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Blank slates
Silver bullets
Head in the clouds
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Put it lightly … doghouse
Roll with the punches … dog eat dog world
Be born ready … blank slate
Jump the gun … dog eat dog world
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Count on me … break the ice
Dive in … agree to disagree
Count me in … keep me posted
Think outside the box … don't break a sweat
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Count on
Lighten up
Bells and whistles
Wine and dine
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Face the music
Get off track
Play it by ear
Have a clue
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Burnt bridges
Close, but no cigar
Waiting for the other shoe to drop
No hard feelings
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Dragging his feet … up in the air
Reading her mind … delivering the goods
Talking behind her back … in the doghouse
Wearing many hats … burning bridges
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You could hear a pin drop … the walls have ears
You could put your foot in your mouth … draw a blank
Put it lightly … wear many hats
Face the music … jump the gun
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Break the ice … take off … hit the nail on the head
Read someone's mind … face the music … jump the gun
Bite the bullet … get cracking … deliver the goods
Talk over … take off … on the dot
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Arm was twisted
Hands were tied
Foot was down
Leg was broken
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The lights are on, but nobody's home
He's waiting for the other shoe to drop
His head is above water
He's back to the trenches
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Put it lightly
Air our dirty laundry
Bark up the wrong tree
Be asleep at the wheel
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On the dot … put her foot in her mouth
Born ready … have a clue
On the dot … touch base with me
Up in the air … jump the gun
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Down to earth
Set in stone
Bells and whistles
Second nature
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It takes all kinds … in the doghouse
Think outside the box … the extra mile
Don't be a martyr … the last straw
Take it with a grain of salt … a blank slate
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Up in the air … head in the clouds
Off track … foot in her mouth
Second nature … feet wet
A blank slate … arm twisted
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Silver bullets … dive into
Bells and whistles … talk over
Blank slates … lighten up
Hats … quick study
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A quick study … one track mind
A silver bullet …born ready
In a nutshell … just what the doctor ordered
Second nature … down to earth
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Drags her feet … jumps the gun
Has a clue … faces the music
Reads my mind … goes the extra mile
Falls asleep at the wheel … hits the sack
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Got off track
Drew a blank
Had a clue
Faced the music
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A one track mind … takes all kinds
Water under the bridge … takes working out the kinks
No silver bullet … takes blood, sweat and tears
A blank slate … takes a grain of salt
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Faced the music … lighten up
Got off track … that's putting it lightly
Took off … that's the short end of the stick
This, that and the other … that's taking something the wrong way
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She breaks a sweat
She was born ready
It takes all kinds
The pin has dropped
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Every time I turn around … feels like pulling teeth
Just what the doctor ordered … costs an arm and a leg
You hit the nail on the head … water under the bridge
It's the light at the end of the tunnel … takes all kinds
Don't be a martyr … wait for the other shoe to drop
Lighten up … get back to the trenches
Don't break a sweat … make a bundle
Face the music … bark up the wrong tree
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Push my buttons
Face the music
Leave well enough alone
Hang in there
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Blank slate … short end of the stick … doesn't break a sweat
Light at the end of the tunnel … state of the art … drowns out
Quick study … one track mind … doesn't have a clue
Born ready … straw that breaks the camel's back … takes off
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Break a leg … think outside the box
Think outside the box … hit the sack
Work out the kinks … break the ice
Hit the sack … sleep on it
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The straw that broke the camel's back … a blank slate
Water under the bridge … no hard feelings
Broken ice … read my mind
Born ready … thought kept her head above water
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Think outside the box … state of the art … work out the kinks
Make a bundle … blank slate … take off
Go the extra mile … out of the question … wine and dine
Hang in there … get ahead … leave well enough alone
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Keep your chin up …hang in there … get in over your head
Level with you … get ahead … get your act together
Twist your arm … burn bridges … do this, that and the other
Hit the nail on the head …break the ice … wait for the other shoe to drop
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In a nutshell
This, that and the other
Just what the doctor ordered
The straw that broke the camel's back
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Is this, that and the other
Is born ready
Comes out of thin air
Costs an arm and a leg
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With a grain of salt
In a nutshell
Out of the question
Out of thin air
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Agree to disagree
Twist your arm
Break the ice
Burn bridges
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Water under the bridge … make a bundle
The short end of the stick … go the extra mile
Out of the question … agree to disagree
This, that and the other … fall asleep at the wheel
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Barking up the wrong tree
Wearing many hats
Waiting for the other shoe to drop
Going the extra mile
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Broke the ice … take off
Got his feet wet … keep their heads above water
Burnt his bridges … leave well enough alone
Didn't break a sweat … agree to disagree
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Be a martyr … count me in
Break a sweat … put your foot down
Wear many hats … fall asleep at the wheel
Keep your chin up … break a leg
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