"to let somebody wriggle out at the very last moment (e.g. Saddam Hussein and the Soviet peace plan in the Gulf War 1990-1991)"
| "idle stories" |
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"senseless and untrue gossip"
| "every fox must pay his skin to the furrier / at length the fox " |
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"success can never last for ever, esp. if it is dishonest"
| "make matters worse" |
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"to worsen the situation (e.g. by unskillfully trying to apply first aid)"
| "speak nineteen to the dozen" |
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"to speak non-stop"
| "back to square one" |
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"back to the initial state (when trying to solve some problem)"
| "make a mountain out of a molehill" |
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"to blow a problem out of proportion"
| "the sweets and the bitters" |
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"good and bad sides of the same thing"
| "handle it with kid gloves" |
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| "to handle something very carefully" |
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