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  • If you are as good as the usual standard, you are
    UP TO THE MARK
  • If you have a reasonable change, you are...
    IN THE RUNNING
  • If you have the power or authority to make decisions, you...
    CALL THE SHOTS
  • If you are considered too old for doing something, you are...
    OVER THE HILL
  • A phrase which means that there is hope in the most difficult situations...
    EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING
  • If someone is written about in newspapers and seen on TV, they are...
    IN THE PUBLIC EYE
  • If you are at the place where an event is happening, you are
    ON THE SPOT
  • To be caught in the act of doing something wrong is...
    TO BE CAUGHT WITH YOUR HAND IN THE COOKIE JAR
  • If you write or say something in order to make the true facts known, you...
    PUT THE RECORD STRAIGHT
  • If you have the qualities specified in a description, you...
    FIT THE DESCRIPTION
  • If you have to confront the unpleasant consequences of your actions, you have to...
    FACE THE MUSIC
  • If you feel ill, you feel...
    UNDER THE WEATHER
  • If you see how two things or people are unlike each other, you can...
    TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM
  • If you do what is expected or promised, you...
    DELIVER THE GOODS
  • If you have the advantages of two different situations, you may say that you have...
    THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
  • A discreditable or embarrassing fact that someone wishes to keep secret is...
    A SKELETON IN THE CUPBOARD
  • If you try to find out what other people's reactions might be before taking action, you...
    TEST THE WATERS
  • If you direct attention to an issue, you...
    ADDRESS THE ISSUE
  • If you are so in love with someone that you can't think about anything else, you are...
    HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE
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