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Idioms
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save your skin
Language; Idioms
If someone saves their skin, they manage to avoid getting into serious trouble.
sit on the fence
Language; Idioms
If someone sits on the fence, they try not to support either side in a dispute.
eleventh hour
Language; Idioms
If something happens at the eleventh hour, it happens right at the last minute.
touch and go
Language; Idioms
If something is touch and go, the result is uncertain and could be good or bad.
shipshape and Bristol fashion
Language; Idioms
If things are shipshape and Bristol fashion, they are in perfect working order.
balls to the walls
Language; Idioms
If you do something balls to the wall, you apply full acceleration or exertion.
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