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A safe pair of hands (Newspaper idioms)

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by Kate Woodford

Today’s post is the latest in my ‘Idioms and phrases in newspapers’ series, which provides you with a regular supply of common, contemporary English idioms and expressions. The phrases in this post are taken from a range of national newspapers published on the same day.

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Never say die! (Idioms and phrases in newspapers)

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by Kate Woodford

Today I’m looking at idioms and phrases from a range of national newspapers published on the same day. This is something I do every couple of months in order to provide you with up-to-date, common idioms.

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