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📖 general

General idioms that span a wide range of everyday topics.

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cup of tea

something that someone particularly enjoys or prefers

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cut a dash

to make a striking or stylish impression

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cut a rug

to dance energetically or skillfully

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cut and dried

completely decided or settled, with no room for change

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cut and thrust

active and vigorous debate or competition

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cut both ways

To have both advantages and disadvantages, or to affect two opposing sides equally.

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cut down

to reduce the amount or intensity of something

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cut from the same cloth

To be very similar in character, personality, or origin.

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cut no ice

to have no impact or significance

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cut off one's nose to spite one's face

To harm oneself in an attempt to harm someone else, or to react in an overly emotional or self-defeating way.

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cut one's throat

to take an action that is self-destructive or harmful

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cut the Gordian knot

to find a straightforward solution to a complex problem

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