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a bit much »    More than is reasonable.

a chain is only as strong as its weakest link »    An organization (especially a process or a business) is only as strong or powerful as its weakest person. A group of associates is only as strong as its laziest member.

a gentleman and a scholar »    An admirable person.

a man's home is his castle »    (US) a proverbial expression of personal privacy and security

a rolling stone gathers no moss »    A person who never settles in one place will never be successful.A person who does not keep active will grow mouldy.

a scholar and a gentleman »    An admirable person.

a stopped clock is right twice a day »    A normally unreliable person or instrument can occasionally provide correct information, even if only by accident.

accident of birth »    Reference to the fact that various benefits or detriments to the life of a person arise from the circumstances into which that person was born, these being entirely beyond his control.

according to »    According to him, every person was to be bought. - Thomas Babington Macaulay.

add up »    To make sense; to be reasonable or consistent.

after one's own heart »    Of a person: having the same ideas, opinions or behaviour as oneself.

all holiday »    A saying signifying that it is all over with the business or person spoken of or alluded to/.

an Englishman's home is his castle »    (UK) a proverbial expression of personal privacy and security

angle for farthings »    To beg out of a prison window with a cap, or box, let down at the end of a long string.

apples and oranges »    Said of a comparison of items that are not comparable.

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