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As patient as Job
If someone is as patient as Job, they are very patient
As poor as a church mouse
If someone is as poor as a church mouse they are extremely poor
Baptism of fire
a very difficult first experience someone undergoes
Bear one's cross
If someone bear one's cross they endure burden or difficulties
Better the devil you know
It is sometimes better to deal with someone or thing you know than to deal with a new person or thing who could be even worse
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
An idiom referring to a dilemma, a choice between two undesirable situations
Come hell or high water
Said when you are determined to do something despite difficulties
Count your blessings
When you count your blessings, you are grateful for what you have
Eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
The idea that a person who causes another person to suffer should suffer in an equal amount
Fall from grace
Refers to a loss of status, respect, or prestige
God forbid (also Heaven forbid)
Said when you hope that something does not happen
God knows
Said when you have absolutely no knowledge of something
God's honest truth
Refers the absolute, unquestionable truth. The idiom is used to suggest that something is the complete truth
Not have a snowball's chance in hell
Not to be able to achieve something
Sell your soul to the devil
To be willing to do anything for money or some other reward
Speak of the devil
the short form of the idiom speak of the devil and he shall appear. It is used about someone who appears unexpectedly while being talked about
