1. Deadpan; To Tread Water; To Rearrange
the Furniture
2. To Buck Someone Up; To Take Somebody to
the Woodshed
3. On the Ropes; To Get to the Heart of Something;
Lame Duck
4. Arm-twisting; Back-room Deal; Break-even Deal
5. Cliffhanger; To Clear the Final Hurdle; To Cross the
Finish Line
6 A Shotgun Marriage; A Marriage Made in Heaven; To
Play Cop; to Play God
7. Achilles Heel; Off the Wall; Off the Beam
8. Tour de Force; Pink Slip; Sin Tax
9. Light at the End of the Tunnel; On the Lam;
Linchpin
10. Yellow Ribbon; Yellow Pages; Yellow Journalism
11. To Water Down; Straitjacket; To Have
the Upper Hand
12.To Pull Up Stakes; The Deck is Stacked Against
Someone; Fast Track
13.To Pin Hopes on Something; Last-ditch; To Rub
Someone the Wrong Way
14. To Cross One's Fingers; Backwater; To Speak
One's Mind
15. Bean Counting; To Bleed Red Ink; To Stir Up
a Hornet's Nest; Full of Beans
16. To Play Ball; Nuts and Bolts; To Throw In
the Towel
17. To Take Stock of; Second Wind; Wish List
18 A Last Hurrah; Rough-and-Tumble; One-boat
or Two-boat Trip
19. The Shoe Is on the Other Foot; Kid Glove
Treatment; Blow-Hard
20. The Buck Stops Here; Talk the Talk and Walk
the Walk; To Jump on the Bandwagon
21. Cabin Fever; To Be Snowed Under; Out of the
Woods
22. To Wear One's Heart on One's Sleeve; The Way
to a Man's Heart; To Open One's Heart
23. To Skate on Thin Ice; To Break the Ice;
To Put on Ice
24. High-five; Second to None; Monday-morning
Quarterback; Twenty-twenty Hindsight
25. To Close Ranks; Up for Grabs; Murphy's Law;
At the Eleventh Hour
26 A Slap on the Wrist; To Eat Crow;
to Short-circuit
27. Ghost Employees; Sweetheart Deal
44. Football -Widow; Nail-biter; Back on Track
45. Empty Suit; To Tune Out; Basket Case
46. To Run Scared; To Spin One's Wheels;
Bumper Crop
47. Hogwash; To Take the Point; To Walk
a Tightrope
48. Behind the Eight-ball; Dear John Letter;
Payback Time
49. To Jump the Gun; To Stick One's Neck Out;
To Grit One's Teeth
50. Across-the-board; To Raise a Red Flag;
At the Drop of a Hat
51. Gimmick; To Scope out; Elbow Room
52. A Jump Start; Cracker-jack; Up-and-coming
53.Hype; Hoopla; Plug
54.Hacker; Geek; Snail Mail
55.Talking Heads; Sound Bites; Stake-Out
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