Episode Synopsis "To miss the boat"
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- To-get-your-act-together
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- To pay dividends
- To hold all the aces
- To cash in your chips
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- To-cut-a-long-story-short
- To-be-or-make-a-power-play
- To-have-an-Ace-up-your-sleeve
- To-be-a-hot-potato
- To-be-a-wild-goose-chase
- To-be-the-last-straw
- To cut corners
- To quit the rat race
- To be fired
- To jump the gun
- To go back to the drawing board
- To miss the boat
- Take the bull by the horns
- To be dead wood
- To jump on the bandwagon
- To move the goalposts
- To hold the fort
- To do the donkey work
- To be put on the map
- To be in the loop
- To cook the books
- To get the green light
- To twist somebody's arm
- To run on a shoestring
- To be snowed under
- To be in the red - black
- To be a big fish in a small pond
- To be ahead of the curve
- To stay on top of things
- To play it by ear
- To pick somebody's brain
- To get your foot in the door
- To see eye to eye
- To pay somebody under the table
- To stand your ground
- To get off on the wrong foot
- To think outside the box
- To talk shop
- To call it a day
- To put something on the back burner
- To go the extra mile
- To throw in the towel
- To get off on the wrong foot