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To fulfil the expectations placed upon.
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The holidays didn't live up to the advertiser's claims.
Submitted on October 14, 2012
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- beat a dead horse
- bolt bucket
- by hand
- deep water
- diamond in the rough
- field day
- frog in one's throat
- front runner
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- give in
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- good luck with that
- hack it
- ham it up
- hang a ralph
- home stretch
- in its infancy
- in the dark
- in touch
- king
- light a fire under
- look like
- lump in one's throat
- make believe
- make fun of
- much of a muchness
- no slouch
- out of gas
- out of line
- out of one's depth
- pardon my french
- price is right
- pump iron
- quake in one's boots
- rain cheque
- rough around the edges
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- see yellow
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