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They mean to say they shouldn't have done it had they fully followed their head instead of the heart.
In other words, rags to riches, riches to rags. Fortunes made, fortunes lost.
Down time refers to a period of break, hiatus or sabbatical during an otherwise hectic and busy schedule.
All hat and no cattle is descriptive of someone who talks big but doesn't act on his words.
If someone or something is described as a wrecking ball, he or she, or it is something that can do great damage and destruction.
Red meat represents raw, basic food that serves our basic appetite. Our basic appetite represents our basic needs.
“Cloak and dagger” indicate a plot of heroic and/or horrific drama full of breathtaking, daring and pulsating twists and turns.
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