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Hence giving someone a proverbial pass means you’re allowing them to say or do something anyway they want to.
That’s the idea – big time because the changes are likened to an earthquake.
Gig economy refers to productivity generated by businesses involving people doing part-time jobs instead of full time.
A deal with the devil usually means someone is giving up their moral principles in exchange for worldly gains.
If you cannot even hold a candle to someone, you cannot compare with them at all.
If people dig up the hatchet, they are ready to rediscover their weapons and go back onto the battlefield.
You have got to earn your stripes, meaning nobody will give you anything, you have got to work for everything
Basically it means they regret having previously agreed to do something.
With a closed book, you cannot see what it’s about and therefore remain mystified.
For us humans, our metaphorical shell is where we feel safe, our comfort zone, so to speak.
When people say "spitting image", they mean to say that two people look exactly alike.
“Hail Mary” is a prayer among Christians, uttered when they want to ask for holy intervention.
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