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    Sacred cow 78
    Sales pitch 34, 78, 105
    Salt of the earth, the 78, 103, 117
    Salt (something) away 63, 64, 65, 78
    Save/lose face 78
    Save (something) for a rainy day 63, 64, 65, 78, 105, 120
    Say a mouthful 36, 78, 104
    Scared out of (one’s) wits 79
    Screw loose/loose screw, have a 62, 67, 79
    Second-guess 79
    Second-rate 17, 26, 28, 79, 90, 92
    Second thoughts, have 15, 16, 63, 79
    See eye to eye 79, 104
    See red 8, 27, 44, 49, 56, 74, 79
    See (something) through 79
    See the light 19, 79
    See through (something/someone) 79, 80
    See which way the wind blows 80
    Sell like hotcakes 80, 88, 105
    Sell (someone) a bill of goods [sold a bill of goods] 80
    Set (someone’s) teeth on edge 10, 31, 80
    Seventh heaven, in 63, 80, 97, 104, 118
    Shake a leg 30, 42, 49, 80, 84, 105
    Ships passing in the night 80
    Shoot the breeze 80, 104, 115, 118
    Shot in the arm 80, 81
    Shot in the dark 81
    Sit tight 44, 56, 81
    Sitting pretty 81, 104
    Sixth sense 81
    Skeleton in the closet {family skeleton} 81
    Sleep like a log/rock 81
    Slip through (someone’s) fingers, let (someone/something) 59, 81
    Slow burn 82
    Slow/quick off the mark 82, 105
    Snowball’s chance in hell 82
    Something to crow about vi, 25, 60, 82
    Sour grapes 82
    Sow (one’s) wild oats 82
    Speak of the devil 82
    Speak (one’s) mind 34, 82, 104
    Speak (one’s) piece 83
    Spill the beans 50, 51, 54, 83, 104, 118
    Spitting image 15, 27, 83, 117
    Split hairs 83
    Spring (something) on (someone) 71, 83, 104
    Spur of the moment, on the 62, 83, 105, 120
    Square deal 24, 83
    Square meal 83
    Stand (one’s) ground 24, 34, 51, 83, 84, 85, 104
    Stand on (one’s) own two feet 84
    Stand out in a/the crowd 84, 85
    Start (something) from scratch 4, 58, 84
    Step on it 30, 42, 49, 80, 84, 105
    Stew in (one’s) own juices 84
    Stick-in-the-mud 74, 84, 97, 98
    Stick (one’s) neck out 36, 84, 85
    Stick (one’s) nose in 85, 104, 118
    Stick out like a sore thumb 84, 85
    Stick to (one’s) guns 34, 51, 84, 85, 104
    Stonewall 5, 32, 41, 85
    Straight and narrow 85, 92
    Straight from the horse’s mouth 41, 85, 104
    Strange bedfellows 85, 86
    Strapped for cash 25, 86
    Straw that broke the camel’s back, the 52, 86
    Street smarts 86
    Stretch the truth 86, 98, 104
    Strike it rich 41, 42, 86, 104, 105
    String (someone) along 86, 104
    Stuffed shirt 63, 86, 103, 117
    Suit/fit (someone/something) to a t 87
    Swallow (one’s) pride 23, 87
    Sweat blood 87
    Sweep (someone) off his/her feet 41, 87, 104, 118


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