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To get used to something shameful.
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He has never been able to live down his electoral defeat.
Submitted on August 30, 2012
More phrases:
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- zip up
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- by heart
- cat and mouse game
- catch flies
- down-to-earth
- flea in one's ear
- front runner
- get it on
- half a mind
- have a flat
- have a green thumb
- hold your fire
- hustle and bustle
- in line
- in order
- keep an eye peeled
- king
- make believe
- make headway
- object lesson
- odd and curious
- off the mark
- on its merits
- on the right track
- out of character
- out of gas
- out of house and home
- out of proportion
- out of the blue
- outside the box
- pachyderm
- pay for it
- penny pincher
- piffy on a rock bun
- point the finger at
- pound the pavement
- pull one's weight
- push the envelope
- raise the bar
- ride roughshod over
- rule of thumb
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- salad years
- same old story
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- slip through the cracks
- stroke of work
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- take a gander
- talk a blue streak
- thanks a bunch
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