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• be beyond the paleC2 · #7501
• damn someone with faint praiseC2 · #7502
• a distinction without a differenceC2 · #7503
• a moot pointC2 · #7504
• be beside the pointC2 · #7505
• have neither rhyme nor reasonC2 · #7506
• beg the questionC2 · #7507
• at sixes and sevensC2 · #7508
• be all at seaC2 · #7509
• a shot in the darkC2 · #7510
• grasp at strawsC2 · #7511
• a long shotC2 · #7512
• no great shakesC2 · #7513
• an albatross around your neckC2 · #7514
• a shaggy-dog storyC2 · #7515
• a cock-and-bull storyC2 · #7516
• spin a yarnC2 · #7517
• a tall orderC2 · #7518
• talk through your hatC2 · #7519
• make heavy weather of somethingC2 · #7520
• shoot the breezeC2 · #7521
• keep your own counselC2 · #7522
• suffer fools gladlyC2 · #7523
• have a bee in your bonnetC2 · #7524
• be a wet blanketC2 · #7525
• be long in the toothC2 · #7526
• be no spring chickenC2 · #7527
• a chip off the old blockC2 · #7528
• blood is thicker than waterC2 · #7529
• be at daggers drawnC2 · #7530
• have a face like thunderC2 · #7531
• be a shrinking violetC2 · #7532
• be the salt of the earthC2 · #7533
• be a loose cannonC2 · #7534
• be a dark horseC2 · #7535
• kick the bucketC2 · #7536
• be on your last legsC2 · #7537
• be a shadow of your former selfC2 · #7538
• be in the pinkC2 · #7539
• be as right as rainC2 · #7540
• take the wind out of someone's sailsC2 · #7541
• get a new lease of lifeC2 · #7542
• at a rate of knotsC2 · #7543
• on a wing and a prayerC2 · #7544
• by hook or by crookC2 · #7545
• the whole nine yardsC2 · #7546
• the long and the short of itC2 · #7547