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question		réponse
a bad break commencer à apprendre		a misfortune/ a serious bone fracture
a bad hair day commencer à apprendre		a day on which everything seems to go wrong
a bigger bang for your buck commencer à apprendre		better value for your money
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush commencer à apprendre		it is much safer to be content with things you have at the moment than take risks and try to reach more in the future
a blessing in disguise commencer à apprendre		when something bad happens at first we do not see that there are also good points in the situation
a chip on one's shoulder commencer à apprendre		to be disappointed with something that occurred in the past
ad lib commencer à apprendre		to improvise/ to extemporize
a dime a dozen commencer à apprendre		something ordinary and common
a doubting Thomas commencer à apprendre		a person who doesn’t believe anything without evidence; a sceptic
a drop in the bucket commencer à apprendre		small amount
a fool and his money are easily parted commencer à apprendre		fools spend money easily
a man after my own heart commencer à apprendre		a kindred spirit/ someone who thinks as I do
a sledgehammer to crack a nut commencer à apprendre		the use of excessive resources to overcome a small problem
a skeleton in the closet (cupboard) commencer à apprendre		a secret and possibly ruinous source of shame
a sight for sore eyes commencer à apprendre		a welcome sight that you weren’t expecting
a stich in time (saves nine) commencer à apprendre		a small effort made at the right time might save a calamity later on
against the grain commencer à apprendre		when you do or say sth that is opposite to what other people do or say/ opposite to what you usually do or say
a house divided against itself cannot stand commencer à apprendre		it means that if there is a conflict and confrontations between members of a group it will soon fall apart
a leopard can't change its spots commencer à apprendre		it is very difficult for a person to change his/hers manners; character; way of thinking
all along commencer à apprendre		all the time
all of a sudden commencer à apprendre		suddenly
a hot potato commencer à apprendre		any difficult situation, occasion or issue
a penny for your thoughts commencer à apprendre		you say this phrase when you would like to hear someone’s opinion
a penny saved is a penny earned commencer à apprendre		it means that it is more important and wiser to save money rather than to spend it
a picture paints a thousand words commencer à apprendre		a picture or a photo can tell more about a person than words
a piece of cake commencer à apprendre		used to describe something easy
a slap on the wrist commencer à apprendre		a light punishment
a toss-up commencer à apprendre		sometimes there is a situation when two or more things happen to be equal
above board commencer à apprendre		thruthful; straight; candid
actions speak louder than worlds commencer à apprendre		actions are more significant than words
Achilles' heel commencer à apprendre		a fatal weakness in an otherwise strong person or thing
add insult to injury commencer à apprendre		to further a loss/ to make a bad situation worse
add fuel to the fire commencer à apprendre		when a situation becomes worse/ also to make someone already agry get angrier
against the clock commencer à apprendre		in a hurry/ when you work against time
ain’t my first rodeo commencer à apprendre		said by someone who has experience of a situation
all bark and no bite commencer à apprendre		when someone talks more than actually does
all in the same boat commencer à apprendre		when several people have the same problem
an arm and a leg commencer à apprendre		a lot of money
apple of my eye commencer à apprendre		a person who is a treasure for somebody
as high as a kite commencer à apprendre		to feel excited about sth/ also to feel excited because of being drunk
at the drop of a hat commencer à apprendre		immediately

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