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white night seeing is believing break ties with as the case might be in a rage in broad daylight twist someone's arm break the mould loom large force majeure ramp up bad blood take a toll round-trip have a reputation for episodic memory shopping spree in the same breath kingdom come freedom of speech from top to bottom thaw out silver lining on the crest of a wave cook someone's goose on course move up in the world half the battle count on the dice are loaded against someone dead in the water keep someone posted bide one's time go to great lengths dead duck drive a hard bargain bend over backward take the bull by the horns like clockwork not to mention come to power hard up Yellow journalism yahoo win hands down wing it when pigs fly wet behind the ears well-heeled Vicious circle Vested interests up in arms under the weather ugly duckling turn the other cheek to a tee touch and go tongue in cheek tie the knot tie one on throw in the towel through thick and thin take pains take a back seat stumbling block stuffed shirt strike while the iron is hot stick in the mud start the ball rolling start from scratch spitting image soap opera smart aleck Skeleton in the closet sitting duck shell out see red run amok run out of steam saving grace run of the mill rule of thumb rub it in ring a bell red tape red herring read between the lines rat race rain check rain cats and dogs put the cart before the horse play it by ear play ball pipe dream pigeonhole pie in the sky pay through the nose pass the buck par for the course Pandora's box pan out over the hill over a barrel once in a blue moon on the ball on cloud nine olive branch old wives' tale off the cuff not cricket off the beaten track no holds barred nip in the bud nest egg neck of the woods neck and neck Murphy's Law mumbo jumbo monkey business Mickey Mouse loose cannon long shot live from hand to mouth lip service leave no stone unturned last straw lame duck knuckle down kiss of death kick the bucket keep your shirt on keep your fingers crossed keep up with the joneses jump the gun the jig is up Jekyll and Hyde Jack of All Trades in the nick of time in the doghouse in the red in the black in the bag in a nutshell ignorance is bliss icing on the cake hold the fort hobnob hit the sack hit the nail on the head hang out hand over fist hair-raising gut feeling gung ho green with envy go haywire go fly a kite go Dutch give me a break get the sack foot the bill fly off the handle fly-by-night first-rate fight fire with fire feather in one's cap far cry from fall on deaf ears fair and square face the music eagle-eyed eagle eye draw a blank down to the wire down in the dumps devil's advocate dead ringer dark horse cold feet chew the fat catch-22 burn the candle at both ends break the ice break a leg birds of a feather flock together big cheese beggars can't be choosers beat around the bush bark up the wrong tree ballpark figure back to square one at the eleventh hour at the drop of a hat at death's door Armed to the teeth an arm and a leg achilles' heel a piece of cake a drop in the bucket rip off beat the rap