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  • Working irregular hours is all ______ of being a journalist.
    part and parcel
    never offer to teach fish to swim
    at the drop of a hat
  • It isn't worth replacing the oil filter on the engine now—______.
    With age comes wisdom
    t’s too late to lock the stable when the horse is stolent
    Never offer to teach fish to swim
  • With the new year comes the "______" attitude.
    New one in, old one out
    Rain cats and dogs
    Chalk and cheese
  • That girl is so emotional; she’ll start crying ______.
    at the drop of a hat
  • It was ______ when the two men met because they were so sure their own ideas were right.
    with age comes wisdom
    new one in, old one out
    diamond cut diamond
  • I agree that there should be a complete rethink: we should _______ and reconsider the trust option.
    go back to the drawing board
  • I remember when we thought that flip phones were _______.
    a hot potato
    the best thing since sliced bread
    chalk and cheese
  • I know you don't think he's very good-looking, but he's just the nicest guy, ______.
    Handsome is as handsome does
  • Teaching that girl English is like trying to ______ -- her mother tongue is English.
    teach fish to swim
    run before the one can walk
    scratch her back and she’ll scratch yours
  • _______ and tell me frankly what you think of my proposition
    Don't beat around the bush
  • Our father was always as ______, so it took us all by surprise when he was hospitalized
    strong as a horse
  • Unemployment became _______ for the government.
    a hot potato
  • I'll grab the box on the top shelf if you will creep under the table and pick up my pen. ________.
    You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours
  • ________ so that's why I invest in expensive shoes, suits and silk ties.
    You get what you pay for
    You bring down the house
    You break a leg
  • ______ lay yellow plastic helmets, boots, fragments of office furniture.
    Back and forth
    Then and now
    Here and there
  • There is no need for them to _______ and rethink all the policies.
    burn the midnight oil
    beat about the bush
    go back to the drawing board
  • She'd purchase her expensive jewelry ______ and worry about how she would pay for it later
    here and there
    at the drop of a hat
    beat the bush
  • In the middle of the picnic it started to______, and everybody got soaked.
    rain cats and dogs
  • They look alike but they're as different as ______.
    chalk and cheese
  • Dreams are a _______ of our life.
    part and parcel