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a babe in the woods	a bad taste in my mouth
a bare-faced lie	a barrel of laughs
a bee in her bonnet	a big shot(1) a big shot(2)
a big wheel	a big wig a big wig (2)
a bit off/a bit mental	a bit at sea
a bitter pill(1) a bitter pill(2)	a bite to eat(1) a bite to eat (2) a bite to eat(3)
a blackout (TV)	a black mark
a blank look	a blackout (war) a blackout (2)
a breath of wind	a blast(1) a blast(2)
a brick short	a brick
a card(1) a card (2)	a bull in a China shop
a caution	a bun in the oven
a chicken in every pot	a checkup
a chip off the old block	a case of
a close call(1) a close call(2)	a chunk of change
A Doggy Bag	a daredevil (1) a daredevil(2)
a crush on	a dime a dozen
a cut-up(1) a cut up(2)	a dog's age(1) a dog's age (2)
a dead giveaway	a dog's life(1) a dog's life (2)
a doggy bag	a duke's mixture
a dog's breakfast(1) a dog's breakfast(2)	a fair shake
a drag	a feather in your cap
a falling out	a fine line(1) a fine line(2)
a far cry	a free hand(1) a free hand(2)
a fat lip	a good egg
a fifth wheel	a handful
a fill-up	a hotdog(1) a hot dog(2)
a fine-toothed comb	a leg up
a fish out of water	a little birdy told me
a flash in the pan	a little off
a fly on the wall(1)	A Riot
a fresh pair of eyes	a redneck
a good head(1) a good head(2)	a pop (1) a pop(2)
a heavy day	a rough time
a hill of beans	a sad sack
a hot ticket(1) a hot ticket (2) a hot ticket(3)	a sharp tongue
a hothead	a shot in the arm
a lift	a sick building
a little off	a silver spoon(1) a silver spoon(2) a silver spoon(3)
a little steep	a slug (1) a slug(2)
a long shot	a snow job
a lot on the ball	a suicide pass (hockey)
a lucky streak(1) a lucky streak(2)	a three-bagger
a marked man	a wake-up call(1) a wake-up call(2)
a month of Sundays	above the law
a new broom sweeps clean	add insult to injury
a no brainer	ahead of the game
a penny for your thoughts	airhead
a piece of cake (1) a piece of cake(2)	all eyes(1) all eyes(2)
a pinch of salt	all his marbles(1) all his marbles(2)
a play on words	all set(1) all set(2)
a pretty penny	A-OK
a red-letter day	around the clock
a rip-off(1) a rip off(2)	at a good clip
a shoo-in	at bay
a sitting duck	at heart
a slow day	at least
a snap	at my finger tips
a thorn in my side	at rest(1) at rest (2)
above board	at stake(1) at stake (2)
ace in the hole	all His marbles
add fuel to the fire	at all(1) at all(2)
air was blue	at death's door
all ears	at once
all wet	at peace
all your eggs in one basket	at sixes and sevens
american as apple pie	an ace up your sleeve
angels fear to tread	any word

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