Idioms & Expressions
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15 expressions found
To pursue a mistaken course of action, based on wrong assumptions.
To join others in doing something that has become popular or fashionable.
Very common and of little value or special significance.
To try desperately to find a solution when the situation is nearly hopeless.
A hopeless or pointless search for something.
To act in a bold, risky way without worrying about the consequences.
To deliberately ignore something wrong.
A lot of anger or worry about something unimportant.
To treat a small problem as if it were much more serious.
Someone or something with no protection against attack or danger.
Only just; by a very narrow margin.
To take attention or credit away from someone else's achievement.
To risk everything on a single plan or option.
Used to say that something will never happen.
You shouldn't judge someone or something based only on appearance.
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