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We were always .......................terms...................our neighbours.

on good terms with

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nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America

possum

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a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric

Macintosh

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to encourage or dare someone to do something, often something unwise(Esater idiom)

To egg someone on

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Easter idiom: to risk everything in one venture

To put all your eggs in one basket

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Easter idiom: Ensinar o padre a rezar missa: to presume to teach someone something they already know

To teach someone’s grandmother to suck eggs (informal)

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Easter idiom: In order to do something good, you need to give something else up

You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs

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Idiom referring to your spouse (husband or wife.) It’s often used ironically.

your better half

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This means that two alternatives will lead to the same result.

six of one, half a dozen of another

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you say you want to do something (because you’re angry), but you probably won’t.

have half a mind to..

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Expression used to compare a rich lifestyle with our own.

how the other half lives

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Expression meaning you aren’t really paying attention to what people are saying

listen with half an ear

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idiom meaning: Incomplete; not fully planned or carefully considered, ill-conceived, unsound or badly thought-out; foolish or having no common sense.

half-baked

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Phrasal verb meaning to make the wrong choice and waste one's effort:keep up with the Joneses/be in the same boat /bark up the wrong tree/

bark up the wrong tree/

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What is the meaning of the idiom: over the hill

old and therefore no longer useful or attractive

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what is the meaning of the idiom: BEND (SOMEONE’S) EAR

to talk to someone for a long time

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