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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor

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A blessing in disguise

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someone has come along (well); grown up

to be unchanged

to clear s.th up; to give it to someone straight

to make a mistake

to lay it on thick

to be very unlikely; when pigs fly

to be out in the sticks; to have nothing around for miles

to water down; to drag out; to take a shortcut

to fish in troubled waters

someone’s system has gone haywire

something turned out + adjective

to be sly; sneaky

Hurry; Snap to it! Do s.th ASAP

to soothe s.th

to have earnt the right to something

to drool over s.th; to really want s.th

to not hold much hope; to not hold one’s breath

to be too little, too late

to waste one’s time; to flog a dead horse

to be fundamentally flawed; to be rotten to the core

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he/she is like fuel to the fire

to be a firecracker

you are always the cause of trouble

to sell something for a bargain

fire under the ashes

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to be at someone’s service

I don’t know what on earth to do!

to hit rock bottom (x 2)

perfection needs no validation

to damn/curse someone

everything you touch turns to gold

to teach someone a lesson; to cut someone down to size

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what goes around, comes around (karma)

to move heaven and earth

to get what is coming to oneself

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to have someone’s back

to keep someone waiting

double standard

to have gone to pot

to become full of oneself; to become high and mighty

to do something out of the blue

to miss someone or somewhere

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