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With in an ace of – falling, escaping by a narrow margin
To play the ape – To mimic, to imitate to go ape over To be extremely enthusiastic over
In the arms of Morpheus – In the lap of sleep
No vie like avarice – Greed is greater than any other vice
To get the axe – To be dismissed from a job
A man before the mast – A common sailor
All the better to – Same to
To back side – To fall back in morals
To back spear – To question in order to bring out some information
On the ball – Alert ,competent
To forbid the banns – To object the banns
To sell one a bargain – To befool someone
To have a bash at – To attempt something for the first time
To have bats in one’s belfry – To have crazy ideas , to be very peculiar or foolish
To be at one’s beds – To worship
To tell one’s beads – To day ones prayer
To bear away the palm – To win
A bear garden – A place or scene of tumult
Narrow bed – Grave
To bill and coo – To whisper endearments as lovers
To make one’s bow – To appear first time in publically
To brace oneself for – To prepare for something unpleasant or difficult
Brain sauce – Wisdom
Bread and cheese – Simple food
As snug as a bug in the rug – Very cosy and snug
On the bum – Living the life of a tramp
To bury one’s head in the sand – To avoid the reality
To mean business – To be serious
To care a damn/farthing – To have no care at all
To carry with one – To satisfy
To get into a flap – To be in a state of agitation , confusion, nervous, excitement etc.
The flesh – hysical or bodily desires , sensual appetites
To fly in the face of – To act in defiance of authority , facts , custom
To be nobody’s fool – To be wise
To fool around – To waste time
To the fore – Prominent
To blow the gaff – To revel a secret
To be all legs – To be a tall and very thin person
To have a hollow leg – To have a large appetite
A lick and a promise – A feeble attempt
Out on a limb – In a dangerous situation
To live by one’s wits – To get money by ingenious and irregular methods not necessarily honest
The devils own luck – Good luck
To have a memory like a sieve – To have a faint memory
Middle of the road – Average
To have a monkey on one’s back – To be addicted to narcotic drug
The mote in somebody’s eye – A very minor mistake (of somebody)
To go through the motions – To work carelessly
In a muck – In an untidy situation
