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you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
Language; Idioms
This means that it is easier to persuade people if you use polite arguments and flattery than if you are confrontational.
can't hack it
Language; Idioms
Unable to perform an act, duty, job etc. (example: I have to quit my job as a computer technician; I just can't hack it.)
sky is the limit
Language; Idioms
When people say that the sky is the limit, they think that there are no limits to the possibilities something could have.
all over bar the shouting
Language; Idioms
When something is all over bar the shouting, the outcome is absolutely certain. 'All over but the shouting' is also used.
rake over old coals
Language; Idioms
(UK) If you go back to old problems and try to bring them back, making trouble for someone, you are raking over old coals.
old wive’s tale
Language; Idioms
A proverb or piece of advice that is commonly accepted as truth and is handed down the generations, but is normally false.
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