Sayings

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• Answer 40 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When the body confronts danger and freezes - people report seeing visual images of their lives
Down to earth
burn one's boats/bridges
My life flashed before my eyes.
be as good as one's word


2. Something that you say in order to warn someone not to ask too many questions about something
My life flashed before my eyes.
put all one's eggs in one basket
Curiosity killed the cat.
keep/have an open mind


3. Having to make a difficult decision between two things that are equally unpleasant
the bottom line
between a rock and a hard place
be up for something
it's better than nothing.


4. Be hopeful because difficult times always lead to better days. People sometimes say this to comfort somebody who's having problems.
pull someone's leg
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Hobson's choice
bite someone's head off


5. To be receptive to different opinions and ideas
keep/have an open mind
bite someone's head off
it's better than nothing.
My life flashed before my eyes.


6. To invent something - especially in a dishonest or very imaginative way
Down to earth
Every cloud has a silver lining.
cook up something or cook something up
the hair of the dog (that bit you)


7. To catch a person at a time of carelessness
play down something or play something down
burn one's boats/bridges
Where there's a will there's a way!
catch somebody off (their) guard


8. To try to make people believe that something is not very important - or that it is not likely to happen
play down something or play something down
step on it
be as good as one's word
keep/have an open mind


9. To describe a situation in a particular way
come out of the woodwork also crawl out of the woodwork
paint a bleak/rosy etc. picture of something
the bottom line
put all one's eggs in one basket


10. To waste one's time in a hopeless enterprise

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11. You should try to understand someone before criticizing them.

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12. Plans or hopes that have very little chance of happening
put all one's eggs in one basket
point of fact
castles in the air
off the wall


13. To meet someone you know when you are not expecting to meet them; to find accidentally
run out of
My life flashed before my eyes.
run across somebody
Every cloud has a silver lining.


14. To appear suddenly and unexpectedly
jack of all trades - master of none
go in for something
cook up something or cook something up
come out of the woodwork also crawl out of the woodwork


15. Deep and careful attention to private thoughts - especially about a moral problem
play down something or play something down
off the wall
be as good as one's word
soul-searching


16. To want to do something and to be able to do it
castles in the air
Down to earth
be up for something
put all one's eggs in one basket


17. To be very attracted to someone and begin to love them
step on it
fall in love
cook up something or cook something up
run across somebody


18. A free choice in which only one option is offered; a choice between taking the option or not; 'take it or leave it'

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19. 1. to do something regularly - or to enjoy something 2. to take part in a competition
Curiosity killed the cat.
paint a bleak/rosy etc. picture of something
fall in love
go in for something


20. To destroy all possible ways of going back to a situation

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21. To risk losing everything by putting all your efforts or all your money into one plan or one course of action

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22. Used to tell someone to drive faster or to hurry
step on it
castles in the air
soul-searching
run across somebody


23. The most important fact in a situation
burn one's boats/bridges
fall in love
step on it
the bottom line


24. Having something that is not satisfactory is better than having nothing at all.

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25. Money that you save is more valuable than money that you spend right away.; It is good to save money.
a penny saved is a penny earned
bite someone's head off
Hobson's choice
burn one's boats/bridges


26. This is what I think. I may not be correct. You should solicit additional opinions.

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27. To exhaust the supply of: ran out of fuel.
a penny saved is a penny earned
run across somebody
run out of
wear somebody down


28. To tell someone something that is not true as a way of joking with them

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29. To make someone feel tired and less able to argue
wear somebody down
the hair of the dog (that bit you)
Curiosity killed the cat.
point of fact


30. An alcoholic drink that you drink to cure the pain in your head that was caused by drinking too much alcohol the night before
walk a mile in someone's shoes
run out of
soul-searching
the hair of the dog (that bit you)


31. Practical and realistic
between a rock and a hard place
soul-searching
Down to earth
wear somebody down


32. A person that is competent with many skills but is not outstanding in any particular one
it's better than nothing.
walk a mile in someone's shoes
jack of all trades - master of none
paint a bleak/rosy etc. picture of something


33. Eccentric - unconventional
cook up something or cook something up
Down to earth
walk a mile in someone's shoes
off the wall


34. A question which must be answered by reference to facts and evidence
run out of
point of fact
be as good as one's word
keep/have an open mind


35. To respond with anger or impatience to someone's question or comment

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36. To keep a promise

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37. Something that you say which means it is possible to do anything if you are very determined to do it

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38. To speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong

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39. To put up with something painful or difficult
Where there's a will there's a way!
stomach (verb)
cook up something or cook something up
soul-searching


40. To be very angry about something

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