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{
"1": {
"meaning": "to fall asleep, esp from physical exhaustion or the effects of alcohol or drugs",
"examples": ["The driver zonked out behind the wheel and ran off the road."],
"title": "zonk out"
},
"2": {
"meaning": "when a very serious situation arises.",
"examples": ["I knew you would come and help when the chips were down."],
"title": "when the chips are down"
},
"3": {
"meaning": "an abrupt and complete reversal of attitude, opinion, or position.",
"examples": ["After losing the election, he made a very public and dramatic political volte-face from Left to Right."],
"title": "volte-face"
},
"4": {
"meaning": "in a mysterious or hidden place or state, especially the unknown state of life after death.",
"examples": ["Mike realized that his father had passed irrevocably beyond the veil."],
"title": "beyond the veil"
},
"5": {
"meaning": "to befriend, look after, or take care of someone who proves to be traitorous, untrustworthy, deceitful, or ungrateful.",
"examples": ["I got my friend a good position in my company and all he did is convinced my manger to fire me, that's when I realized I nursed a viper in my bosom."],
"title": "nurse a viper in one's bosom"
},
"6": {
"meaning": "increase what is at stake or under discussion, especially in a conflict or dispute.",
"examples": ["Pete upped the ante on that the poker game to $100 per hand."],
"title": "up the ante"
},
"7": {
"meaning": "use one's common sense.",
"examples": ["You haven't even switched the thing on. Come on, Jamie, use your loaf!"],
"title": "use your loaf"
},
"8": {
"meaning": "deal decisively with a difficult or dangerous situation.",
"examples": ["It's time to take the bull by the horns and get this job done."],
"title": "take the bull by the horns"
},
"9": {
"meaning": "to be very appropriate for someone",
"examples": ["This kind of job suits me to a T."],
"title": "suit someone to a T"
},
"10": {
"meaning": "used to refuse an offer politely, with the implication that one may take it up at a later date.",
"examples": ["They wanted me to come along for the ride but I took a rain check"],
"title": "take a rain check"
},
"11": {
"meaning": "to select from among the worst; to choose from what is left over.",
"examples": ["The worker you sent over was the worst I've ever seen. Send me another—and don't scrape the bottom of the barrel."],
"title": "scrape the bottom of the barrel"
},
"12": {
"meaning": "to do or say something that causes trouble and makes a lot of people angry or worried",
"examples": ["Tell them all they've got to work on Saturday. That should set the cat among the pigeons."],
"title": "put/set the cat among the pigeons"
},
"13": {
"meaning": "a precise resemblance, especially in closely related persons.",
"examples": ["People have told me that I look like him, act like him, that my kids are the spitting image of him."],
"title": "spitting image"
},
"14": {
"meaning": "a day that is pleasantly noteworthy or memorable.",
"examples": ["The day I first set foot in America was a red-letter day for me."],
"title": "red letter day"
},
"15": {
"meaning": "standard rules of polite or acceptable behavior; code of conduct",
"examples": ["HR handed over the sheet that listed the Queensberry rules of the company on the first day at work."],
"title": "the Queensberry rules"
},
"16": {
"meaning": "to do something surprising",
"examples": ["GRR Martin pulls a rabbit out of the hat at the end of the story."],
"title": "pull a rabbit out of your hat"
},
"17": {
"meaning": "the newest person in a group",
"examples": ["I'm just the new kid on the block. I've only been working here for a month."],
"title": "new kid on the block"
},
"18": {
"meaning": "an extremely short period of time",
"examples": ["I'll have that ready for you in a New York Minute."],
"title": "New York minute"
},
"19": {
"meaning": "have no hesitation in stating or dealing with (something), however unpleasant or awkward it is.",
"examples": ["He made no bones about how bad he thought the food was."],
"title": "make no bones about"
},
"20": {
"meaning": "do not instigate trouble.; Leave something alone if it might cause trouble.",
"examples": ["I thought I would ask Jill if she wanted me to pay her back right away, but then I decided to let sleeping dogs lie."],
"title": "let sleeping dogs lie"
}
}