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  • The politician remained indifferent to the city's poverty crisis, causing many of his detractors to accuse him of having a heart ____ ____.
    OF STONE
  • It is better to ____ ____ tongue off than to say something nasty about someone else.
    BITE YOUR
  • He said that he was a huge fan of the president, although I suspect it was tongue ____ ____.
    IN CHEEK
  • My assistant is extremely loyal. She even ____ ____ neck ____ to defend me against a board member when I couldn't be at the meeting.
    STUCK HER ... OUT
  • I really meant to say Miss Davis, not Mrs Davis, so it was just ____ ____ ____ ____ tongue, but Judy thought I was teasing her.
    A SLIP OF THE
  • I'd like to ___ ____ brain about buying a house because I know you used to be a real estate agent
    PICK YOUR
  • Why do you get so aggressive at the slightest hint of criticism? You seem to have ___ ____ ____ ____ shoulder.
    A CHIP ON YOUR
  • I don’t believe it that he’s leaving. I’m going to go to him and hear it ____ ____ ____ ____ mouth.
    STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE'S
  • I feel so ____ ____ ____ ears at my new job but I’m working late every day to try to learn as fast as I can.
    WET BEHIND THE
  • I ____ ____ ____ ears when I heard my name mentioned. I wanted to know what they were saying about me.
    PRICKED UP MY
  • The principal decided to ____ ____ ____eye to the students' misconduct this time with a hope that they won’t do it again.
    TURN A BLIND
  • I'm all fingers ____ ____ when it comes to wrapping packages.
    AND THUMBS
  • At work I'm a teacher but I also do some accounting and organise the end-of-term play. I like to ____ ____ finger ____ ____ ____!
    HAVE A ... IN EVERY PIE
  • I don’t see why he finds her attractive, I think she is downright ugly; but, ____ ____ ____ ____ eye of the ____ , as they say.
    BEAUTY IS IN THE ... BEHOLDER
  • Why do we put people in jail? As ____ ____ ____ ____ eye, or to make them realize they did wrong?
    AN EYE FOR AN
  • I suppose I'm less optimistic than I was at first. This disease seems to recur so often you begin to ____ heart.
    LOSE
  • He tried to cheat on the exam, but his teacher walked in and ____ ____ _____- handed.
    CAUGHT HIM RED-
  • The boy was ____ ____ ____ mouth, throwing things around and destroying whatever came in his way.
    FOAMING AT THE
  • Emma ____ ____ ____ ____ shoulder and pretty much ignored him at the party.
    GAVE HIM THE COLD
  • When the father beat his child with the belt, the kid didn’t even ____ ____ eyelid while he was being struck.
    BAT AN
  • When the plane was about to take off, I ____ ____ heart ____ ____ ____ since it was the first time I was on a plane.
    HAD MY ... IN MY MOUTH
  • The family ____ ____ ____ ____ mouth and there were days when Dereck and his younger brother had gone to bed hungry.
    LIVED FROM HAND TO