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To stay the same; to neither advance nor regress.
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It's a lot of work just to break even and keep the weeds down.
Submitted on August 30, 2012
More phrases:
- grow out of
- lay down
- pass out
- plug away
- puff out
- put by
- ramp up
- reckon without
- rip off
- run around
- scarf down
- scrape off
- spread out
- stand for
- start up
- take to
- turn into
- wind down
- zip up
- at heart
- at last
- back to square one
- bent on
- bury the hatchet
- creature comfort
- cut and dried
- dead duck
- fresh start
- get a handle on
- give in
- go blue
- good luck with that
- green light
- haul ass
- have a cow
- have a look-see
- have a word with
- heebie-jeebies
- hustle and bustle
- in black and white
- in light of
- jump the gun
- keep a close watch on
- keep somebody posted
- kick the bucket
- labor of love
- middle of nowhere
- muckety muck
- nine lives
- no frills
- old stick
- on board
- on hold
- out of character
- out of order
- play it by ear
- quake in one's boots
- quarter past
- rough around the edges
- rough trot
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