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Scare the daylights out of someone
Language; Idioms
If you scare the daylights out of someone, you terrify them. (This can be made even stronger by saying 'the living daylights'.)
Daylight robbery
Language; Idioms
If you are overcharged or underpaid, it is a daylight robbery; open, unfair and hard to prevent. Rip-off has a similar meaning.
Sticking point
Language; Idioms
A sticking point is a controversial issue that blocks progress in negotiations, etc, where compromise is unlikely or impossible.
Take the plunge
Language; Idioms
If you take the plunge, you decide to do something or commit yourself even though you know there is an element of risk involved.
Out of the woods
Language; Idioms
If you are out of the woods, you have emerged safely from a dangerous situation, though the idiom is often used in the negative.
The be all and end all
Language; Idioms
The phrase 'The be all and end all' means that a something is the final, or ultimate outcome or result of a situation or event.
The common weal
Language; Idioms
If something is done for the common weal, it is done in the interests and for the benefit of the majority or the general public.
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