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Flashcards: English Idioms Part 1

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up in the airnot yet decided
be puffed up with prideto be too full of pride
like pulling teethvery difficult
on the lineat risk
I live and breathe football.I am very enthusiastic about football.
there's no love lost between Brian and Adams.Brian and Adams dislike each other
a man of strawa weak/cowardly person
to be pig/piggy in the middlezwischen zwei Stühlen stehen
patience is my middle nameGeduld ist mein zweiter Vorname
to my mindin my opinion
make a monkey out of sbmake sb seem foolish
at my mother's kneewhen I was very young
very much soephasizing 'yes'
nail your colours to the mastshow clearly which side you support
sit on the fenceavoid deciding between two sides
a sitting ducka person that is very easy to attack or criticize
be at sixes and sevensbe in a state of confusion (inf)
do sth on the slydo sth secretly
sober as a judgenot at all affected by alcohol
square the circletry to do sth that is or seems impossible