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Birds of a feather flock together.πŸ¦‰

Usually said about people who have similar characters or interests, especially ones of which you disapprove, and who often spend time with each other.

"The lawyers who attended the seminar were like birds of a feather flocking together. They have not even spoken to anyone outside their group".
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Fed up.😑

Annoyed, unhappy, or bored, especially with a situation that has existed for a long time.

β€œI am fed up with being put down and made to feel stupid”.
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Suits me just fine.

I’m fine with whatever was just said or suggested. Said as a set response.

A: β€œDo you mind if we stop by the bank on the way home?” B: β€œSure, suits me.”

A: β€œI was thinking of a cherry-red color for the outside of the house.” B: β€œYeah, suits me fine.”
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No rest (or peace) for the wicked.

The speaker’s heavy workload or lack of tranquillity is due to their sinful life. The phrase comes from the Bible and is now usually used jocularly.

He may have been acquitted of those crimes, but he will not go unpunished. There's no peace for the wicked.

A: "You working late again, Stan?" B: "No rest for the wicked."
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Butter them up🍞πŸ₯›

To be very kind or friendly to someone or try to please someone, so that that person will do what you want them to do.

You’ll have to butter them up a bit before they’ll agree.
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Hit below the belt.

To say something that is often too personal, usually irrelevant, and always unfair.

β€œTo remind reformed alcoholics of their drinking problem is to hit below the belt.”

The expression comes from boxing, in which it is illegal to hit an opponent below the belt.
Stick-in-the-mud.

A person who is dull and unadventurous and who resists change.

β€œThey see many of their colleagues as sticks-in-the-mud and sentimental neanderthals.”
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Lame duck.

An ineffectual or unsuccessful person or thing.

"Not that long ago, the bank was regarded as a lame duck.”
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Icing On The Cake.
When you already have it good and get something on top of what you already have.
Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.

Rumi
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Spill your guts.

To confess, when someone has problems.

Come on Edward, spill your guts. I know that something happened to you at school. I see it on your face.
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Most times, it’s just a lot easier not to let the world know what’s wrong.

Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters