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Zero-sum game - , , ,

1. Chicken out

2. Dark horse

3. Dead duck

4. Fish for

5. Fish out of

6. Lap dog

7. Monkey business

8. Little bird told me , " "

9. Queen bee

10. Rabbits foot

11. Ugly duckling

12. A little frog in a big pond

13. As a duck takes to water

14. Back the wrong horse ,

15. Beat a dead horse

16. Bull in a china shop ,

17. Busy as a bee

18. Free as a bird ,

19. Buy a pig in a poke

20. Calm as a toad in the sun

21. Cast (ones) pearls before swine ; ,

22. Cock-and-bull story ,

23. Kettle of fish ,

24. Cold fish ,

25. Conceited as a barbers cat

26. Cook someones goose

27. Night owl (, )

28. Cry wolf

29. Dog and pony show

30. Dog in the manger

31. Dog-eat-dog ,

32. Eagle eye , " "

33. Early bird , , " ", ""

34. Funny as a barrel of monkeys ,

35. Gaudy as a butterfly

36. Gruff as a bear ,

37. Happy as a lark

38. Have rats in the attic ,

39. Hoarse as a crow

40. Kangaroo court ,

41. Poor as a church mouse

42. Proud as a peacock

43. Slippery as an eel

44. Sly as a fox

45. Stubborn as a mule

46. Weak as a kitten

47. Wise as an owl

 

Beard the lion in his den

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1. All in a day's work , ; -

2. Against the clock -

3. Ahead of one's time ,

4. Ahead of time ,

5. All night long

6. Beat the clock

7. Race against time

8. Other day

9. Receive/welcome (someone) with open arms -

10. Regular as clockwork

11. Out of date

12. Present-day

13. Many a time

14. Call it a day

15. Bide ones time

16. Big moment

17. Different as night and day

18. Few at a time

19. Around the clock

20. As early as

21. In the nick of time

22. Clock wise

23. At a time

24. At the time

25. Behind the times

26. Big time ,

27. Day after day

28. Day after tomorrow

29. Day by day

30. Day in and day out

31. Day off

32. Down time

33. Early days

34. Early in

35. Early on

36. In a day or two

37. Morning coat

38. Now and again

39. Of late

40. Take the time

41. About time

42. At the eleventh hour

43. At times

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1. To the backbone ,

2. Left-handed compliment ,

3. Keep at arm's length

4. Jump out of one`s skin , ( , )

5. Count noses

6. Cost an arm and a leg

7. Eyeball-to-eyeball

8. Have one`s nose in (something) ,

9. Break someones heart

10. Break ones neck (to do something) / break ones back (to do something)

1. Behind one's back , Have the ball at one's feet

2. Bare as the palm of one's hand

3. Bad-mouth someone or something ,

4. An arm and a leg

5. Hand-to-hand

6. Plain as the nose on ones face

7. Cut ones (own) throat [for someone] ;

8. At any hand

9. At hand ,

10. By eye ,

11. Cut ones eyeteeth on something -; -

12. Bend someones ear ( )

13. Bite ones nails ,

14. Bite ones tongue

15. Bite someones head off ,

16. Bite the hand that feeds one ,

17. By hand

18. Come away empty-handed

19. Catch one's eye -

20. Change hands

21. Clear eyed

22. Empty headed

23. Evil eye

24. Eye witness

25. Down in the mouth ,

26. Down-at-the-heels ,

27. Drag ones feet ,

28. Face a dilemma

29. Face difficulties

30. Face the

31. Face to face

32. Face up to

33. Close ones eyes to something -

34. Cant make heads or tails (out) of someone or something -,

35. Not lift a finger/hand (to help someone) ( )

36. Cant see beyond the end of ones nose ,

37. Farm hand

38. Get the foot

39. Get the hand

40. Give an eye to

41. Carry the weight of the world on ones shoulders

42. Do not have a leg to stand on ,

43. Give head

44. Fall head over heels in love (with someone)

45. Head cold

46. In the face

47. Lay eyes

48. Naked eye

49. Needle eye

50. Off hand

51. Old hand

52. Breathe down someones neck ;

53. Come to a head , ;

54. Bury ones head in the sand / hide ones head in the sand ,

55. All thumbs ,

56. Ammunition leg

57. Arm in arm ( )

58. At loggerheads (with someone)

59. All ears

60. Be all eyes (and ears) ,

61. Beat ones head against the wall / bang ones head against a brick wall

62. Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

63. Beat something into someones head

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1. Warm as toast

2. Thick as pea soup

3. Duck soup

4. Meatandpotatoes ,

5. Neither fish nor fowl , ( );

6. Eat away

7. Eat in

8. Eat into

9. Eat out

10. Eat away at someone or something ;

11. Eat high on the hog

12. Eat humble pie

13. Eat like a bird ( )

14. Eat like a horse

15. Eat ones heart out ;

16. Eat ones words

17. Eat out of (someone's) hand , " "

18. Eat something up ,

19. Either feast or famine ,

20. Flat as a pancake

21. Egg on

22. Egg white

23. Ground coffee

24. A piece of cake

25. An apple-pie order

26. Bad egg , ,

27. Beef something up

28. Bread-and-butter letter

29. Bring home the bacon

30. Butter someone up "",

31. Cry over spilled milk ,

32. Save one's bacon

 



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