Idioms category: Learning

a small fish in a big pond
success difficulty progress opportunity challenge feeling struggle learning situation
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I have not slept one wink
time problem feeling body speech emotion success failure education learning work love trouble
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Up to speed
work learning progress communication advantage competition success
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More haste, less speed
problem time work progress success failure learning strategy
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Penny wise, pound foolish
money opportunity risk consequence learning behaviour
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nine lives
animal learning
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Beyond our ken
learning uncertainty
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Don't judge a book by its cover
learning
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Back to the drawing board
problem work learning
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Give the benefit of the doubt
learning advantage
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Hit the books
education learning work success time
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Knuckle down
work success responsibility learning education business progress
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Seek and you shall find
education learning success
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God helps those who help themselves
success learning work
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Have no truck with
danger learning
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Play by the ear
learning feeling emotion communication
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getting the hang of it
learning education
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Buckle down
work responsibility success learning
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A hard nut to crack
challenge difficulty success opportunity time learning
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Word for word
speech learning education communication
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Haste makes waste
time work consequence learning risk opportunity
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Failing to plan is planning to fail
failure success strategy business work education opportunity risk consequence learning
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You can't teach an old dog new tricks
animal learning
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All hat and no cattle
business money work success behaviour learning
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Exceedingly well read
education learning
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Fall by the wayside
problem learning education failure work success business progress learning education failure work success business progress learning education
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Well read
learning education
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A burnt child dreads the fire
learning risk danger
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He who can, does; he who cannot, teaches
work education success opportunity responsibility leadership learning challenge progress
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Use your loaf
action success education learning
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink
education difficulty leadership learning failure uncertainty opportunity action consequence
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Get thee behind me Satan
learning
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Phrases and sayings quiz
speech learning education communication
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Bad books
communication education learning entertainment
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closing the gap
education learning progress success opportunity advantage competition
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Morning person
time behaviour success work learning
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Idioms quiz
learning education
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Whipping boy
history responsibility tradition education learning
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take it under his wing
education learning animal opportunity responsibility success
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catch up
time work education learning progress
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trying to make heads or tails
problem difficulty learning education communication uncertainty
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Heart in the right place
love emotion success learning education
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May you live in interesting times
time difficulty uncertainty challenge opportunity success failure learning
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An Oxford scholar
education learning
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curiosity can also be a teacher
learning education
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exuded strength and pride
body animal success behaviour learning
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Test the waters
business risk opportunity uncertainty communication education learning
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taken under the wing
education learning opportunity leadership
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Thinking cap
learning education
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There's an R in the month
time learning education learning education
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soaked up
learning education
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caught wind
movement advantage opportunity progress success learning education
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(The) penny drops
learning education
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Learn the ropes
business learning work
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learning curve
education learning difficulty progress time work
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Nature versus nurture
behaviour learning education
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Ars longa, vita brevis
time learning difficulty
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The nth degree
difficulty education learning
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Go back to the drawing board
problem work learning failure education
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Play the race card
learning
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chalk up to experience
learning education
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Ough - the many ways to pronounce
learning education communication speech speech
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journey of discovery
learning education
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enlightening experiences
learning education
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A stitch in time saves nine
problem time success learning
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Movable feast
time food tradition history opportunity learning
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Baptism of fire
challenge difficulty learning education action danger risk struggle conflict struggle
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find her feet
learning situation struggle
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To commit to memory
learning education
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hung on every word
speech communication learning education
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The early bird catches the worm
time success work learning education opportunity advantage strategy action
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Put on your thinking cap
education learning
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All good things must come to an end
time success love body education learning success work money problem feeling food speech emotion
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing
danger situation risk consequence learning education
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trial and error
problem learning progress difficulty failure success education
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I haven't got a clue
problem uncertainty learning education learning education education
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Play by ear
learning
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Use your head
problem education learning success danger failure
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The child is father to the man
progress time learning history tradition
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Find your feet
learning progress success
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soak up
learning education
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Back to the grind
work responsibility education learning business
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It's all grist to the mill
business work success progress opportunity learning education
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glazing over
education speech learning work business
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try his hand
learning
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Once bitten, twice shy
animal learning risk
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By gum
speech success learning education success learning education
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Standing on the shoulders of giants
history learning progress leadership success opportunity progress
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New kid on the block
competition challenge education learning
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On the shoulders of giants
history learning success progress leadership tradition
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taken it under his wing
education learning
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Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day
food learning success work problem time education responsibility consequence action opportunity
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Bone up on
learning education
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broaden her horizons
opportunity learning
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Dead as a doornail
success failure danger work love time body emotion feeling education learning problem trouble
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Grist to the mill
work business success progress opportunity competition leadership strategy learning education
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Cotton on to
learning learning
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Back to basics
education learning
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(Don't get) your knickers in a twist
feeling emotion problem trouble learning
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Enough is enough
problem learning success failure
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wisdom comes with age
learning time
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whole new ball game
challenge learning opportunity progress
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Steal my thunder
speech education learning failure failure
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Absent-minded professor
learning education
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learn new tricks
learning education progress
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Burning the midnight oil
learning education time work difficulty
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Know the ropes
business work learning education strategy action
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Pop goes the weasel
body work money success time history entertainment education learning movement
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Close the loop
business communication learning responsibility action
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keep the flame alive
love learning
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Silly season
time failure learning education history action progress leadership
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Turn up for the books
education learning work success business money history tradition progress
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Talk the talk
speech communication education learning communication speech
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Phrases that people get wrong
learning
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Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration
success work learning
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The word fast, and phrases that derive from it.
food time body learning education
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Let there be light
success education learning
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the old sage
learning tradition
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Wrap your head around something
learning work education success failure problem learning education success failure problem learning education
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Jack of all trades, master of none
work consequence opportunity learning challenge challenge strategy
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