a drop in the bucket »
An effort or action having very little overall influence, especially as compared to a huge problem.
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against all odds »
Despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability.
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all's well that ends well »
Problems do not matter if things turn out well in the end.
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ark ruffian »
Rogues who, in conjunction with watermen, robbed, and sometimes murdered, on the water, by picking a quarrel with the passengers in a boat, boarding it, plundering, stripping, and throwing them overboard, etc. A species of badger.
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around Robin Hood's barn »
All over the place.
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around Robin Hood's barn »
The long way around; a roundabout or circuitous route.
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be in a spot of bother »
To have a slight problem, to be in a predicament.
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be left holding the baby »
To be left with the responsibility of resolving a problem.
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bear out »
To corroborate, prove, or confirm; to demonstrate; to provide evidence for.
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before you can say Jack Robinson »
Very quickly. Quicker than you expect.
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bid fair »
seem probable
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bid fair »
seems probable
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boil down »
As an allusion to the cooking technique of reducing liquids by heat, one boils down a problem, argument, etc. to its most central elements.
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can of worms »
A complex, troublesome situation arising when a decision or action produces considerable subsequent problems.
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catch-as-catch-can »
A. 1681, John Fryer, Richard Chiswell, Robert Roberts, Robert White, A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters, Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672 and Finished 1681.
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