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We Aim To Please »
(the goal is too make customers happy...)


We Fell Short »
(fail at that...)


We Locked Horns »
(I had a struggle with that person...)


A Given »
(one assumes it to be true; we assume that it is true...)


A Hop, Skip, And A Jump »
(not far away from where we are...)


A Travesty Of Justice »
(what happened was terribly unfair; it is so unfair that we must doubt in our system...)


A Vote Of Confidence »
(an action to let one know that we are confident in one's skills...)


All Systems Are Go »
(everything is working correctly and we are ready to begin...)


All Told »
(here is the number; we counted them all and we have the number...)


And Something To Spare »
(it did not take all of one's effort; we were still not exhausted...)


Appear Out Of Nowhere »
(we did not see them arriving...)


Doing Wonders »
(more successful than we ever hoped...)


Down To The Wire »
(it is close to the finish; there is little time left; we do not yet know who will win...)


Drastic Times Call For Drastic Measures »
(we need to take extreme actions here...)


Easy Come, Easy Go »
(something which we get easily can be lost easily also...)


Every Minute Counts »
(we must hurry...)


Every Moment Counts »
(we must hurry...)


Extending Our Sympathy »
(telling you that we feel sad about what happened...)


Firing On All Cylinders »
(the machine is working very smoothly; everything is now going as we want it to...)


Fresh Out Of Something »
(we have no more of it; there is none left...)


From The Word Go »
(as soon as we began...)


Get A Life »
(rude way to say stop bothering other people; focus on your own life; go away; stop bothering us; we don't want you here...)


If Push Comes To Shove »
(if we have to use force...)


If Worst Comes To Worst »
(if things turn out badly, here is what we can do...)


If You Can't Beat Them, Join Them »
(since we cannot defeat them, let's work together with them...)


In A Dead Heat »
(tied so far; we are not sure which one will win...)


In Short Supply »
(there is very little of it; we have almost no more...)


In Sight »
(it can be seen; we can see it...)


Joking Aside »
(I am going to talk seriously now; we have been making jokes about something, but I want to speak seriously now...)


Let's Call It Quits »
(let's stop working; let us not try anymore; we should not continue our effort...)


Like Sitting Ducks »
(targets that are easy to hit; we can get them easily...)


Live And Learn »
(we learn from our mistakes; if bad things happen, we learn from it and continue...)


Look Good On Paper »
(it seems like a good plan; we are not yet certain that the plan will work...)


Mum's The Word »
(we won't tell anyone; keep it a secret...)


Never Had It So Good »
(this is great; we are happy...)


No News Is Good News »
(if something bad happened, we would probably hear about it...)


On Order »
(it has been ordered and we are waiting for it...)


Take A Rain Check On That »
(agree to do that thing at a future time; we will do it another time...)


The Bigger They Are (The Harder They Fall) »
(we can beat this larger opponent...)


The Grass Is Always Greener On The Other Side Of The Fence »
(we tend to want things that belong to other people...)


Time Is Up »
(we must stop now...)


Time Will Tell »
(after some time passes, we will know; we will find out in the future...)


To Err Is Human, To Forgive Divine »
(when people do things wrong we should try hard to forgive them because all people make mistakes...)


Weather Permitting »
(If the weather is as we hope...)


What Goes Around, Comes Around »
(There is a natural fairness in life; if we do good or bad, that same thing is done to us...)


What's Done Is Done »
(We must accept that it happened...)


What's Keeping You? »
(We are waiting; why are you still not coming?...)


When All Is Said And Done »
(After people are done talking and we can see the result...)


Within Shouting Distance »
(they can hear us when we shout; close enough that they can hear if we shout...)




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