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To fail.
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I am afraid my computer will break down if I try to run it at too high a speed.
Submitted on May 07, 2011
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- go out the window
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- step down
- tell apart
- tide over
- around the clock
- at all hours
- babe in arms
- by hook or by crook
- carry on
- center field
- chew the fat
- creature comfort
- do-or-die
- dog and pony show
- elbow room
- fit as a fiddle
- frog in one's throat
- get by the balls
- get the ball rolling
- give birth
- give somebody what-for
- go out on a limb
- go red
- grunt work
- hat in hand
- haul his ashes
- in a nutshell
- in heaven's name
- in its infancy
- in one's cups
- in the dark
- in touch
- is the pope catholic
- let her rip
- lion's share
- look like
- low-hanging fruit
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- make fun of
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