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Kick the can down the road

Postpone or defer a problem or decision

Example 

All it showed us that we are going to keep kicking the can down the road until our currency collapses.

One’s own worst enemy

To do things that complicate one’s life or keep one from success; to be self-destructive or self-sabotaging

Examples 

Of course Tommy started skipping school again—he’s his own worst enemy. 

It is its own worst enemy. 

Get above water

Manage to survive, especially financially

Example 

Still trying to get above water living on a greatly decreased income. But I cut everything not needed out of my life but it’s still a struggle. 

Buckle to

Yield to; submit to 

Example 

He has been warned his party risks losing swathes of coastal constituencies if he buckles to the unreasonable demands.

Mutt

A stupid or insignificant person

Example 

Excellent, David  being David kicking that mutt.

Hone in on

To focus or concentrate on

Example 

GB News has initiatively honed in on the most important issue of the current era — the future of farming in the UK.

On the button

Exactly right

Examples

You’re on the button there.

He on the button again. 

Float in the same pond scum 

Be a same sort of worthless or contemptible person 

Example 

They are floating in the same pond scum. 

Clock in at 

To reach a certain target, speed or measure 

Example 

The thickness of the thin iPhone will reportedly clock in at less than 8 millimeters. It may also come with less-complex cameras, according to the outlet.