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      a dull person or an individual with a boring hobby who insists on talking about it    börja lära sig
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      Oh no, this anorak is going to talk about his stamp collection again!  
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      to put in a lot of effort into doing something    börja lära sig
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      It's time to buckle down and start revising for the exam.  
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      to start to think seriously about how to solve a problem    börja lära sig
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      to put on one's thinking cap     Guys, let's put on our thinking caps and figure out how to do this.  
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      someone who pretends to be harmless when he is, in fact, really dangerous    börja lära sig
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      I don't like this man, he seems to be a wolf in sheep's clothing.  
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      I makes me hot under the collar when someone uses my teacup.  
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      He gave a wonderful speech just off-the cuff.  
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      to tell someone off for doing something bad    börja lära sig
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      She dressed her children down when she found out what they did.  
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      to be dressed too young for your age    börja lära sig
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      In this dress you look like mutton dressed as a lamb. It's way too short.  
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      to make yourself look really good by wearing your best clothes    börja lära sig
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      She looks beautiful tonight, she is dressed to kill.  
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      to be dressed up like a dog's dinner     She dressed up like a dog's dinner again. Who wears an evening dress for a picnic?  
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      This bra fits you like a glove, it's perfect!  
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      to have an extremely close relationship, especially at work    börja lära sig
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      This computer is designed to work hand in glove with the new software.  
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      to argue or compete without controlling your actions or feelings    börja lära sig
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      Don't make me take the gloves off, we both don't want it.  
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      I didn't even realize it, it happened at the drop of the hat.  
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      I don't like this suit, it's so old hat.  
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      to admire or respect someone    börja lära sig
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      to take one's hat off to someone     His parents didn't support him, but he succeeded anyway. I take my hat off to him.  
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      to keep something in strictest confidence    börja lära sig
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      to keep something under one's hat     Yes, you can tell me a secret, I promise to keep it under my hat.  
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      to have your private or personal problems discussed in public    börja lära sig
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      to air one's dirty linen in public     My mother taught me not to air my dirty linen in public.  
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      to be restless or incapable of sitting still    börja lära sig
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      to have ants in one's pants     What's going on with this child, does she have ants in her pants?  
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      used when talking about the reckless spending of money    börja lära sig
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      to burn a hole in one's pocket     When I get my salary I just have to spend it, the money burns a hole in my pocket.  
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      to be very busy or overcrowded    börja lära sig
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      This cinema is bursting at the seams, I don't think we are going to get tickets for tonight.  
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      You'd better keep your shirt on, it's not a good time for anger.  
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      to lose all your money (usually in a business venture or by gambling)    börja lära sig
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      He went into business with Thomson and lost his shirt.  
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      I know he's a big cheese, but he's too much of a stuffed shirt to me.  
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      to be in someone else's place or position    börja lära sig
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      to be in someone else's shoes     I tell you wouldn't like to be in my shoes.  
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      to have a very small amount of money for something    börja lära sig
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      Ok, we will have a party, it's going to be on a shoestring budget.  
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      to have something in reserve in case it is needed    börja lära sig
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      to have a card up one's sleeve     She seems to always have a card up her sleeve, she has never been in serious trouble.  
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      Let's roll up our sleeves and begin drilling.  
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      used to tell someone to shut up    börja lära sig
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      Oh, just put a sock in it and stop complaining.  
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      to be in one's birthday suit     I was ashamed when she accidentally saw me in me birthday suit.  
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      to be the boss of a family or household    börja lära sig
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      to wear the trousers in the house/family     It happens more and more often that the woman is the person who wears the trousers in the family.  
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      to keep quiet about something (usually with an implied threat)    börja lära sig
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      I'd better keep it zipped or else...  
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