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metaphors

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complete the phrase : cut the _______

CHASE, to talk about or deal with the important parts of a subject and not waste time with things that are not important

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complete the phrase: give up the _____

GHOST, to die, to stop working

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complete the phrase: like a ____ in a china shop

BULL, If someone is like a bull in a china shop, they are very careless in the way that they move or behave

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complete the phrase: nip sth in the_____

BUD, to stop something before it has an opportunity to become established

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complete the phrase: dog____dog

EAT, used to describe a situation in which people will do anything to be successful, even if what they do harms other people

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complete the phrase: damp ____

SQUIB, an event that is not as exciting or popular as people thought it would be

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complete the phrase: in high ______

DUDGEON, If you do something in high dudgeon, you do it angrily, usually because of the way you have been treated:

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complete the phrase: chickens will come home to _______

ROOST, the bad things that someone has done in the past have come back to bite or haunt the individual.

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complete the phrase: ______ your enthusiasm

CURB, control your excitement, emotions, as it is not the right time to express such feelings

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complete the phrase: in the ______ of the moment

SPUR, used to say that a decision, action, etc. is sudden and done without any planning

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complete the phrase: be on t________

TENTERHOOKS, worried or nervous about something that is going to happen

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complete the phrase: give sb free _____

REIN, to give a lot of freedom

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