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After putting the above list in excel, removing duplicates and counting repeating

of individual idiom in different papers, the list becomes as follows:

a cock and bull story3

a wild goose chase3

between the devil and the deep blue sea3

by and by3

as cool as a cucumber2

below par2

blow one's top2

call it a night2

find one's feet2

from pillar to post2

hang up2

leave in the lurch2

the acid test2

the tip of the iceberg2

to back out 2to be in hot water

2

to bear the brunt of2

to beat the air2

to burn midnight oil2

to burn the candle at both ends2

to have an axe to grind2

to have your cake and eat it too2

to kick the bucket2

to read between the lines2

to rob peter to pay paul2

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to take to one's heels2

turn someone in2

______ dog seldom _______1

_______ is the last refuge of the scoundrel 1_______ of the same ______ flock together

1

a ______ child ________ the fire1

a ______ in time save ______1

a bad hat1

a bird's eye view1

a fair weather friend1

a gentleman at large1

a jaundiced eye1

a left handed copliment1

a miss is as good as a mile1

a skeleton in the cupboard1

a square mea1

a swan song1

a turn coat1

account for1

all ears1

apple of discord1

art lies in concealing art1

as flat as a pancake1

at cross purposes1

at one's beck and call1

at times1

bag people

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bang into1

bear out1

bear the brunt1

bear with1

beat out1

beer and skittles1

besetting sin1

between scylla and charybidis1

blowing hot and cold together1

blue blood1

bolt from the blue1

bring about1

bring grist to the mill1

burn one's boats1

by fits and starts1

by leaps and bounds 1carry out

1

carry over1

carry weight1

check by jowl1

cheeck by jowl1

cleanse the augean stable1

close fisted1

come off1

compassion fatigue1

cover up1

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dead as doornail1

democle's sword1

dole out1

down at heel 1down the drain

1

eternal ________ is the price of ________1

every dark could has a silver lining1

every inch1

fall back1

figure out1

flash in the pan1

flavour of the month1

fly in the ointment1

foot the bill1

from the horse's mouth1

give every man thy ear but few thy voice1

give me five1

give someone the bum's rush1

gloom and doom1

go against the grain1

go public1

goes without saying1

got up to kill1

grey matter1

hang in the balance1

hard and fast1

hilarious detract from

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hobson's choice1

hoist on one's own petard1

holding out the olive branch1

horse trading1

in a blue funk1

in a nutshell1

in a pickle1

in athe doldrums1

in black and white1

in good books1

in one's bones1

iron out1

it never rains but it pours1

keep one's nose to the grindstone1

letter perfect1

life without a philosophy is like a ship without rudder 1like a red rag to a bull

1

like two peas in a pod1

lip service1

live on the fat of the land1

live with1

loom large1

make off with1

meaningful dialogue1

meet halfway1

much _______ about nothing1

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no to mince matters1

not a leg to stand on1

null and void1

off the wall 1on right earnest

1

one man's _______ is another man's __________1

one the sky1

out of sight out of mind1

out to lunch1

over head and ears1

palm off1

petticoat agovernment1

plainsailing1

play down1

play truant1

playing to the gallery1

pocket the affront1

point blank1

put your foot down1

run riot1

salt something away1

sell like hot cakes1

set in1

set one's cap1

set one's cap at1

set the pace1

spade a spade

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stare in the face1

steal a march on someone1

steal the show1

sting in the tail1

storm in a tea cup1

succinctly1

swan song1

sweet are the uses of ______1

ta be taken aback1

take a cake1

take aback1

take after1

take for1

take ill1

take off1

take over 1take someone to the cleaners

1

take something with a grain of salt1

take to1

take to task1

take with a grain or pinch of salt1

taken down at peg1

taken over1

the backroom boys1

the child is father of the man1

the last ditch1

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the lion's share1

the onlooker sees most of the game1

the ruling passion1

the teeming meanings 1the writing on the wall

1

thin end of the wedge1

throw someone for a loop1

tied to apron strings of1

time and tide1

to be a greek1

to be at daggers drawn1

to be on the carpet1

to be under a cloud1

to beat about the bush1

to beggar description1

to blow one's own trumpet1

to break a lance with1

to bring grist to the mill1

to bring to book1

to bring to mind1

to burn one's fingers1

to call a space to spade1

to call in question1

to cap it all1

to carry the cross1

to carry the day1

to catch up with

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to clip ore's wings1

to come to dead end1

to count one's chickens1

to cross the rubicon1

to cry over the split milk1

to die in harness1

to discover a mare's nest1

to draw the long bow1

to fall back on something1

to fall back upon1

to fall through1

to feel the pulse1

to fight shy of1

to fish in troubled waters1

to fly in the face of1

to foul of 1to give oneself airs

1

to hang fire1

to have a finger in pie1

to have the courage of one's convictions1

to keep at a respectful distance1

to keep late hours to throw cold water on1

to keep of house1

to keep out1

to let the cat out of the bag1

to live from hand to mouth1

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to look a gift horse in mouth1

to make out1

to monkey with1

to move heaven and earth 1to narrow down

1

to pig out1

to pocket an insult1

to pull oneself together1

to push to the wall1

to put out of countenance1

to put the _______ before the _______1

to put the cart before the horse1

to put the lid on1

to raise coin1

to rest on one's laurels1

to rise from the ranks1

to rise like a phoenix from its ashes1

to rub shoulders1

to sail in the same boat1

to send a person to conventry1

to skim through1

to smell a rat1

to sow one's wild oats1

to stand on ceremony1

to stand up for1

to stick to one's guns1

to strike one's colours

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to take the bull by the horns1

to throw down the gauntlet1

to turn a deaf ear1

to wash one's dirty linen in public1

to wash one's hand of1

to win laurels1

tower of strength1

trudge along1

turn a new leaf1

turn the corner1

turn to account1

turn turtle1

turncoat1

twiddle with1

under a cloud1

under the thumb of 1upset the apple cart

1

vamp up1

vested interests1

wear the pants in the family1

weather the storm1

when all is said and done1

where the shoe pinches1

white elephant1

whittle away1

winkle out1

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with open arms1

worth your salt1

zero hours