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📖 general

General idioms that span a wide range of everyday topics.

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by the name of

known or referred to by a specific name

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by the same token

similarly; applying the same reasoning to another situation

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by the skin of one's teeth

to barely succeed or escape a situation

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by the skin of your teeth

to narrowly avoid a difficult situation or danger

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by the way

used to introduce a related but separate point in conversation

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call a spade a spade

To speak plainly and directly, even if it's blunt or unadorned; to tell the truth without euphemism.

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call it a day

To decide to stop working on something, or stop an activity, for the rest of the day.

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call it a night

To decide to stop an activity or go to bed for the rest of the night.

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call it an early night

To decide to go to bed earlier than usual.

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call of the wild

a deep, instinctual desire for freedom and adventure

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call off the dogs

to cease pursuing or attacking someone or something

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calm before the storm

a quiet period that precedes a time of turmoil or difficulty

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