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• Grin and bear it
• Kiss and tell
• By the book
• Cottage by the lake
• On the brink of disaster
• Beyond the pale
• The squeaky wheel gets the grease
• Dance the night away
• Clear as mud
• Abirdinthehandisworthtwoinabush
• Not worth the powder to blow it up
• Hand over hand
• Sight unseen
• Eating out of my hand
• He's no slouch
• There are plenty more fish in the sea
• Plumb the depths
• Ace in the hole
• Well and good
• Balls to the wall
• Yawning gulf
• Ivory tower
• From head to heels
• Read the tea leaves
