 · #7419
• sink or swimC1 · #7420
• be out of your depthC1 · #7421
• cross that bridge when you come to itC1 · #7422
• kill two birds with one stoneC1 · #7423
• put the cart before the horseC1 · #7424
• chicken and eggC1 · #7425
• six of one and half a dozen of the otherC1 · #7426
• the best of both worldsC1 · #7427
• a fine lineC1 · #7428
• split hairsC1 · #7429
• make a mountain out of a molehillC1 · #7430
• sweep something under the carpetC1 · #7431
• a level playing fieldC1 · #7432
• pass the buckC1 · #7433
• wash your hands of somethingC1 · #7434
• the powers that beC1 · #7435
• behind closed doorsC1 · #7436
• toe the lineC1 · #7437
• rock the boatC1 · #7438
• a wake-up callC1 · #7439
• a ticking time bombC1 · #7440
• draw a line in the sandC1 · #7441
• in the pipelineC1 · #7442
• on the back burnerC1 · #7443
• pull out all the stopsC1 · #7444
• jump through hoopsC1 · #7445
• go through the motionsC1 · #7446
• keep the wheels turningC1 · #7447
• cut no iceC2 · #7448
• a curate's eggC2 · #7449
• a dog in the mangerC2 · #7450
• hoist with your own petardC2 · #7451
• Hobson's choiceC2 · #7452
• a Pyrrhic victoryC2 · #7453
• tilt at windmillsC2 · #7454
• carry coals to NewcastleC2 · #7455
• cross the RubiconC2 · #7456
• cut the Gordian knotC2 · #7457
• a poisoned chaliceC2 · #7458
• a white elephantC2 · #7459
• a sacred cowC2 · #7460
• a straw in the windC2 · #7461
• a fly in the ointmentC2 · #7462
• a snake in the grassC2 · #7463
• a wolf in sheep's clothingC2 · #7464
• a Trojan horseC2 · #7465
• a bone of contentionC2 · #7466
• a hornet's nestC2 · #7467
• a sword of DamoclesC2 · #7468
• an Achilles heelC2 · #7469
• a feather in your capC2 · #7470
• a shot across the bowsC2 · #7471
• a damp squibC2 · #7472
• set the cat among the pigeonsC2 · #7473
• throw someone to the wolvesC2 · #7474
• fall on your swordC2 · #7475
• circle the wagonsC2 · #7476
• a stitch-upC2 · #7477
• be hung out to dryC2 · #7478
• be left holding the babyC2 · #7479
• carry the canC2 · #7480
• have an axe to grindC2 · #7481
• feather your own nestC2 · #7482
• grease someone's palmC2 · #7483
• cook the booksC2 · #7484
• rob Peter to pay PaulC2 · #7485
• be quids inC2 · #7486
• a licence to print moneyC2 · #7487
• sell the family silverC2 · #7488
• come a cropperC2 · #7489
• come up trumpsC2 · #7490
• have the whip handC2 · #7491
• steal a march on someoneC2 · #7492
• play second fiddleC2 · #7493
• rest on your laurelsC2 · #7494
• put someone out to pastureC2 · #7495
• be dead in the waterC2 · #7496
• the writing is on the wallC2 · #7497
• beggar beliefC2 · #7498
• fly in the face of somethingC2 · #7499
• hold a candle to someoneC2 · #7500