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Don't get ahead of yourself?

We get ahead of ourselves by doing or planning for something before its proper time.

By committee?

A decision made by committee is a decision made collectively.

Finger quotes?

You raise your fingers up in the air to simulate quotation marks (“…”).

Banana skin?

Banana skin represents anything that may not appear to be problematic but potentially can create a problem for you.

Piling on?

To pile on is literally to put something extra onto an existing heap.

Out of the loop?

If you are out of the loop, that is, you don't know what's going on.

Go to the tape?

The tape was also known as, well, film, because the tapes were the same flimsy material used in film making.

Off his rocker?

If we say someone is off his or her rocker, we mean to say they are out of control, out of control of their emotions, out of their mind.

Slim pickings?

Slim pickings may represent anything that is scare and rare, be it food on the table or opportunities for success.

Tongue in cheek?

If someone says something and they do so with "tongue in cheek", they mean to tell it like a joke.

Breaking bread

To break bread means to have a banquet together.

Beijing will “take off the gloves”

In short, when the gloves are off, somebody could seriously get hurt.

Ends justifying means

If the end result is good, then all is good – the method you've been using to achieve the result must be good or be accepted as good.

Finding a way

Finding a way means discovering how to do something difficult or achieve one's goal in spite of difficulties.

Sound and fury

“Sound and fury” as an idiom means mere noise, without meaning or significance.

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