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Damp squibs become synonymous with anything that fails to work properly, anything that is not up to expectation.
To sit on the fence is to remain neutral or to stay undecided or to be unable to take a side at all.
When you want to look solemn, stoic, determined and resolute and so on you maintain a stiff upper lip.
If you say someone's ideas are left field, you mean to say their ideas are unconventional, odd and surprising.
To punch the air, one simulates such a punch without touching anyone but the body motion is the same.
If some person sticks out like a sore thumb, the person is odd and different, commanding particular attention because he/she is excessive in some way or other.
One who is happy-go-lucky is easy going and carefree, not giving a care about the future.
If you play "fast and loose" with facts, it means you are not reliable with facts.
When people ask you to get a grip on reality, they are talking about assessing a complex social or political issue.
The other proverbial shoe becomes synonymous with something that is inevitable to happen.
He or she who paints themselves into a corner puts themselves into an isolated and helpless position.
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