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mistakes

Beside the point

Example

Your conjectures about EU are totally beside the point

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Television segment

Example
Blob is segments television program
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Wither on the vine

Example
He was his own choice to continue to be a player, or wither on the vine in the stands "paid"
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Put one's own house in order

Example

Before taking it out on her put your own house in order

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Deal gone up in smoke

Example

Too many mistakes ! The deal has gone up in smoke

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I didn't catch - I didn't get

Example
I apoligize, i didn't catch your name when you were introduced
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As it stands

Example

The law as it stands must be revised, the bill will undergo to a further debate next week in Senate

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opinion thoughts

Not quite

Example

When you say the screenplay is not engaging are you turning it down? Not quite

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Reinvent the wheel

Example

It seems that the engineer has just reinvented the wheel

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To bend over backwards

Example

She bent over backwards to please her brother when he dropped in

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To bend one's elbow

Example

Too often Harry has the bad habit to bend his elbow

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At the tip of the spear

Example

We will strive to be at the tip of the spear, leading change, never satisfied with the status quo

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You can kiss it good-bye

Example
So you left in that restaurant your camera, then you can kiss it good-bye
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experience

First hand account

Example

I read a first-hand account of the earthquake written by a survivor

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thoughts

A bit of a stretch

Example

To say he is the best ever player in the Premier League, I think it's a bit of a stretch

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