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IDIOMS TO DISCUSS
1. I smell a rat
2. You have the lion’s share.
3. Leave no stone unturned.
4. Don’t let the cat out of the bag.
5. She was talking nineteen to the dozen.
6. He led me on a wild goose chase.
7. I will put my foot down.
8. You are caught red-handed.
9. We must tow the line.
10. You need your skates on.
11. Make a clean breast of it.
12. We are paying through the nose.
13. Don’t throw in the towel.
14. Stop beating about the bush.
15. It’s like flogging a dead horse.
16. She winds me up.
17. Don’t be a wet blanket.
18. You’ll get yourself into hot water.
19. Take the bull by the horns.
20. Let’s bury the hatchet.
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