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To stay the same; to neither advance nor regress.
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It's a lot of work just to break even and keep the weeds down.
Submitted on August 30, 2012
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- cherry-pick
- class clown
- cut of one's jib
- feather in one's cap
- fish or cut bait
- flower
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- get one's act together
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- hit the spot
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- kindred soul
- lie through one's teeth
- low-hanging fruit
- middle of nowhere
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- muckety muck
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- night owl
- of late
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- out to lunch
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