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If someone says something that is close to the bone, then the message is spot-on, accurate and to the point
When someone says children are not cookie cutters, meaning they are not the same – each cute and lovely, though, in their own way.
If you do something to advance matters in this direction, then you’re on the right side of history.
A high-wire act is a balancing act that is difficult and fraught with dangers and problems.
To say you’ve got your head handed to you is one way of saying that you suffered a total defeat.
If someone says something is in the theater of the absurd, they just mean to say it’s absurd.
If someone say something is like gold dust to them, it's something they treasure and relish.
The phrase “pants on fire” is just another cry out on a big liar.
It refers to a problem that’s been there for a long time and is probably not going to completely go away any time soon.
Political mumble-jumble, then, refers to a seasoned politician’s empty talk.
Samaritan is someone who helps others out of compassion and not for any particular selfish reason.
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