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General idioms that span a wide range of everyday topics.

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go down the drain

To be utterly wasted, lost, or ruined.

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go down the pan

(British English) To fail completely; to be ruined.

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go down the wrong way

To be difficult to accept or understand.

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go fly a kite

(Informal, often rude) An exclamation telling someone to go away and stop bothering you; similar to 'get lost'.

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go for the gold

To strive for the highest possible achievement or prize; to give one's best effort.

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go for the throat

To attack fiercely and aggressively, aiming for a quick and decisive victory; to be ruthless.

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go from strength to strength

To become increasingly successful and powerful over time.

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go from zero to hero

To achieve great success or popularity after starting from a very humble or unsuccessful position.

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go great guns

To proceed with great speed, energy, and success.

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go green

To adopt environmentally friendly practices and policies.

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go halves

To share the cost of something equally, or to share something equally.

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go hand in hand

to exist or occur together closely

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