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  • 81long on (something) and short on (something) — having too much of one quality and not enough of another. I ve always found his films long on style and short on content …

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  • 82Somebody Put Something in My Drink — Song infobox Name = Somebody Put Something in My Drink Caption = Type = Song Artist = Ramones alt Artist = Album = Animal Boy Published = Released = May 1986 track no = 1 Recorded = December 1985 Genre = Punk rock Length = 3:25 Writer = Richie… …

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  • 83If There Is Something — Infobox Song Name = If There Is Something Artist = Roxy Music Album = Roxy Music Released= June 1972 track no = 3 Recorded = 17 March 1972 at Command Studios, London Genre = Art/Glam rock Length = 6:34 Writer = Bryan Ferry [Label =] Producer =… …

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  • 84hem in something — hem in (someone/something) to surround someone or something. They found themselves hemmed in by the crowd. The building was hemmed in by high walls …

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  • 85learn something the hard way — learn (something) the hard way to obtain knowledge or understanding through experience. We d never done anything like this, so we learned how to build a house the hard way. Since he won t take advice from anyone, I guess he is going to have to… …

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  • 86thanks to something — thanks to (someone/something) because of someone or something. Thanks to Sandy, I found this great apartment. Thanks to his fitness, Roberto recovered from the injury fairly quickly …

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  • 87(the) business end of something — the business end of (something) the part of a weapon or tool that does something. She screamed when she found herself facing the business end of his gun …

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  • 88tie (you) to (something) — to connect you to something. Police found bloody clothes in Duggan s closet, and that s how they tied him to the killings. Melanie wished she weren t tied to home and could travel a little …

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  • 89turn in something — turn in (something) to give or return something to someone in authority. We have another week to turn in the report. He found a stack of twenty dollar bills and he doesn t want to turn it in …

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  • 90turn someone or something upside down — tv. to upset someone or something; to confuse someone or something. □ We turned his place upside down, but never found the gun. □ The whole business turned me upside down. It’ll take days to recover …

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