FAMILIAR PHRASES
Someone angry about a past event might be balancing a "chip" here
their shoulder
Colombia's biggest
Brazil
I've decided to participate; I'm throwing this item "into the ring"
a hat
On some journeys, this artificial waterway can save ships 8,000 nautical miles
the Panama Canal
Conchiglie,
consigliere,
cappelletti
consigliere
To "throw someone under" this vehicle is to make him a scapegoat
the bus
Guatemala's
Mexico
That pair is so alike, they're like these, a pair of legumes together
peas in a pod
Lieutenant Joseph Ives gave this name to a brilliantly colored Arizona desert, now partly within Petrified Forest National Park
the Painted Desert
Manicotti,
mineola,
mostaccioli
Mineola
Trying again after a failure is going "back to" this, a synonym for drafting table or an item on a drafting table
a drawing board
Nepal's
China
We're doing it, no matter what, "come hell or" this other condition
high water
Confederation Bridge connects New Brunswick with this Canadian province
Prince Edward Island
Farandole,
fideo,
farfalloni
farandole
Plans may not work out, so "don't" practice this act of poultry accounting
don't count your chickens before they're hatched
Norway's
Russia
Look at the size of you! You're "growing like" one of these normally unwelcome plants
a weed
There are 35-foot-tall replicas of Heinz ketchup bottles at Heinz Field in this U.S. city
Pittsburgh
Tortiglioni,
tortellini,
tortoni
tortoni
A possible origin for "living" this way is that upper cuts of pork are more a luxury item than the feet
high on the hog
Syria's
Turkey
You can do this for exercise, or to "your memory"
to jog
This South African city was the capital of the Transvaal
Pretoria
Campanelle,
cavatelli,
calamanco
calamanco