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  • NOT BAT AN EYELID
    not to show any signs of emotion
  • DIG ONE'S OWN GRAVE
    do something that will cause you harm
  • EAT THE HAT
    admit you are wrong
  • SCARE THE PANTS OFF SOMEBODY
    to shock, frighten or terrify somebody
  • BELL THE CAT
    to take the risk
  • DROP DEAD
    to die suddenly and unexpectedly
  • OVER ONE'S DEAD BODY
    one won't let something happen
  • SKELETON STAFF
    the smallest number of people needed for a business or organization to operate
  • BE ROLLING IN ONE'S GRAVE
    suggesting that somebody dead would be upset
  • LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL
    something that happens very quickly or suddenly
  • COLD-BLOODED / IN COLD BLOOD
    (behaving in) a very cruel way with no sympathy for other people
  • NEW BROOM
    a new leader
  • WITCH HUNT
    an attempt to find and punish people disloyal or dangeroug in somebody's opinion
  • STICK A KNIFE IN
    to be, do ora say something critical, unpleasant or mean-spirited esp. to somebody who is already vulnerable or weak
  • COME BACK TO HAUNT
    (of a past situation) to cause problems in the present or future
  • MAKE ONE'S BLOOD BOIL
    to make somebody extremely angry
  • GRAVEYARD SHIFT
    a work shift that happens over night
  • SCAREDY CAT / PANTS
    someone who can be easily scared
  • STAB SOMEBODY IN THE BACK
    do something bad to somebody who trusted you, to betray somebody
  • HAVE A DEVIL TO PAY
    serious trouble to be dealt with
  • DEAD RINGER
    a person or thing that closely resembles another, an exact counterpart
  • DEAD END
    a road or a situation which leads nowhere
  • BE WEIRDED OUT
    to be afraid, disturbed or unnerved e.g.by events
  • NIGHT OWL
    a person who stays up late
  • GHOST TOWN
    a place with few or no people
  • FINAL NAIL IN THE COFFIN
    final failure
  • DROP DEAD GORGEOUS
    extremely attractive
  • SKELETON IN THE CLOSET / CUPBOARD
    an embarrassing secret
  • GIVE UP THE GHOST
    to give up trying
  • GHOST OF A CHANCE
    a slight possibility
  • GREEN-EYED MONSTER
    the feeling of being jealous
  • A DEVIL OF A JOB
    a most difficult task
  • SCARED STIFF
    so scared that you cannot move
  • DEAD CENTER
    the exact center
  • DEVIL'S ADVOCATE
    somebody who argues an unpopular opinion for the sake of an argument
  • MAKE ONE'S SKIN CRAWL / FLESH CREEP
    to cause somebody feel disgusted, frightened or unnerved
  • MAKE THE BLOOD RUN COLD
    totally scare somebody
  • OUT FOR BLOOD
    angry or wanting to kill somebody or to cause them pain or discomfort
  • NOT SAY BOO TO A GOOSE
    to be very shy and timid
  • SMELL A RAT
    to recognize that something dishonest is happening
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