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to look very frightened, unable to move or think
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to look like a deer caught in the headlights
To sing some music while someone else is singing or playing the same piece of music or while it is being broadcast or performed
Guidando in giro nel buio, cantando assieme alla radio
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sing along
Driving around in the dark, singing along to the radio
a gesture in which two people bump their fists together (as in greeting or celebration)
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fist bump, bro fist, pound
something or someone very precious or dear
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be the apple of one's eye
something that you say which means because one good thing has happened, you cannot therefore be certain that more good things will happen and the whole situation will improve
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one swallow doesn't make a summer
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; the most helpful assistant
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right-hand man
be what is needed or be good enough for what is required;
Does this restaurant fit the bill for the celebration?
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fit the bill, conform to
Does this restaurant fit the bill for the celebration?
arrive in great numbers
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flood in
impossible to dispute
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watertight
Lacking money, impecunious, in financial difficulties.
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hard up
to know something so well that you can say or do it without having to try or think
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to have/know sth off pat
I'd given the talk so many times I had it off pat.
detect that someone has done something wrong or made a mistake, 2. put someone in a difficult situation for which they are unprepared
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catch someone out
1. his tone suggested he’d caught her out in some misdemeanour 2. you might get caught out by the weather
to be explosively angry
L'Unione europea ha affermato che si trattava di un errore. Se ciò accadesse in Turchia, tutta l'Europa rimarrebbe sconvolta.
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hit the roof
The European Union said it was an oversight, but when the same thing happens in Turkey, the whole of Europe hits the roof.
To provide with an unstable foundation
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build on sand
Having bought only high-risk stocks, my portfolio was built on sand.
See how you like that!; It is final, and you have to live with it.
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Put that in your pipe and smoke it!
Well, I'm not going to do what you want, so put that in your pipe and smoke it! I'm sick of you, and I'm leaving. Put that in your pipe and smoke it!

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