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- Adding tricks to your bow Type of phrase: about being brilliant, cunning, magical, positive, showing a degree of skill
- Hanging on to grim life Type of phrase: about being in danger, about being on the edge, about exaggeration, about things going wrong, preparing for the worst
- Take a back burner Type of phrase: about being pragmatic
- You don’t need to be a rocket surgeon Type of phrase: derogatory, dismissive, exhibiting knowledge, giving an explanation, said with certainty, showing impatience
- I sing on the cake Type of phrase: about food or cooking, about going over the top, about pushing your luck, depicting a lovely atmosphere
- Losing the goodwill to live Type of phrase: about being exasperated, about being unhelpful, about feeling hard done-by, about something shambolic, about things going wrong, demonstrating annoyance, negative, preparing for the worst, steeped in hopelessness
- Dancing in the right direction Type of phrase: about being pragmatic, about collaboration, demonstrating strong leadership, motivational, positive, productive, showing wisdom
- Ghost hunt Type of phrase: about feeling like a victim, ominous, preparing for the worst
- I was up at the crack of lark Type of phrase: being active, demonstrating keenness, descriptive, energetic
- At the other end of the coin Type of phrase: about being pragmatic, comparative, double-edged, exhibiting knowledge, philosophical, thoughtful
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- From the jaws of the feet Type of phrase: about being brilliant, about being impressed, being active, demonstrating strong leadership, rampant, showing crazy behaviour, victorious
- On a hairpin trigger Type of phrase: about being exasperated, about being on the edge, demonstrating annoyance, destructive, feminist, final, showing crazy behaviour, threatening, used as a warning
- Heads Below! Type of phrase: about having a lot of fun, demonstrating risky behaviour, foreboding, used as a warning
- Well,.. that took the steam out of your sails Type of phrase: about things going wrong, destructive, negative, steeped in hopelessness, sympathetic
- Get all your balls in a row Type of phrase: about being helpful, about collaboration, being active, demonstrating keenness, demonstrating strong leadership
- Too big for your school Type of phrase: about being brilliant, advising to be humble, demonstrating idiocy, dismissive
- Didn’t pluck up the balls Type of phrase: about being exasperated, about being slack or useless
- Tight as a nan’s chuff Type of phrase: a little bit distasteful, about being impressed, comparative, exhibiting frisky behaviour, racey
- I can’t keep my eyes awake Type of phrase: conversational
- I’m living foot-to-mouth Type of phrase: about feeling hard done-by, about feeling like a victim, about things going wrong, steeped in hopelessness
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