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To fiddle idly.
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These guys don't mess around! They finished the whole job in ten minutes.
Submitted on August 30, 2012
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- chew the fat
- come to terms
- dig deep
- don't get me started
- dyed-in-the-wool
- ears are burning
- every man jack
- from the word go
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- ground rules
- hammer home
- haul his ashes
- honest-to-goodness
- in evidence
- in its infancy
- in order
- jump the gun
- lemon law
- lip service
- make out like a bandit
- middle of nowhere
- night owl
- no frills
- not half bad
- off the mark
- on the horn
- one-off
- price on one's head
- put down roots
- rule of thumb
- rule with an iron fist
- see someone through
- see the light
- shot in the arm
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