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Driving me up the wall: Annoying or irritating somebody
Sentence: She is driving me up the wall. She won’t stop talking.

Hold your horses: Telling someone who is getting ahead of themselves to wait / be patient
Sentence: Hold your horses! We haven’t won anything yet.

Break a leg: Good luck
Sentence: So you have the IELTS test today?? Break a leg.

Bent over backwards: Doing all you can to help someone
Sentence: I bent over backwards to help him. I hope he appreciates it.
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Flogging a dead horse: Attempting to continue with something that is finished / over
Sentence: We’re flogging a dead horse. Our online business is making no money, so we should move on and do something else.

Working against the clock: Not having enough time to do something
Sentence: We’re really working against the clock now. We must hurry.

Water under the bridge: Things from the past that are not important anymore
Sentence: We’ve had some big disagreements over the years, but it’s all water under the bridge now.
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Tongue-in-cheek: Something said in humour rather than seriously
Sentence: It was all tongue-in-cheek. He didn’t really mean what he said.

Until the cows come home: For a very long time
Sentence: Unfortunately I think he’ll be studying for IELTS until the cows come home.

The spitting image: To look exactly like someone else
Sentence: She’s the spitting image of her mother.
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Smell a rat: To sense that something is not right
Sentence: I can smell a rat. He said he has a phd but he can’t even remember which university he studied at.

Take a rain check: To decline an offer that you will take up later
Sentence: Sorry but I think i’ll take a rain check on that.

Rule of thumb: Principal that is strictly adhered / kept to
Sentence: As a rule of thumb, I don’t study on weekends. I spend the time with my family.
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