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Gaslight

Use words and sometimes tricks to make others unsure of what is real and what is not real

Example

To come out and keep trying to gaslight us that this will solve the problems with illegals is a joke and we aren’t buying it.

Like chalk and cheese

Completely different from each other

Example

Father and son, it’s like chalk and cheese, you have to find a balance

Grabby

Tending to grab or having the power to grab attention

Examples 

very young children tend to be grabby and often refuse to share

He is morally “grabby”!

Sound neat 

Sound good

Example

Digital ID might sound good in theory, but most people see it for what it is.

Fight tooth and nail 

The idiom “fight tooth and nail” describes someone who is trying very hard to achieve something, especially when they face tough opposition or challenges

Examples

Don’t sell yourself short; you fought tooth and nail to get to where you are now.

Keep it going, fight with tooth and nail 

A cereal box 

A person’s head, used to describe someone who is thought to be unintelligent or foolish

Examples 

Get one out of a cereal box these days like this country’s passports.

Looks like it came out of a cereal box. 

You get that out of a cereal box?

Churlish 

Rude, unfriendly 

Example 

As a knight of the realm he should refrain from such churlish slights but he can’t help himself. 

Go down the pan 

To be completely lost or wasted; to fail utterly

Example 

The TV going down the pan with the hostess. Get her off she is terrible.