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			"Stick Out Like A Sore Thumb / "Stand Out Like A Sore Thumb" 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	If someone or something sticks out like a sore thumb or stands out like a sore thumb, they are very noticeable because they are very different from the other people or things around them. To be very conspicuous; be very obvious or noticeable in an unpleasant way.  | 
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			"Head And Shoulders Above" 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	If someone or something is head and shoulders above other people or things, he, she, or it is a lot better than them: There's no competition or contest; it's a given.  | 
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			"To Be In Good Company"... 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	If you are in good company, other people, often respected people, are in the same situation as you.  | 
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			My grandmother use to say about not so well bred person was 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	Bottom Drawer....... means of low character  | 
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			"Take The Wind Out Of Someone's Sails".... 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	To thwart or minimize someone's attempt at raising a ruckus or creating chaos.  | 
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			"A Sleep At The Wheel". ... 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	Not doing or paying attention to that which is important or for which one is responsible. Failing to attend to one's duties; to be inattentive to that which is important or for which one is responsible.  | 
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			"Gravy" / "Anything Else Is Gravy" / "The Rest Is Just Gravy" 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	A positive occurrence, typically beyond one's hopes or expectations; a bonus. Any additional elements will be an unexpected or unrequired bonus. Typically said of additional monetary earnings, but often applied in other ways as well Sidebar: This originated from an Old English saying. Life, it explained, is meat and potatoes, and the luxuries are gravy.  | 
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			"Loaded For Bear".... 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	Angry and, as a result, usually ready to argue with someone; prepared for action; also, spoiling for a fight.  | 
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			"If The Shoe Fits"...... 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	If something applies to you, accept it. Sidebar: I may have previously posted this proverb but I can't recall. I saw it in one of the threads today so I must credit the poster. As a second sidebar, another of my favorite greeting cards has the saying on the front of the card with shoes surrounding it, on the inside it says "buy it"...LOL  | 
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			"Put A Lid On It"........... 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	To keep something under control and stop it from increasing. To be quiet; to stop talking about something.  | 
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			"Stir Up A Hornets' Nest".  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	Make trouble, cause a commotion. To create, provoke, or trigger a dangerous, troublesome, or complicated situation.  | 
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			" Pile-on "  
		
		
		
		
		
		
			"to join other people in criticizing something or someone in usually an unfair way" Websters 
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			"Park Yourself"... 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	To sit; directing or ordering someone to grab a seat and sit down! Sidebar: I doubt this is an actual idiom but my mom used to say this all the time especially when us kids were rambunctious!  | 
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			"In the dark all cats are grey" 
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			"Off The Cuff".......... 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	Casually and spontaneously; without planning or preparation.  | 
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			"Slip Of The Tongue" 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			"Familiarity Breeds Contempt"....... 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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