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I passed the exam by the skin of my teeth.

by avery small margin

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I was feeling down in the dumps so I went for a long walk.

sad or depressed

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He has buried his head in the sand regarding his financial problems.

ignore them, pretend they dont exist

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His rudeness is beyond the pale.

outside of acceptable bahaviour

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I had to bite my tongue when she asked me my opinion of her new haircut.

stop yourself from saying what you really think

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My mother flew off the handle when I told her I had lost my Iphone.

Got very very angry.

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We had a whale of a time at the theme park in Madrid.

brilliant time

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the villain got his just desserts at the end of the story.

deserved punishment

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You hit the nail on the head when you said the problem is cashflow.

identified the correct answer or cause of the issue

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I'm over the moon with my exam results.

delighted

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Redundancies are on the cards due to the recession.

forecast

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I went to Morocco on the spur of the moment.

without planning or forethought (spontaneously)

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John arrived from Madrid out of the blue.

unexpectedly

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His face rings a bell but I can't think of his name.

is familiar, I vaguely remember it

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We took it with a pinch of salt when he said he was resigning to travel the world.

did not give it any importance

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Being an hour late for work was the last straw. He had to be sacked.

the last in a series of annoyances that then caused a serious decision

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