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- Milking the golden cow Type of phrase: about having good fortune, cunning, positive, showing a degree of skill, showing wisdom
- Running around like an eggless chicken Type of phrase: about being exasperated, about being on the edge, about being too busy, showing crazy behaviour
- Tear 6 bells out of her Type of phrase: demonstrating annoyance, negative, threatening
- Kicking names and taking arses Type of phrase: a little bit distasteful, about being brilliant, about being impressed, about working hard and being proud of it, demonstrating keenness, demonstrating strong leadership, destructive, positive, rampant, showing crazy behaviour
- You eat what you are Type of phrase: a little bit distasteful, about food or cooking, about gaining an understanding, exhibiting knowledge, existential, foreboding, philosophical, said with certainty, showing wisdom, used as a warning
- Keep it in my back sleeve Type of phrase: about being brilliant, about being quiet, about doing something, advisory, demonstrating strong leadership, double-edged, preparing for the worst
- I can read you like a clock Type of phrase: about being slack or useless, showing wisdom, used as a warning
- Too clever for your own boots Type of phrase: about being brilliant, about feeling envious, demonstrating annoyance, foreboding, showing impatience, used as a warning
- Push the boat into the wind Type of phrase: about being on the edge, about being reckless, about having a lot of fun, demonstrating risky behaviour, mix ups of three idioms, motivational, positive, racey, rampant, romantic, showing crazy behaviour
- For all nonsense and purposes Type of phrase: about being unintelligent, about doing something, about gaining an understanding, corrective, exhibiting knowledge, giving an explanation, said with certainty, showing wisdom
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- Like pulling teeth from a stone Type of phrase: a little bit distasteful, about being exasperated, about being unhelpful, about something shambolic, demonstrating annoyance, derogatory, insulting, negative, steeped in hopelessness
- He won’t give me the light of day Type of phrase: about being exasperated
- Jump the bridge Type of phrase: about being pragmatic, about working and careers, mix ups of three idioms, philosophical, showing wisdom, thoughtful
- The night’s the limit Type of phrase: about having a lot of fun, demonstrating keenness, exhibiting frisky behaviour, racey
- Until I’m blue in the teeth Type of phrase: about being exasperated
- Roll by ear Type of phrase: about being pragmatic, about having a lot of fun, advisory, demonstrating strong leadership, depicting a lovely atmosphere, showing wisdom
- That’s right in our alley Type of phrase: about good luck, about having good fortune, encouraging, positive, supportive
- Does the pope shit in the woods? Type of phrase: a little bit distasteful, about having a lot of fun, about making people laugh, about something inevitable, said with certainty, showing impatience
- A blessing in the skies Type of phrase: about being impressed, about getting religion, about good luck, depicting a lovely atmosphere, encouraging, positive
- I’m having trouble making crusts meet Type of phrase: about being exasperated, about being in a bad way, about being on the edge, about feeling hard done-by, negative, steeped in hopelessness
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