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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
baby boomer	baby blues(1)baby blues(2)
back on your feet	bag of tricks (1) bag of tricks(2)
back to square one	bagel
backpack (business)	Bam
bad time(1) bad time(2)	bat 500
bananas	be my guest
balance of power	bad apple
ball's in your court
bear down	Bean pole(1) Bean pole(2)
bar star(1) barstar(2)	before you can say Jack Robinson
barnburner	behind bars
beat up	between the devil and the deep blue sea
bed of roses	Big Apple (1) Big Apple(2) Big Apple(3)
behind the eight ball(1) behind the eight ball (2)	big break
behind your back	big deal
big boys(1) big boys(2)	big picture
big bucks	big wheel
big mouth	Bigfoot
big rig	bilk(1) bilk(2)
big time	bitter pill (1) bitter pill(2)
birdbrain	black out
bite the dust bite the dust(2)	black sheep
bite your tongue
black eye	blast
black mark	blood money
Black Friday
blank face	blow a kiss
bleeding heart	blow me over
blind date	blow them away
blow snakes (music)	blow this Popsicle stand
blow you away
blow the whistle	blow up
blow up	blue in the face
blow your mind	bomb out
blue	booboo
blue sky	bread
boom box	breadbasket
bread and butter	break a story
broke	break curfew
break a leg
broken record	bright eyed and bushy tailed
bug (someone)	bring the house down
buck stops here	burn a hole in your pocket
build up	bring up
burn up	brush with death
butter fingers	buy time
butterflies in my stomach	buzz off
bye the barn	by heart
Cabbagetown	call for
call off	can it
can (1) can(2) can(3) can (4)	Canada goose(1) Canada goose(2)
can of worms(1) can of worms(2)	canned
Canuck	can't stand (1) can't stand(2) can't stand(3)
carry a tune	card
carry on	caribouboo (1)
catch a plane/bus/train	carry the can
catch on	cash cow
catch the wave	cat got your tongue
catch your eye	catch 22 (1) catch 22( 2)
cat's out of the bag	catch on(1) catch on (2)
caught red-handed (1) caught red-handed(2)	catch some z's(1) catch some z's(2)
caught up	catch up
cave in(1) cave in (2)	catch you later
chasing rainbows (1) chasing rainbows(2)	catch your death
cheerio	cat's meow
chick flick	caught up
choose sides	caution(1) caution(2)
circles around you	cement hands(1)cement hands(2)
clam up(1) clam up (2)	chain letter
clued in	change of heart
coffee talk (1) coffee talk(2)	cheap
chip on his shoulder
cold hard cash	check up on
come to	cheek
cool cat (1) cool cat(2)	chicken
cover up	chicken in every pot
crackers	chuck it
crocodile tears	clam
cross my heart and hope to die	clear sailing
cruising for a bruising	coin
crunch	cold call
crush on(1)	cold feet(1) cold feet(2)
cry your eyes out	cool
couch potato
cup of tea	cool under pressure
curiosity killed the cat	crack me up
cut	cracked(1) cracked(2)
cut the cheese	crackpot
crack a joke
cut-up	crop up
cut it	cruise
cut it out	cry me a river(1) cry me a river(2)
cut rate	curtains
daredevil (1) daredevil(2)	damaged goods
dead on	dead head
death's door	dead meat
deathbed	dog's age
deep six	dog's life
Denver boot	don't cry over spilt milk
dirty money	don't know which side your bread is buttered on
don't go away mad just go away	down
dog eat dog	dog's breakfast
doggy bag
don't believe your eyes	dollars to donuts
dough	down to earth
dove(1) dove(2)	drag
drop	dress up
drop a hint	drop a bundle
drop a name / drop names	drop a line
drop behind	drop back
drop in (1) drop in(2) drop in(3)	drop charges
drop it	drop off (1) drop off (2)
dry up	drop over
dust	drum up
dust devil	dust-up
early bird	ears pinned back
eat out	ease up
eat you for breakfast	eat your heart out
end up	egg on my face
eye candy (1) eye candy(2)	end of the line
eye to eye	even up
eyes are bigger than your stomach
fall out	family tree
fall in love	fat chance
far cry	feel blue
fat cat	feel free
fat lip	file 13
feel like a million dollars	finger
find out	flake
fire(1) fire(2)	fresh legs
first crack at	fresh pair of eyes
first hand	freeze-up
fish for a compliment
for the birds	fudge it
from square one	fuzz
frosty Friday(1) frosty Friday(2)
game over	get a ticket
get a life(1) get a life(2)	get axed
get blood from a stone	get it
get home	get lost
get mad	get out
get off your soap box	get over
get off your high horse
get real	get serious
get the sack	get your feet wet(1) get your feet wet(2)
gimme a break	give me a hand (1) give me a hand(2)
give me a hint	give me a ring
give up	give you odds
give your best	good arm
go crazy	good day good day(2)
go jump in the lake
go for broke	goose is cooked
grand slam	got guts
Great One	grain of salt
green stuff	green thumb
gray area	Green Florida
grill you	grow up
had enough	half-hearted
hang loose	hand down
happy as a clam	hang ten (surfing)
hard hearted	hang on
hardware	hard line
hat in hand	hard up
have a heart(1) have a heart(2)	have a ball(1) have a ball(2)
hawk	heads will roll
heads or tails	heavy heart (1) heavy heart(2)
heart of gold	hey
heavens	hi
heavy	he's a regular brick
he's a bit of a mad cap	hidden talent
hidden agenda	high(1)
high(2)	hit me
high five	hit on
higher than a kite	hit town
hit home	hogwash
hit man	hold a candle
hit the books	hood
hit the spot	hoot
hold it	horseplay
hold on	hot air(1) hot air(2)
hold the phone	hot goods
hold up	huh
hold up	hunk
hold your tongue	hot on the trail
hold your horses
holy pile	hot potato
hop up	hot ticket
hot hand	hotdog
hurry up
icing on the cake	in a bad way
if you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen	in a blue moon
in a big way	in a coon's age
in a bit	in a flash
in a flap	in a stew
in a jam(1) in a jam(2)	in a tizzy
in a rut	in brief(1) in brief(2)
in a snip	in cahoots
in time	in clover
in charge	in control
in heaven's name	in hand
in love	in leaf
in mint condition	in no time
in place	in stir
in step	in the bag
in stitches	in the gutter
in the hole	in the meantime
in the red	in the mood
in tune	in the pink
in your bad books	in writing
in-crowd	information leak
it's a zoo in there	in's and out's
it's a whole other world out there
jam/jam out
jerk	jam
jig is up	jazz up
joke is on you	join up
joke is on you	joker
jump for joy	juice
junk food	jump the gun
junk mail	jungle mouth
keep a secret	keep an eye open
keep it up (1) keep it up(2) keep it up (3)	keep out
keep your hair on	keep the ball rolling
kick	keep under wraps
kick at the cat	keep your fingers crossed
kick butt	keep your head
kick start	keep your shirt on
keep your head above water
kick up a fuss	kettle of fish
kicking around	kid
kick back	kill a penalty (hockey)
kick myself	kill me
kick the bucket	kiss off
kill ourselves laughing	knock
kill time kill time (2)	knock flat
kiss curls (hair style)	knock out
kiss that one goodbye	kooky
knock you out
kitty-corner	lazy bones
land on your feet	laid up
lap up	lead a life
lead foot	leave me hanging
leg up	let George do it
lemon	line up
let go of	lip off
let the good times roll	lock you up
let up	long arm of the law
lettuce	loo
lie down on the job	look down your nose at
like water off a duck's back
lip	look up to
long for	looking up
look high and low	loony bin
look up/look it up	lose it
loonie (1) loonie(2)	Love Bug
lose time	lump in my throat
love conquers all
make friends	make a face (1) make a face (2)
make it big	make a mountain out of a mole hill
make war	make believe
mean well	make fun of
middle of the road	make up
middle of nowhere	make up your mind
milk run	mark my word
mix it up	measure up
mix you up	moneybags
money is the root of all evil	Murphy's Law
monkey business	music to my ears
month of Sundays	my old man
my eye	naked eye
neck	needle
nerd	nest egg
new blood	nine times out of ten
night owl	no hard feelings
no contest	no love lost
no doubt	nuke
no rest for the wicked	nut
no sweat	nut house
nose for news	nuts
number one
old flame	old goat
old hat(1) old hat (2)	on a string
on cloud nine	on loan
on edge	on short notice
on fire	on the ball
on in years	on the bright side
on side	on the fence
on target	on the money
on the books	on the rail
on the button	one for the money two for the show...
on the dot	open a can of worms
on the QT	out of my hair
on the run	out of the woods
on the side	out of this world
on the table	over my dead body
on the wagon	on the wing
on the whole	on your side
pass for	pass off
pass on	perfect stranger
pay attention	pick on
pay down	pig out
peanuts	pill
pedal to the metal	pirate
pick a fight	play dead(1) play dead(2)
piece of cake	pick your brains
pits	play games
Plan B	play on words
play dirty	pony tail
play fair	pretty penny
pocket Hercules	pull a few strings
popcorn brain	pull the pin
pot of gold	pull up stakes
pull it out	pull your chain
pull your leg	puppy
puppy love	put down roots
put a bug in my ear	put 'er there
put a hex on me	put your money where your mouth is
put my foot down	put to death
put out	put up or shut up
rabbit	rabbit died
rabbit food	rags
railroad	raining cats and dogs
rats	read between the lines
ride me	rock bottom
Rock	rubber match
rock the boat	rubberneck
rot gut	rug up
row of beans	sharp as a tack
scot-free	sad sack
screw	sassy
sharpen your pencils	school's out
shining star	see(1) see(2)
shoot up	send-up
short cut	sharp(1) sharp(2)
shut your trap	shoot-up
sitting duck	shoplifting
six bits	sick at heart
slip away	sicker than a dog
snowbirds	slip up
square	smell blood
square one	SOS
stick to it	speak of the devil
stonewall	split up
stop on a dime	sucker
string of good luck (1) string of good luck(2)	swallow your pride
sweep you off your feet	sweet tooth
take a poll	tail lights
take after	take a bullet
take heart	take it
take in	talk big
take it	talk is cheap
take it to heart	talk to the hand
take my head off	team up
take the cake	tear me apart
take the bull by the horns	taste of your own medicine
talk turkey	teeny-weeny
teed up	ten-four (CB radio)
tell all	TGIF
The Big Apple	thank heavens
the devil makes work for idle hands	the apple of his eye
The Golden Rule	the big cheese
the grass is greener on the other side of the fence	the big 0
The Group of Seven	the eye of the storm
the odd bill	the first leg
The Rock(1) The Rock(2)	the goat
thin ice	thing-a-ma-bob / thing-a-ma-jig
think tank	think outside the box
threads	think straight(1) think straight(2)
three dog night	think up
throw a game	throw the book at
throw up	tin Lizzie
tickled pink	too bad
tied up	try me
to the T	twiggy
to beat the band	twinkle toes
to boot	two-fisted attack
to egg on	two heads are better than one
to grass on someone	twist your words
top dog	top it off
under fire	under control
under my care	under my nose
up to no good
VIP	walking on air
wait up	wake up and smell the coffee
walk the plank	walk on eggshells
walk up (1) walk up(2)	wear your heart on your sleeve
went wild	what's up
whatever floats your boat	wheatbelt
win by a nose	wordsmith
wino	written all over your face
wish upon your lucky star	worldly wise
wolf in sheep's clothing(1) wolf in sheep's clothing (2)	written in blood
wonky	word to the wise
x marks the spot(1)	x marks the spot(2)
yellow belly	Yellow(1) Yellow(2)
you can't teach an old dog new tricks (1)	you can't teach an old dog new tricks(2)
Yo Yo	you don't miss the water till the well runs dry
you can bet your bottom dollar	yuk
your eyes are bigger than your stomach	yum

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