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By counting your blessings, you’re advised to understand and enjoy what you already have, rather than what you don’t have.
“Pie in the sky” is a promise, an idea, a plan that’s unlikely to ever come to fruition.
It means removing all blockages and hindrances, giving your all in trying to achieve something.
People or things should or need to fall in line so that everything will fall in place.
Praising someone by saying they should take a bow is just another way of saying they’ve done a good job and are duly recognized.
“Stealing a march on someone” means exactly that, gaining an unexpected advantage on someone, especially a rival.
Laws promoting open government and transparency are known as sunshine laws.
The choices are clear cut, yes or no, without a third alternative.That’s the essence of “take it or leave it”.
Pulling themselves up by their bootstraps indicates that they are making a great effort.
A living wage is a wage that assures an adequate lifestyle according to common decency.
Wear and tear, in short, refers to the damage caused by continued use.
It refers to one’s behaviors that are considered inappropriate, out of place and rude, causing embarrassment.
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