Idioms

back to the salt mines
to return to work or return to something else that you do not want to do
We finished our lunch and went back to the salt mines.

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  • back up (someone or something) or back (someone or something) up
  • back up (something) or back (something) up
  • back-to-back
  • bad blood (between people)
  • bad-mouth (someone or something)
  • bag of tricks
  • bail out (of something)
  • bail out (someone or something) or bail (someone or something) out
  • bail out (someone) or bail (someone) out
  • balance the books
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  • a taste of things to come
  • get a kick out of (someone or something)
  • fritter (something) away or fritter away (something)
  • speak out of turn
  • rough-and-ready
  • get the floor
  • pour oil on troubled waters
  • lady's man
  • talk down to (someone)
  • rain or shine


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