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Shelly stalled while she tried to come up with a good response.
Submitted on September 01, 2012
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- child's play
- dead duck
- easy as pie
- fall off a truck
- fat of the land
- fit as a fiddle
- flesh out
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- go bananas
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- in line
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- in touch
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- lion's share
- lip service
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- much of a muchness
- nine lives
- no holds barred
- not be caught dead
- on a roll
- on its merits
- on top of the world
- out of house and home
- out of order
- over and over
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