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“Yours to lose” is an American expression which actually means your chance of winning is great.
To say people are “in the same boat” points to the fact that they share the a similar fate.
The term “high and dry” is now applicable in any situations where helplessness is keenly felt.
We force them, we keep putting pressure on them – sometimes to the point of hurting them.
If someone drops the ball, he makes a small mistake which may prove very costly.
Entrenched interests are resistant to change because they’ve gained the most from the status quo.
If we say somebody has a blind spot about something, we mean to say they cannot see it.
When a person’s style of managing people is described as “slash and burn”, he doesn’t care about how people feel.
You look over your shoulder for any sign of threat or danger.
The low-hanging fruit are, needless to say, the easiest and pick.
“Hot cakes” is an American idiom, representing a commodity that’s popular and easy to sell.
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