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A safe bet.

Something that is likely to succeed.

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To get your head around something.

To understand

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To come on leaps and bounds

To improve

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To go places.

To become successful.

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To blossom.

To reach your potential.

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To knuckle down.

To work hard when necessary

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To be sharp as a tack.

To be intelligent and have a quick mind.

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To smash it out of the park

To do something perfectly.

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To let something slip.

To stop doing something you should do / To accidentally tell a secret.

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To keep your head down.

Don't draw attention to yourself / work hard and quietly

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To be a dark horse

To have more depth and surprising characteristics than you would imagine

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To nit pick

To be overly obsessed with small, unimportant details.

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To be taken aback

To be surprised

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A rough diamond

Somebody who has lots of good qualities but hasn't quite reached their potential yet

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To hone something

To perfect something

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To pull your finger out

To start working hard after being lazy

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