Idioms category: Time

I have not slept one wink
time problem feeling body speech emotion success failure education learning work love trouble
Meaning and real examples for I have not slept one wink idiom
up with the larks
time
Meaning and real examples for up with the larks idiom
Burn the midnight oil
work time
Meaning and real examples for Burn the midnight oil idiom
More haste, less speed
problem time work progress success failure learning strategy
Meaning and real examples for More haste, less speed idiom
All things must pass
time movement progress
Meaning and real examples for All things must pass idiom
For whom the bell tolls
time emotion tradition
Meaning and real examples for For whom the bell tolls idiom
grown apart
time
Meaning and real examples for grown apart idiom
Spring forward, fall back
time
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Salad days
time food
Meaning and real examples for Salad days idiom
Good things come to those who wait
success time opportunity
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À la mode
food time
Meaning and real examples for À la mode idiom
set in
time
Meaning and real examples for set in idiom
Wild goose chase
time difficulty failure
Meaning and real examples for Wild goose chase idiom
A watched pot never boils
time uncertainty
Meaning and real examples for A watched pot never boils idiom
Don't let the grass grow under your feet
action opportunity time movement success progress progress
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Hit the books
education learning work success time
Meaning and real examples for Hit the books idiom
slowed down
time progress difficulty challenge
Meaning and real examples for slowed down idiom
Famous for fifteen minutes
time
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On the button
time success
Meaning and real examples for On the button idiom
Fast asleep
time body
Meaning and real examples for Fast asleep idiom
Time flies when you're having fun
time entertainment
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Knock off
work time action
Meaning and real examples for Knock off idiom
As old as the hills
time history tradition
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All in a day's work
work time success action responsibility
Meaning and real examples for All in a day's work idiom
After the fact
time consequence action situation movement work
Meaning and real examples for After the fact idiom
Something for the weekend sir?
time business entertainment tradition
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As busy as a bee
work time body animal
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Cross that bridge when you come to it
problem time action
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A hard nut to crack
challenge difficulty success opportunity time learning
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A rolling stone gathers no moss
time work success movement action
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Has bigger fish to fry
work business success progress time progress progress
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Haste makes waste
time work consequence learning risk opportunity
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Old as the hills
time
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Against the clock
time work competition struggle challenge danger action risk progress success failure consequence
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Rome wasn't built in a day
time progress history difficulty success challenge tradition
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just another day at the beach
time entertainment
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Night owl
time
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traveled back in time
time
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You snooze, you lose
time action consequence opportunity
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Boxing Day
time tradition
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To kill two birds with one stone
problem time
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Cutting corners
work time success business risk money
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Your days are numbered
time
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Tide over
time
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The living daylights
time
Meaning and real examples for The living daylights idiom
Cut to the chase
business time work
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It's not over until it's over
time
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The seven-year itch
time body problem love success emotion behaviour
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Nip in the bud
problem action time
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Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun
time
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Take a rain check
time
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Burn the candle at both ends
time work failure trouble problem success education education
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Morning person
time behaviour success work learning
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Cool your heels
time
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For ever and a day
time love tradition
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Dog days
animal time
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Fool's errand
failure time action work
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caught up
time work progress
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Asap - As soon as possible
time work
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Wooden hill to Bedfordshire
movement history tradition time progress
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One swallow doesn't make a summer
time problem success opportunity risk uncertainty
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catch up
time work education learning progress
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As happy as...
feeling emotion success love time
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(A) watched pot never boils
time
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As old as Methuselah
time history
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Evil days
time struggle trouble
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May you live in interesting times
time difficulty uncertainty challenge opportunity success failure learning
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every cat has its day
animal time
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making a beeline
movement time action
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Don't shut the stable door after the horse has bolted
problem action time animal opportunity consequence responsibility situation
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Three score and ten
time
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P.D.Q. - pretty damn quick
time work business
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Not worth the candle
time opportunity risk
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It is always darkest before the dawn
difficulty time
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High time
time
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Five o'clock shadow
time body
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Till the cows come home
time
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The moving finger writes
time
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Now is the winter of our discontent
time tradition
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Til the cows come home
time animal work
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Faff about
time behaviour
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One-hit wonder
success time work entertainment business
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walk in the park
success time movement action entertainment feeling
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Get the show on the road
action business communication opportunity progress success time work
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One swallow does not make a summer
problem time
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sailed through
success movement progress time
Meaning and real examples for sailed through idiom
For every thing there is a season
time movement opportunity
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Procrastination is the thief of time
time work success
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Seven-year itch
time difficulty uncertainty
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There's an R in the month
time learning education learning education
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Graveyard shift
work time
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Old habits die hard
difficulty time action
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Good things come to those that wait
time success opportunity
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Long in the tooth
animal time body problem feeling difficulty
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Boil the ocean
time work body problem challenge difficulty success
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stand still
action time movement
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ran around
movement action time competition challenge
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Call it a night
time
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Daylight robbery
money time
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Early bird
time advantage success
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learning curve
education learning difficulty progress time work
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Even at the turning of the tide
time movement uncertainty action progress
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Not by a long chalk
difficulty uncertainty time money speech
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The year dot
history time
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Twenty four seven
time work
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Six ways to Sunday
time
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Absent without leave
consequence action time
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Quality time
time love
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Grandfather clock
time tradition history
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Chew the fat
speech food time work emotion success business trouble
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Time is money
work time money
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Ars longa, vita brevis
time learning difficulty
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Counting sheep
time
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old cats are like old wine – better with time
time
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Burning the candle at both ends
time work consequence
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Work around the clock
work time
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Hold your horses
time business communication work
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burned out
work emotion problem failure success time body
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Miss the boat
time opportunity failure action consequence
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water under the bridge
time problem
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marathon, not a sprint
time success challenge strategy competition progress
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Donkey's years
time animal
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let the grass grow under his feet
time opportunity uncertainty
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
progress action opportunity challenge success time opportunity
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Make hay while the sun shines
time work success opportunity business
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Time and tide wait for no man
time
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(Ne'er) cast a clout till May be out
tradition time
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A stitch in time saves nine
problem time success learning
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Strike while the iron is hot
opportunity action time success business work money progress advantage competition leadership strategy communication
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Kill two birds with one stone
time work success action business strategy advantage opportunity
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Movable feast
time food tradition history opportunity learning
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My salad days
time food
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Don't die like I did
speech emotion time
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Indian summer
time
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A stone's throw
time
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Trick or treat
entertainment tradition food time
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The early bird catches the worm
time success work learning education opportunity advantage strategy action
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beating like a drum
emotion feeling body time movement action
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Fiddling while Rome burns
danger leadership opportunity consequence failure history time action consequence leadership opportunity responsibility consequence failure
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Call it a day
work time
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Better late than never
time
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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 day to remember
time history tradition
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Bee-line - make a bee-line for
movement time
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(Ask not) for whom the bell tolls
time emotion history tradition
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One stop shop
business time money
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Hit the sack
action body time
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a now or never
opportunity time action risk consequence
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Nine days' wonder
history time
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Darby and Joan
love time
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Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety
love time
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stood me up
trouble communication time
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Hit the hay
time action
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The child is father to the man
progress time learning history tradition
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Broke - if it ain't, don't fix it
opportunity risk time action
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Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
love time
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Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness
time
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All things come to those who wait
time success opportunity
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whip up
food time work
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Tomorrow is another day
time
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At the eleventh hour
time
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Low-hanging fruit
success work time strategy opportunity action advantage
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Winter draws on
time progress
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wound down
body time work
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Don't hold your breath
time danger risk difficulty challenge failure
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watch the pot never boil
time difficulty action food uncertainty
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Get - underway
work time action progress movement
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All of a sudden
time
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As merry as the day is long
feeling time
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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
time risk action advantage
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Time flies
time movement
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Save the best for last
food time success advantage opportunity
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At the 11th Hour
time work success struggle responsibility consequence consequence consequence consequence consequence consequence consequence consequence consequence
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Put paid to
problem success money time action
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Forty winks
time
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bright and early
time
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drifted apart
time emotion problem difficulty movement
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Just in time
time success business work
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Let not the sun go down on your wrath
emotion time
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Marry in haste, repent at leisure
love time consequence action feeling emotion
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Friday afternoon car
work time
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There's no time like the present
time action opportunity opportunity advantage
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In the nick of time
time success opportunity advantage challenge difficulty risk
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When hell freezes over
time
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Get down to brass tacks
work business time action success
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We have seen better days
difficulty time history opportunity
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Open season
time
Meaning and real examples for Open season idiom
Halcyon days
time
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Miss the boat
time failure opportunity movement
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Every dog has his day
animal success time opportunity
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keep his head above water
money difficulty struggle success time
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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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a tough nut to crack
difficulty challenge problem time action strategy success failure consequence risk opportunity
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Saving for a rainy day
money responsibility time opportunity
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Time's winged chariot
time movement
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Living on borrowed time
time risk danger consequence uncertainty
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Drag race
competition movement time action
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Whipper snapper
work time
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Abide with me
time
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As fast as greased lightning
movement time
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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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as regular as clockwork
time
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running around like headless chickens
behaviour animal work time action
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drifted away
time emotion
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(In the) nick of time
time success opportunity difficulty
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the best-laid plans
failure uncertainty work time difficulty
Meaning and real examples for the best-laid plans idiom
Make haste
time action movement
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seize the day
success time action opportunity responsibility
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Before the fact
time opportunity action
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Carpe diem
time success opportunity
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Sink or swim
challenge opportunity time success failure situation
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wisdom comes with age
learning time
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Life's too short
time opportunity
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To hit the sack
time
Meaning and real examples for To hit the sack idiom
Fifteen minutes of fame
time
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In the blink of an eye
time
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Lame duck
consequence action time work failure difficulty situation challenge responsibility consequence
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Burning the midnight oil
learning education time work difficulty
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Early bird catches the worm
time success work business opportunity advantage action
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wore on
time
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Come rain or shine
time
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Cut the Gordian knot
problem difficulty action time success leadership history
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In a trice
time
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Pop goes the weasel
body work money success time history entertainment education learning movement
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Run around in circles
problem time
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Silly season
time failure learning education history action progress leadership
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Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise
success time work money
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Old as Methuselah
time
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Roasted to a turn
food time
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Mighty oaks from little acorns grow
time progress
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A good beginning makes a good ending
success time progress
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The word fast, and phrases that derive from it.
food time body learning education
Meaning and real examples for The word fast, and phrases that derive from it. idiom
Harvest moon
time
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quick as a flash
time
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Stitch in time saves nine
problem time action
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Saved by the bell
time
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Every dog has its day
opportunity success time
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A nine day’s Wonder
time
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