21 terms

Terms	Definitions
open a hornet's nest of trouble	Make a lot of trouble
as a rule of thumb	generally measured by
to butter up	to treat someone well to get a favor
to shake a leg	hurry up
to book	to make an appointment
in the same boat	having the same problem
to be broke	To not have any money
ring a bell	to seem familiar
to be in hot water	to be in trouble
to be up to one's ears	to have too much of something
fishy	dishonest or strange
to play with fire	to do something dangerous
to be nosey	to ask questions about someone's private life
to blow up	to get really angry
lemon	defective product
Out of the woods	to be out of trouble
get up on the wrong side of the bed	grumpy, in a bad mood
in the hole	in debt
bite the bullet	To adjust to unpleasant circumstances
face the music	accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions
blow it	fail, make a mistake, ruin, destroy,lose your chance

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