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bust assTo work hard, especially when trying to achieve a goal.Rate it:

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cast/shed/throw light on sthto make a problem,etc easier to understandRate it:

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every silver lining has a cloudEvery good situation has the potential to turn bad.2007, Diab A. Shetayh, Actuality : The Reality RequiemA great partnership isn't a self-maintaining entity. Perseverance and persistence make it thrive. For every silver lining has a cloud. Ignorance of this reality is not an option.Rate it:

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Play Cat and MouseTo make someone fool by playing tricks, to annoy or tease someoneRate it:

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speak outTo assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known.Rate it:

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knuckle downTo get to work; to focus on a task.Rate it:

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a bad workman always blames his toolsIt is not the tools we use which make us good, but rather how we employ them.Rate it:

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all hands on deck!Nautical call for all ships crew to come topside and man their usual station. Work challenge or approaching gale threatens safety of crew and vessel.Rate it:

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daily grindThe difficult, routine, or monotonous tasks of daily work.Rate it:

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mess upTo make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss.Rate it:

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take offTo absent oneself from work or other responsibility, especially with permission.Rate it:

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a smoke screenEarly sea battles demonstrated the value of gun smoke and smoke from burning ships to hide one battleship from one belonging to the enemy. Later, smoke was generated prior to commencing battle so as to make it more difficult for gun crews to spot the targeted vessel. This tactic became known as a smoke screen.Rate it:

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"never mind your mother sonny.... eat your bleedin' orange"I worked with a man from Foulridge, Lancashire for over 35 years who often used this phrase whenever there was a problem and he wasn't sure of the answer!.. Said the phrase came from a "chap I used to work with in Colne... but he didn't know what it meant either"Rate it:

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a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go downAn otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.1999, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253335833, page 372,One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bitter," arduous path of upholding burdensome precepts and prohibitions, a tale can lighten the load, make the "medicine" easier "to swallow."2001, Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316736368, page 319,It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, ISBN 1564147045, page 11,If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.Rate it:

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a stich in time saves nineWhat ever work you have you should perform the and there, thereby your work being helped others work.Rate it:

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attend toTo diligently work on; to pay attention to.Rate it:

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bang aboutTo make a lot of percussive noise while doing an activity.Rate it:

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batten downTo close or make watertight, referring to hatches and cargo.Rate it:

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black ballStall, close ranks, make it impossible to make a break throughRate it:

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bring downTo make a legitimate rulership lose their position of power.Rate it:

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Burn Your Bridges behind YouTo make unchangeable commitment, to be determined on any decisionRate it:

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busman's holidayA holiday or vacation during which you do the same thing that you do for your usual work.Rate it:

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bust one's ballsto work very hard; to put in a lot of effort.Rate it:

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carpe diemseize the day, make the most of today, enjoy the presentRate it:

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carry one's weightTo contribute or produce one's fair share, as of work, money, etc.Rate it:

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cheer upTo make someone happy.Rate it:

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climb upTo make a gradual ascent or increase.Rate it:

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do the best and live the restFirst do your work with your 100% dont think about the resultRate it:

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draw outTo make something last for more time than is necessary; prolong; extend.Rate it:

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Drive You CrazyTo force someone into a state of anger and mental instability; to make someone very frustratedRate it:

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fill upTo make full.Rate it:

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full of oneselfEgotistical, believing oneself to be superior to others; preoccupied with one's own work, interests, point of view, etc.Rate it:

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get the word outTo make some information more widely known.Rate it:

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gussie upTo make fancy or attractive, as by artificial or contrived means.Rate it:

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kick offTo make the first kick in a game or part of a game.Rate it:

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kill offTo eliminate, or make extinct.Rate it:

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labor of loveA task performed voluntarily without expectation of reimbursement; an altruistic work or undertaking.Rate it:

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mettez cela au netMake a fair copy of that.Rate it:

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orange upTo make more prominent by making orange or adding orange colour.Rate it:

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polish upTo polish something to make it shiny.Rate it:

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ring backTo make another phone call to the same person.Rate it:

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rock upTo work one's way vertically up a chimney or cleft using a rocking movement.Rate it:

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round offTo change the shape of an object to make it more circular.Rate it:

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short-sheetTo play a prank by folding someone's bed sheets to make the space for lying in the bed unusably short.Rate it:

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spice upTo make more exotic, fun or extravagant.Rate it:

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stand byTo wait in expectation of some event; to make ready.Rate it:

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straighten outTo make straight.Rate it:

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strike outTo strongly criticize or make a verbal attack, particularly as a response to previous criticism or provocation.Rate it:

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talk upIn such a way as to make the thing or person sound better than it actually is.Rate it:

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throw a bone toTo provide support or assistance to, especially in one particular way or to a limited extent; to make a concession to.Rate it:

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