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to eat humble pie
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to admit your error and apologize
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a pig in a poke
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poor purchase, a blind item, an item you nvr saw, disappointment
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a flash in the pan
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promising at the start but then disappointing
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to pour oil on troubled waters
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to make peaces, to calm someone down
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to sword of Damocles
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any imminent danger
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to carry the day
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to win the approval of the majority
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Skid Row
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disreputable part of town, inhabited bt derelicts and people
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to go up in smoke
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to come to no practical result
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crocodile tears
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insincere tears
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Pyrrhic victory
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a too costly victory
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a wet blanket
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one who spoils the fun
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to beard the lion in his den
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to visit and oppose a person on his own grounds
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to throw down the gauntlet
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to challenge someone
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feeling no pain
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drunk
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Hobson's choice
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to have no choice at all
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