a long shot, a course of action which is unlikely to have a positive outcome, a sore point, a subject that makes you feel angry or upset when it is mentioned, a foregone conclusion, a result that can be predicted with certainty, as a last resort, when all else has failed, a saving grace, the one good quality that a person or thing has that prevents them or it from being completely bad, a fine line, such a small difference between two things or ideas that there is a risk of crossing from one to the other, a raw deal, unfair treatment, wishful thinking, convincing yourself that something is true simply because you want it to be true, have itchy feet, a desire to travel and see different places, a slippery slope, an idea or course of action which will lead to something unacceptable, wrong, or disastrous.

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