Vocabulary
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Very active and hardworking
“She's BUSY AS A BEE”
Flatter someone excessively in order to get something from them
“Don't BUTTER HIM UP”
Seemingly innocent but actually cunning
“She acts sweet BUT BUTTER WOULDN'T MELT in her mouth”
A clumsy person who drops things
“You BUTTERFINGERS! You dropped my phone!”
Stop talking; be quiet
“BUTTON YOUR LIP and listen to me”
Delay something to gain more time
“I'm trying to BUY TIME with more questions”
Go away; leave someone alone
“Just BUZZ OFF, I'm busy!”
A dangerous situation or person
“He ran into the BUZZ SAW with that comment”
By a very small margin
“We won BY A HAIR”
Of course, certainly
“BY ALL MEANS, go ahead”
Generally speaking; on the whole
“BY AND LARGE, it's good”
By means of; through the efforts of
“She succeeded BY DINT OF hard work”
From memory
“I know this poem BY HEART”
By some possibly dishonest means
“He'll get it BY HOOK OR BY CROOK”
Follow instructions exactly
“Do it BY THE BOOK”
By a very narrow margin; barely managing to do something
“I passed the exam BY THE SKIN OF MY TEETH”
Barely escaping disaster
“We escaped BY THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH”
Via personal communications rather than written media
“Spread BY WORD OF MOUTH”
Avoid or go around something
“Let's BYPASS the traffic on this route”
Something very easy to accomplish
“The exam was A CAKEWALK”
Decide to stop working on something
“We've worked enough - let's CALL IT A DAY”
End an evening's activities and go home
“I'm going to CALL IT A NIGHT”
Demand someone prove their claim
“I CALLED HIS BLUFF and asked to see the evidence”
Make the important decisions in an organization
“She CALLS THE SHOTS”
