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jautājums		atbilde
stop wasting your time talking about the matter that cannot be settled the way you would like it sākt mācīties		flog a dead horse
someone tends to make plans that can never be fulfilled sākt mācīties		build castles in the air
something doesn’t sound true sākt mācīties		hold water
celebrate something sākt mācīties		paint the town red
achieved the required level of knowledge sākt mācīties		All the students made the grade and were complimented on by their teachers
feel scared sākt mācīties		get cold feet
experience hardship, especially financial sākt mācīties		feel the pinch
do something that is considered to be impossible sākt mācīties		Trying to convince the management to change their policy is like squaring the circle
to challenge someone's statement or threat because it is not believed sākt mācīties		call somebody’s bluff
The amount you’ve been arguing about is not worth the squabble sākt mācīties		Stop splitting hairs
do something innovative sākt mācīties		break new ground in biotechnology
conform to another's actions sākt mācīties		follow suit
make a great effort to think of or remember something sākt mācīties		Jenny racked her brains but could not remember which magazine she had seen the advertisement in
be in such a desperate situation as to resort to even the most unlikely means of salvation sākt mācīties		clutch at straws
make an extraordinarily strenuous effort to do something sākt mācīties		i sweated blood over it
to try to settle a disagreement or dispute with words intended to placate or pacify those involved sākt mācīties		manage to put oil on the troubled waters
have a private reason for doing or being involved in something sākt mācīties		have an axe to grind
to try and make an idea or piece of work seem bad by finding all the things that are wrong or missing sākt mācīties		pick holes in somebody’s reasoning
make an indiscreet or embarrassing remark (informal british) sākt mācīties		I realized I had dropped a brick by asking Mrs Hobson about her son’s name
closed the business sākt mācīties		put up the shutters
failed to obtain what one has been striving for sākt mācīties		draw a blank
gain riches in a dishonest way sākt mācīties		feather one’s nest
give up participation in an unprofitable activity sākt mācīties		cut one’s losses
be fired from work sākt mācīties		get the chop
start doing something before the set time sākt mācīties		jump the gun
start behaving better sākt mācīties		turn over a new leaf
to seem angry all the time because you think you have been treated unfairly or feel you are not as good as other people sākt mācīties		chip on the shoulder
prevent someone from carrying out a plan (British) sākt mācīties		put a spoke in their wheel
rise in status or wealth sākt mācīties		come up in the world
idk lmao sākt mācīties		cast a wide net

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