"cast pearls before swine" |
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"to offer something valuable to somebody who cannot appreciate it" |
"mix business with pleasure" |
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"to do pleasant and profitable things at the same time" |
"rain cats and dogs" |
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"to rain terribly" |
"fill a gap (in one's knowledge)" |
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"to learn something that one should have learned long ago, and what is needed for full understanding" |
"drive somebody into a corner" |
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"to put somebody in a difficult situation with no way out"
"have a chip on one's shoulder" |
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"to be quarrelsome and easily offended"
"kick up noise/stink" |
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"to start an uproar or a brawl"
"cut one's coat according to one's cloth" |
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"to limit one's aspirations according to available means"
"bread-winner" |
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"the feeder of a family"
"Put yourself in my boots/shoes." |
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"Try to imagine what you would do if you were me." |
"Be Out/short Of Breath" |
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"to be unable to breathe because of tiredness (e.g. after a sprint up the stairs)"
"walk on eggs / walk upon egg-shells" |
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"to behave with extreme caution"
"Put your money where your mouth is" |
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"If you are sure of your opinion, back it up with money"
"like for like" |
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"like you treat me, so shall I treat you"
"a grain of wheat in a bushel of chaff" |
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"a little result of a great effort"
"do something in the guise of something else" |
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"to do something pretending that the aim is different from that assumed"
"too much pudding will choke the dog" |
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"one may have too much of a good thing"
"nuts and bolts" |
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"the basic components of a given machinery"
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