to be keen on something |
to like or appreciate it very much |
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to have a weakness for something |
to be unable to resist it |
at cockcrow |
"when the cock crows" = at dawn |
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an early bird |
a person who gets up early |
burn the candle at both ends |
to work very late in the night and get up very early |
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all at sea |
feeling lost (or muddled or confused) |
at the top of their voices |
very loudly |
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record-breaking |
extraordinary - i.e. very long |
a lie-in |
when you lie in your bed late in the morning |
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as fit as a fiddle |
in very good shape/health |
tired out |
completely (totally) tired |
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motto |
slogan or principle to live by |
a wink |
a wink of sleep |
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a way of life |
life-style |
to beat about the bush |
to speak without getting to the point
[ALT: to beat about the bush] |
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the best of both worlds |
le beurre et l'argent du beurre |
to burn the midnight oil |
stay up (working) very late |
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the best thing since sliced bread |
a wonderul invention/idea |
to bite off more than one can chew |
to try to do something that is too difficult |
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to rise to a challenge |
to accept it; to take it up |
to stuff |
to fill up completely [from the French étoffer] |
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to grasp the nettle |
to do something difficult or painful |
to lose the plot |
to lose track of things/events/ideas |
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on the ball |
relevant and timely |
to sling (to throw) mud |
to criticise/insult |
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to roll aruond on the floor |
to be very amused (perhaps laughing loudly) |
to make snide remarks |
to make disparaging/insinuating remarks |
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the going gets tough |
things become difficult |
to have a screw loose |
to be a little crazy/mad |
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out of my mind |
crazy/mad; angry |
off my nut |
crazy/mad |
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to let a cat out of a bag |
to reveal (let out; tell) a secret |
intelligence failure |
failures of the intelligence and security services (secret services) in a country |
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to have added force |
to be stronger |
to be convicted of a crime |
to be found guilty of a crime |
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crime |
délits et crimes |
to be plugged into |
to be a(n active) member of |
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to drop the ball |
[from rugby - or perhaps cricket] to fail in some way when one should be concentrating |
to spot |
to see, to identify |
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