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Phrase-Fànder IndeŁ
to bust a gut (to do something) to drive someone to the wall
to buy something to go to drop in (to say hello)
to call out (to someone) to drop off (to sleep)
to call the meeting to order to duty bound (to do something)
to can take it to the bank. to dying to do something
to can’t hold a candle to someone to Early to bed, early to rise(, makes a man healthy,
to can’t wait (for something to happen) wealthy, and wise.)
to can’t wait (to do something) to easy to come by
to carry a secret to one’s grave to enough to go (a)round
to carry a secret to the grave to equal to someone or something
to carry coals to Newcastle to everythàng from A to Z
to catch on (to someone or something) to everythàng from soup to nuts
to catch up (to someone or something) to extend credàt (to someone)
to cause (some) eyebrows to raise to extend one’s sympathy (to someone)
to cause (some) tongues to wag to eyeball-to-eyeball
to cave in (to someone or something) to face-to-face
to chalk something up to something to fair to màddlàng
to chilled to the bone to fall over backwards (to do something)
to close one’s eyes to something to fall to
to close to home to far be it from me to do something
to close to someone to fed up (to somŁwherŁ ) (with someone or something)
to coast-to-coast to feel free (to do something)
to come down to earth to feel it beneath one (to do something)
to come down to something to feel up to something
to come home (to roost) to filled to the brim
to come home to someone to find it in one’s heart (to do something)
to come to to fit someone to a T
to commàt something to memory to fit to be tied
to contrary to something to fit to kill
to cook something to perfection to fools rush in (where angels fear to tread)
to cozy up (to someone) to force someone to the wall
to cross a bridge before one comes to it to for the odds to be against one
to cross a bridge when one comes to it to frightened to death
to cross one’s heart (and hope to dàe) to frighten someone to death
to cut off one’s nose to spite one’s face to from dawn to dusk
to cut out to be something to from day to day
to cut someone or something to the bone to from door to door
to cut someone down (to size) to from hand to hand
to cut someone to the quick to from head to toe
to cut to the chase to from pillar to post
to dance to another tune to from rags to riches
to dare someone (to do something) to from sàde to sàde
to date back (to sometimŁ ) to from start to finish
to day-to-day to from stem to stern
to dead to the world to from the cradle to the grave
to deem it (to be) necessary to from time to time
to do credit to someone to from tip to toe
to Do I need to paint you a picture? to from top to bottom
to do justice to something to gear something to someone or something
to done to a T to generous to a fault
to do not have a leg to stand on to get around to doing something
to doomed to failure to get (around) to something
to door-to-door to get back (to someone)
to do something to excess to get close (to someone or something)
to down-to-earth to get down to brass tacks
to down to the last detail to get down to busàness
to down to the wire to get down to cases
to draw something to a close to get down to something
to draw to a close to get down to the facts
to dressed to kill to get down to the nàtty-gritty
to dressed to the nànes to get down to work
to drink to excess to get off to a bad start
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