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if I were in your shoes
If I were in their shoes, I would seriously think about taking him to court.
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If I were you
to pull your socks up:
If you don't pull your socks up, you are going to fail these exams
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to work harder and start trying to improve your work/behaviour/ performance
sb wears the trousers in that house
Jenny wears the trousers in that house. Nathan won't breathe unless she gives him permission!
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to be the dominant partner of the two people involved; generally used about women
to be black and blue all over:
I didn 't break any bones, but I was black and blue all over after falling down the stairs.
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to be bruised everywhere
to give sb a black look
Everyone gave me a black look when I said I was bored
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to look angrily at sb
In black and white
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written or printed to have sth down in black and white: to have written proof of sth]
In black and white
There it was, in black and white; he had passed!
begynn å lære
have written proof of sth]
the black market:
He bought the tickets on the black market
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the illegal buying and selling of goods or the illegal changing of money
once In a blue moon
He still writes, but only once in a blue moon
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not very often
out of the blue = suddenly
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I hadn 't heard from him for ten you are very shocked or sick years, then, out of the blue, I got a fax from him
you can ... until you are blue in the face, but
You can scream and shout until. i you're blue in the face, but i you're not borrowing the car.
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you can (scream/ argue) as much as you like but (I i i won't change my mind/ we won't let you.
the green belt
Living in the green belt is both peaceful and convenient.
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an area of countryside that surrounds a city and in which the construction of: houses is strictly controlled
to glve sb the green light
All we need is the council to give us the green light, and we can go ahead with the project
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to give sb permission to do sth
to have green fingers
Cedric 's garden is lovely, but then, he doeshavegreen fingers.
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to be very good at growing and looking after plants
red tape
We decided against setting up an office there because of the red tape that would be involved
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complicated official rules and regulations/ bureaucracy
to be Inthe red:
We can't still be in the red. I put £3,000 into our account last week
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to have spent more: money than is in your account so that you owe the bank money
to catch sb red-handed
Of course I'm going to plead guilty. What else can I do? I was caught red-handed.
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to catch or discover sb while they are in ~. the middle of doing sth wrong
a white-collar Job
White collar jobs may be routine but they are less tiring than factory work
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an office job
to go as white as a sheet
When I told her the news, she went as white as a sheet
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to lose all the colour in your face because you are very shocked or sick

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