Right off the bat, Immediately; at the very beginning, without delay., Throw someone a curveball, To surprise someone with an unexpected problem, question or change that is difficult to deal with., Be batting a thousand, To be extremely successful or to have a perfect record, especially after several attempts., Drop the ball, To make a mistake or fail to do something because of carelessness, inattention or poor organisation., Catch some z’s, To sleep, usually for a short time. The letter z represents the sound traditionally associated with snoring., Be fresh out of something, To have just used, sold or given away the entire supply of something, so none is currently available., Not be worth a dime, To have little or no financial or practical value., The icing/frosting on the cake, An additional benefit that makes an already positive situation even better., Fight like cat and dog / cats and dogs, To argue or quarrel fiercely and repeatedly., Donkey work / grunt work, Necessary but tiring, repetitive, uninteresting or low-status work., Take the biscuit / take the cake, To be the most surprising, annoying, ridiculous or extreme example of something., Weep buckets / cry buckets, To cry a great deal or for a long time., Hard cash / cold cash, Physical money—notes and coins—or money that is immediately available, rather than credit or another form of payment., Like the cat that got the cream / ate the canary, Looking extremely pleased or self-satisfied, often because of a private success or something mischievous.

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