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Business always falls off in the winter.
Submitted on January 23, 2011
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- tumble to
- turn out
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- all hell broke loose
- arse about face
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- baggage
- birds and bees
- catch a tan
- center field
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- flea in one's ear
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- grunt work
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- if needs be
- in black and white
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- jump the gun
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- keep one on one's toes
- light a fire under
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- middle of the road
- mind one's own business
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