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question		réponse
two can play that game commencer à apprendre		When you want to hurt someone in the same way they harmed you
Bark up the wrong tree commencer à apprendre		To make the wrong choice
Be all ears commencer à apprendre		To listen attentively
Be game/ I'm game commencer à apprendre		I'm up for it/to aim for something
Be the spitting image of sb commencer à apprendre		Take after sb/Look like sb
Bear in mind commencer à apprendre		to remember to consider something when you're doing something else
Beat around the bush commencer à apprendre		Stop answering a question
Beg to differ with someone commencer à apprendre		Politely disagree
Better safe than sorry commencer à apprendre		it's wiser to be cautious to avoid regretting having done something afterwards
Break the news commencer à apprendre		to give bad news
Can't help but do something commencer à apprendre		use this to talk about something you can't control
Call it a day/night commencer à apprendre		it's enough
Come in handy commencer à apprendre		Be useful
Cut corners commencer à apprendre		To do something as easily or cheaply as possible
Do the trick commencer à apprendre		to fix something
Draw a blank commencer à apprendre		When you can't think of something
Draw blood commencer à apprendre		to take blood from your body
familiarity breeds contempt commencer à apprendre		when being with someone isn't good for you
Take a rain check commencer à apprendre		To do something another time
If you can't beat them, join them commencer à apprendre		Be friends with your enemies
If you can't stand the heat, keep out of the kitchen commencer à apprendre		if you can't deal with the pressures and difficulties of a situation, you should leave others to deal with it rather than complaining
Get the ball rolling commencer à apprendre		to get something started
up-to-the-minute commencer à apprendre		incorporating the newest/latest information
Bite off more than you can chew commencer à apprendre		to try to do something that is too difficult for you
Broke commencer à apprendre		No money
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush commencer à apprendre		when you recognise that you shouldn't risk losing something you already have by trying to get something you think might be better
A drop in the bucket commencer à apprendre		something that isn't very important especially when compared to something else
a piece of cake commencer à apprendre		something that is very easy
a slap on the wrist commencer à apprendre		a gentle warning or punishment
add fuel to the fire commencer à apprendre		to make a bad situation worse
All bark and no bites commencer à apprendre		when you treathen someone but do nothing in the end
In the same boat commencer à apprendre		be in the same difficult circumstances as others
bite my tongue commencer à apprendre		make a desperate effort to avoid saying something
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth commencer à apprendre		be thankful for what you get
in over your head commencer à apprendre		beyond the point of being able to control or cope a difficult situation any longer
It's anyone's call commencer à apprendre		you don't know what the outcome will be
let bygones be bygones commencer à apprendre		let the past go
On the fence commencer à apprendre		you can't make up your mind
two heads are better than one commencer à apprendre		two people can do better than one/to do something together
what goes around comes around commencer à apprendre		if someone treats other people badly he/she will eventually be treated badly by someone else
you can't have your cake and eat it too commencer à apprendre		you can't enjoy both of two desiderable but mutually exclusive alternatives
you can't take it with you commencer à apprendre		you need to think about what's really important, money means nothing/live now
you don't know what you've got till it's gone commencer à apprendre		appreciate what you have now, you might lose it
there's no place like home commencer à apprendre		home is the best place to be
cold turkey commencer à apprendre		to suddenly stop doing something
24/7 commencer à apprendre		open all the time
a taste of one's own medicine commencer à apprendre		when someone does something bad to you and you pay back in the same way
cat got your tongue? commencer à apprendre		you can't speak because you're guilty
draw the line commencer à apprendre		set the upper limit "say no more"
finding a needle in a haystack commencer à apprendre		something hard to find
once in a blue moon commencer à apprendre		very rarely
up a creek without a paddle commencer à apprendre		to be in a difficult situation
get your feet wet commencer à apprendre		try to do something, start slowly
stick your nose into something commencer à apprendre		you don't mind your own business
blessing in disguise commencer à apprendre		something bad happens but it turns out to be good

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