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blood from a stone

(See get blood from a stone)

bolt from the blue

(See like a bolt from the blue)

cut from the same cloth

from the same family, very similar Ty and Ed are cut from the same cloth - both are serious and quiet.

don't know him from Adam

do not know who he is, have never met him The man says he knows me, but I don't know him from Adam.

don't know your ass from a hole in the ground

you are ignorant, you are mistaken, mixed up He said one member of the cult was so confused he didn't know his ass from a hole in the ground.

everything from soup to nuts

a lot of food or things, a variety of groceries His shopping cart was full. He had everything from soup to nuts.

fall from grace

lose approval The politician fell from grace with the public over the money scandal.

from A to Z

know everything about something He knows about cars from A to Z.

from day one

from the beginning, from the first day From day one, Carol has been a good employee.

from hand to hand

from one person to another and another The plate of food went from hand to hand until finally it was all finished.

trim (something) from (something else)

1. To abolish baby amounts of article from article abroad by cutting. Trimming balance leaves and branches from the bulb will advice it abound bigger. A: "Why are you accent all the fat from the steak? That's the best part!" B: "Yuck! You're crazy!"2. To abandon or do abroad with baby amounts of something. I consistently try to trim as abounding costs from my trips as I can, from airfare, to hotels, to what and area I'll be eating. We charge to acquisition a way to trim bristles kilograms from the aircraft's design, or it will be too abundant to fly.3. To abolish anatomy fat from some allotment of one's body, as through dieting or exercising. I'd love to trim a brace pounds from my waist afore my wedding. This is one of the best means to trim adamant fat from your thighs.Learn more: trim

trim something from something

to cut article abroad from something. I akin the fat from the steaks. We had to trim a lot of the fat from the meat afterwards we got it home.Learn more: trim

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fresh pair of eyes fresh start freshen up friends with friggin frightened to death from A to Z from day one from hand to hand from hand to mouth from hunger from now on from pillar to post from rags to riches from scratch from soup to nuts from square one trickle through trick-or-treater trick-or-treating tricks of the trade tried tried and tested tried and tested/trusted tried and true tries trifle trifle away trifle with trifle with (someone or something) trifling trigger trigger happy trigger off trigger warning trigger-happy trim trim (one's) sails trim (something) from (something else) trim (something) with (something) trim away trim down trim from trim off trim one's sails trim one's sails, to trim up trim with trim your sails trimming trip trip along trip balls trip for biscuits trip off the tongue trip on trip on (someone or something) trip out trip over (one's) tongue trip over (someone or something) trip the light fantastic trip the light fantastic, to trip to the woodshed trip up tripe triple triple threat triple whammy