Created by Lucía Ruiz López
about 1 month ago
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Question | Answer |
FAR AND WIDE | OVER A LARGE AREA |
CUT AND DRIED | NOT NEEDING MUCH THOUGHT OR DISCUSSION |
BE PART AND PARCEL OF | BE AN ESSENTIAL FEATURE OR ELEMENT OF |
BY AND LARGE | GENERALLY |
FIRST AND FOREMOST | MAINLY; MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE |
TIME AND AGAIN | OFTEN; ON A REGULAR BASIS |
Hustle and bustle | The buzz |
Here and there | in various places |
Law and order | A situation in which laws are obeyed, and people behave in an organized and peaceful way Related to crime |
Rules and regulations | Norms in general |
Safe and sound | Not in danger and not injured in any way |
Rise and fall | figurative (success and subsequent failure) |
Hit and miss | sometimes successful and sometimes not not always good or successful |
Out and about | to be away from home or work and to be doing multiple things, going multiple places. |
Straight and narrow | the honest and morally acceptable way of living To the main idea, rigid, strict |
Long and hard | to take the time needed to understand something before making a decision about it |
To and fro | moving from one place to another and back again |
Checks and balances | principle of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power |
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