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as luck would have it »
As it happened; how it turned out; by good fortune; fortunately or luckily.
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go out »
To be turned off or extinguished.
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Gone to the bad »
soured, spoiled, turned rotten
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knock-on effect »
The continued running of an engine after the ignition has been turned off; dieseling.
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leave no stone unturned »
To do a task very carefully and thoroughly, not missing any step.
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leave no stone unturned »
To search thoroughly for something, looking in every conceivable place.
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little pitchers have big ears »
Small children often overhear more of what is said than adults realize or desire.1844, Charlotte M. Yonge, Abbeychurch, ch. 2:Seeing me listening to something she was saying to Mamma, she turned round upon me with that odious proverb, "Little pitchers have long ears."1939, "Bedtime Bedlam," Time, 17 Apr.:A caution to U. S. parents, but a joy to radio merchandising, is the dread truth that little pitchers have big ears.2002, Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, ISBN 9780743455961, p. 185:I suppose he might say pushed or went woowoo, but took a shit is, I fear, very much in the ballpark (little pitchers have big ears, after all).
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poacher turned gamekeeper »
A person who now works against the same people they once supported.
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