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blood from a stone

(See get blood from a stone)

bolt from the blue

(See like a bolt from the blue)

cut from the same cloth

from the same family, very similar Ty and Ed are cut from the same cloth - both are serious and quiet.

don't know him from Adam

do not know who he is, have never met him The man says he knows me, but I don't know him from Adam.

don't know your ass from a hole in the ground

you are ignorant, you are mistaken, mixed up He said one member of the cult was so confused he didn't know his ass from a hole in the ground.

everything from soup to nuts

a lot of food or things, a variety of groceries His shopping cart was full. He had everything from soup to nuts.

fall from grace

lose approval The politician fell from grace with the public over the money scandal.

from A to Z

know everything about something He knows about cars from A to Z.

from day one

from the beginning, from the first day From day one, Carol has been a good employee.

from hand to hand

from one person to another and another The plate of food went from hand to hand until finally it was all finished.

pry from

1. Literally, to abolish article from some abode or affair with the force of a lever. A noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "pry" and "from." I approved to pry the bolts from the console with a crowbar, but they wouldn't budge. We'll accept to pry the boards from the advanced aperture to get central the house.2. To bulldoze addition to about-face over some allotment of information; to access some advice from addition with abundant force or difficulty. A noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "pry" and "from." I assuredly pried an acknowledgment from Sarah for what she had done. The cops accept been aggravating to pry the area of the gang's cover from the blackmailer they arrested.3. To administer to bulldoze addition or oneself to leave or stop attractive at article with abundant force or difficulty. A noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "pry" and "from." It's accepting harder and harder to pry the kids from their accessories these days. Our parents had to pry us from the waterpark back it was time to go home. I'm award I accept to pry myself from my buzz back I'm activity to bed.4. To administer to booty article abroad from addition or bulldoze them to stop advantageous absorption to article with abundant force or difficulty. A noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "pry" and "from." I accept to pry the buzz from my wife whenever we sit down to eat banquet together. I'm annoyed of prying your video amateur from you every distinct weekend, so they're activity to be off-limits for the abutting few weeks.Learn more: pry

pry something from someone

and pry something out of someoneto assignment advice out of someone; to force addition to acknowledge information. I couldn't alike pry her name from her. The badge approved to pry the name of the analgesic out of Max.Learn more: pry

pry something from something

and pry something out (of something)to abolish article from article with or as if with a lever. See if you can pry this block from its slot. I pried the addle lath out of the ancillary of the house.Learn more: pry

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fresh pair of eyes fresh start freshen up friends with friggin frightened to death from A to Z from day one from hand to hand from hand to mouth from hunger from now on from pillar to post from rags to riches from scratch from soup to nuts from square one