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Barrons 1100 Words
Idioms to prepare for TEP exam
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Language - English
Graduate
05/22/2013

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to eat humble pie
Definition
to admit your error and apologize
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a pig in a poke
Definition
an item you purchase without having seen; a disappointment
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a flash in the pan
Definition
promising at the start but then disappointing
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to pour oil on troubled waters
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to make pease, to calm someone down
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the sword of Damocles
Definition
any imminent danger
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Pyrrhic victory
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a too costly victory
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a wet blanket
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one who spoils the fun
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to beard the lion in his den
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to visit and oppose a person on his own ground
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crocodile tears
Definition
insincere tears
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to carry the day
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to win the approval of the majority
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skid row
Definition
disreputable part of town, inhabited by derelicts and people "on the skid"
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to go up in smoke
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to come to no practical result
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to throw down the gauntlet
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to challenge someone
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feeling no pain
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drunk
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Hobson's choice
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to have no choice at all
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to rule the roost
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to be in charge, to be master
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stock  in trade
Definition
the goods, tools, and other requisites of a profession
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to take down a peg
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to take the conceit out of a braggart
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to pass the buck
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to envade responsibility
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to lionize a person
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to make a big fuss over someone
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Im from Missouri
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a skeptic, one who is not easily convinced
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red-letter day
Definition
day of happiness, time for rejoicing
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to let sleeping dogs lie
Definition
to let well enough alone, to avoid stirring up old hosilities
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thumb's down
Definition
signal of rejection
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cause celebre
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a famous law case or controversy
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one swallow does not make a summer
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don't jump to conclusions based on imcomplete evidence
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a bitter pill to swallow
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a humiliating defeat
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an ax to grind
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having a selfish motive in the background
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