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What's eating (you)?
What's bothering you?
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get something off one's chest
reveal something (usually a cenfession or complaint) that has been bothering you
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keep something bottled up (inside)
keep something that has been bothering you inside.
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(not) have the guts (to)
(not) have the courage (to do something)
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give it a shot
try something; give something a chance to happen (while knowing you can make a change if it doesn't work out)
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(someone) wouldn't be caught dead (with someone, in/at a place, doing something)
someone would never want to be with someone because dislike, fear, or shame
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Skip it!
skip over
- Let's not talk about it anymore = Forget it!
- intentionally not deal with a certain part of something or with certain people.
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bite the bullet (and do something)
- make a decision to do something after hesitating
- make a strong decision to do something
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put (something) off
postpone, delay until later
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hit it off
- immediately get along with someone very well (This is said about people who meet for the first time and like each other very much.)
- non seperable
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That'll be the day.
- That will never happen, in my opinion.
- " I don't expect that day to ever come."
- It is a sarcastic expression.
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take the initiative (and do something)
- take the first step in doing something, take action
- don't wait for someone to tell you what to do.
- take the initiative and start something, ask someone out, suggest that something be done at work or in school, write a proposal for a project, make some phone calls to find something out.
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NOW you're talking.
I didn't agree with what you said or were doing before, but now I completely and enthusiastically agree.
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be bound to
- be likely to; will probably
- has future meaning although use present verb to be.
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pass (pronoun) up
to miss, not take advantage of an opportunity.
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