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Avoid these cliches: a good time was had by all accidents will happen add insult to injury after all is said and done at death's door at loose ends beat a hasty retreat beautiful but dumb beyond the shadow of a doubt bite off more than you can chew blushing bride break the ice brown as a berry budding genius bury the hatchet busy as a bee <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">by the sweat of one's brow <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">calm before the storm <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">clear as crystal <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">depths of despair <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">diamond in the rough <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">discreet silence <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">doomed to disappointment <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">each and every <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">easier said than done <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">eternal triangle <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">fair sex <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Father Time <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">few and far between <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">fond parents <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">gala occasion <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">green with envy <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">in no uncertain terms <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">in this day and age <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">irony of fate <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">last but not least <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">long arm of the law <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">make a long story short <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">none the worse for wear <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">on speaking terms <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">on the fence <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">out of the frying pan into the fire <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">point with pride <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">quick as a flash