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An Axe To Grind »
(you plan to express your anger to that person...)


Go Back To The Drawing Board »
(start over again...)


It Takes Two To Tango »
(when two people have a conflict, both people are at fault...)


Method To My Madness »
(what appears to by crazy action is actually done for a good reason...)


Preaching To The Choir »
(trying to make believers out of people who already believe...)


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


A Piece Of Cake »
(easy to do...)


A Taste Of Your Own Medicine »
(a lesson where other people treat you the same way you treat them in order to teach you that you are acting badly...)


All Bark (And No Bite) »
(acting aggressive but not willing to fight...)


All In The Same Boat »
(facing the same challenges and needing to work together...)


An Arm And A Leg »
(a high price to pay...)


Around The Block »
(been to different places and done different things...)


At Wit's End »
(not able to come up with a solution...)


Bend Over Backwards »
(inconvenience yourself to help another...)


Break The Tie »
(to finally determine a single winner...)


Can't Cut The Mustard »
(not good enough to participate...)


Don't Burn Your Bridges »
(don't do harm to past relationships...)


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


Fair And Fair Alike »
(the same rules should apply evenly to all...)


Fixed In Your Ways »
(not wanting to change how you do things...)


Give Him The Slip »
(to escape from that person...)


Icing On The Cake »
(a second great thing happens in addition to the first...)


Idle Hands Are The Devil's Tools »
(when you have nothing to do you are more likely to get into trouble...)


Its Anyone's Call »
(it is difficult to judge the outcome of a competition...)


Lend Me Your Ear »
(please listen to me...)


Out Of The Frying Pan (And Into The Fire) »
(to get out of a bad situation and end up in one that is even worse...)


Practice What You Preach »
(do things the way you tell others to do them...)


Protest Too Much »
(you tend not to believe a person because they insist too strongly that something is not true...)


Raise Cain »
(to disturb others and cause trouble...)


Roll Out The Red Carpet »
(to give a grand welcome to an important guest...)


Rome Was Not Built In One Day »
(all great works take time to finish...)


Rub Salt In An Old Wound »
(to intentionally bring back the pain of an past experience...)


Second Nature »
(something which is very natural for you to do...)


Skeletons In The Closet »
(secrets from your past which you try not to show to other people...)


The Ball Is In Your Court »
(it is your turn to do something...)


The Best Of Both Worlds »
(to get the best of both choices...)


The Early Bird (Catches The Worm) »
(being early leads to success...)


Tooth And Nail »
(to fight violently...)


Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right »
(it is never right to do wrong to another person...)


Under The Gun »
(under a lot of pressure to get something done...)


What They Don't Know Won't Hurt Them »
(they don't need to know...)


Wine And Dine »
(to treat someone to expensive food and drink...)


Word Of Mouth »
(news that travels from person to person...)




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