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When the politician was caught stealing from the taxpayers, everyone thought he would receive a severe punishment, but all he got was a slap on the wrist.
Didn't have a big consequence
We thought that our neighbor’s, the Jones family, were rich beyond our wildest dreams, but it turns out that we’re all in the same boat.
We have things in common.
If Kim thinks that I’m going to let her copy my math homework, she’s barking up the wrong tree.
they are trying to get something but they will not be successful
The Vikings thought that they would easily beat the other team, but when it was tied with a minute left in the fourth quarter, they knew that this game was really coming down to the wire.
To the last minute; to the very end
The lawyer knew that beating around the bush would get Tom all worked up.
After playing for three straight quarters, the quarterback was running out of steam.
Don’t get so worked up, buddy. She’s only pulling your leg.
Jane decided that she would go out on a limb and ask Byron to the Spring Fling dance.
Take a chance
Jimbo was too tired to finish the assignment, so he decided to hit the hay.
Go to sleep
Alan was excited when he found out that he would have his own front row parking spot at the university, but that was just the icing on the cake.
Something additional that turns good into great
Working at the Burger King was at first overwhelming to Kyle, but now he knows the ropes.
Be informed about the details of a situation or task.
Mr. Johnson was very particular about the arrangement of his classroom, so the thing he hated most was when his students caused a ruckus with their wild horseplay.
Mr. Johnson hated when his students wrestled around with each other.
Even though Candace already had a new job, she submitted her two week notice and conducted herself in a professional way at her old job because she didn’t want to burn bridges.
To destroy one's path, connections
Mrs. Robinson expects Cassie and my presentation to be good, but we have been working on it every night for the last week, so we are really going to knock her socks off.
The presentation exceeded expectations
Jose had a hard time comparing the iPhone to the Samsung phone because to him they were apples and oranges.
Jose believes that the phones are so different from one another that they cannot be compared
When Brian felt pretty good about getting the a pair of roller-skates for his birthday, until he saw his twin brother Ryan open up his GameBox X-9000, and then Brian felt like he got the short end of the stick.
Unequal outcome
Brad was accusing us of stealing his phone until he found it, and now he’s trying to sweep it under the rug.
Conceal from public view
You might think that Billy Parker is the kid who has everything, but if you saw the list of chores his parents give him, I guarantee that you wouldn’t want to be in his shoes.
Keisha got up a started yelling at Ronnie and threatening him but Ronnie didn’t even flinch because he knew that her bark was worse than her bite.
although someone says things that sound frightening, the person's actions will not be as severe as the things that were said
Over the summer Brian was really excited about being placed in the advanced math class, but after getting his syllabus on the first day and seeing the workload, he was ready to jump ship.
Brian did not want to be in the advance math class anymore.