I .

hot air, sit on the fence, up in arms, do the trick , running battle, fall on deaf ears, the grass roots,
call it a day, cut ice,chapter and verse

1. Luckily the second dose, a minor variant of the first, did the trick.
2. It's unlikely that these arguments will cut much ice with Democrats.
3. If the encyclopaedia has a weakness it is that it sits on the fence on controversial issues.
4. The decisions were taken by the party leadership without consulting the grass roots.
5. Pine Valley residents are up in arms about plans to build a prison in the area.
6. We realized we weren't going to get the job finished, so we decided to call it a day.
7. Today, however, most recommendations are known to be hot air and tail-covering
platitudes.
8. She can give him chapter and verse on Finance Acts and other current legislation.
9. As rioting continued, Mayor Warren appealed for calm, but his words fell on deaf ears.
10. An even longer running battle was fought in the royal dockyards.

II.

1. Citizens should not be expected to take the law into their own hands.
2. How can you sit in judgement on somebody you hardly know?
3. Finding the perfect house was easier said than done.
4. We are not going to take this verdict lying down. There will be protests.
5. Women are voting with their feet and leaving the party in large numbers.
6. Although America is a democracy, a lot of key decisions are made behind closed doors by
unelected advisers.
7. Rogerson sealed his fate when he got behind the wheel of his car, completely drunk.
8. I can decide how I am going to act, stick to my guns, and ignore the consequences.
9. But it is better than the law of the jungle, where might equals right.
10. The situation to be avoided is where the buyer digs his heels in on principle, because of the
attitude of the salesperson.