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What is the name of the depiction of concentration with raised eyebrow called?

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Word/phrase for over asking as a tactic to get what you really want

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Single word/short phrase for 'discussion across ideological/political lines to understand a different point of view'?

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Is there any phrase, proverb or idiom that convey “the turtle quarreled with the lake”?

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Is there any word or phrase for providing a way/solution just for now?

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Is there a good phrase for an “alternating effect” of X on Y?

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A word or phrase for wildly overreacting against a legitimate wrongdoing

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English equivalent of Vietnamese “Rather kill mistakenly than to miss an enemy.”

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Looking for word or phrase for when you look for something over and over in the same places unsuccessfully then find it there when you look again?

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Word/phrase for taking offense but not showing it

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Can I say that “unremarkable transverse peculiar velocity” is “vernacularly dissonant”? Is there a better description?

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Is there a word for being excellent at something you hate doing?

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A saying similar to “playing whack-a-mole”

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What is/are the word(s) for the overwhelming feeling of relief?

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