4th Quarter 2020_3 Flashcards by siochong d | Brainscape

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Talk me down off the ledge

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Relieve my worries and concerns

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Relieve my worries and concerns

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Talk me down off the ledge

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The outlook here is not good

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The optics here aren’t exactly ideal

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The optics here aren’t exactly ideal

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The outlook here is not good

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Not seeing things clearly

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Not seeing the Horizon

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Not seeing the Horizon

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Not seeing things clearly

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On the edge

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On the verge

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On the verge

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On the edge

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take it on the chin

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Tough it out

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Tough it out

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take it on the chin

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He is nowhere to be found

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He is in the wind

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He is in the wind

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He is nowhere to be found

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Being a novice to something

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On the brink of something

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On the brink of something

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Being a novice to something

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Fixing something

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Tying things up

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Tying things up

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Fixing something

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Getting out of proper boundaries

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Overstepped your bounds

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Overstepped your bounds

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Getting out of proper boundaries

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Powder up

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Scrub up

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Scrub up

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Powder up

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Stop hearing about

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Hear the end to somebody or someone

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Hear the end to somebody or something

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Stop hearing about

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I am not fitting in

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I am not squeezing in

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I am not squeezing in

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I am not fitting in

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stem the current

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up a/the creek (without a paddle)

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up a/the creek (without a paddle)

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stem the current

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have a whip hand over something

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gain the upper hand in something

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gain the upper hand in something

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have a whip hand over something

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(Timid) chicken

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Wussy

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Wussy

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(Timid) chicken

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Not an even/level playing field

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Not a fair game

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Not a fair game

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Not an even/level playing field

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Getting under somebody’s skin

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Annoying somebody

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Annoying somebody

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Getting under somebody’s skin

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To be tangled with somebody or something

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Deep in the trees with somebody or something

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Deep in the trees with somebody or something

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To be tangled with somebody or something

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Give me the word for it

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Help me to describe it

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Help me to describe it

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Give me the word for it

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This is your duty or responsibility

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This is your collar

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This is your collar

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This is your duty or responsibility

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All strangled inside

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All twisted up inside

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All twisted up inside

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All strangled inside

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Round the clock

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24 hours

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24 hours

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Round the clock

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He is in deep trouble and he will drag you down

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He is a drowning man and he’ll pull you under

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He is a drowning man and he’ll pull you under

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He is in deep trouble and he will drag you down

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Not be informed or not participating

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Out of the loop

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Out of the loop

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Not be informed or not participating

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Throw someone under a bus

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Put a boot to a person

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Put a boot to a person

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Throw someone under a bus

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He is a lucky one in this situation

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He is the lucky one in this equation

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He is the lucky one in this equation

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He is a lucky one in this situation

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Filled with that feeling

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(Some feeling) Runs up the spine

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(Some feeling) Runs up the spine

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Filled with that feeling

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stop existing or doing something in an exciting way

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go out with a bang

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go out with a bang

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stop existing or doing something in an exciting way

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rooting for

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beating the drum for

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beating the drum for

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rooting for

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Rooting for

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Sticking up for

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Sticking up for

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Rooting for