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The following 412 entries include the term someone\'s.
save someone's bacon/hide/neck/skin
idiom: to save someone : to help someone get out of a dangerous or difficult situation
save someone's hide
idiom: to keep someone from being harmed
save someone's life
idiom: to stop (someone) from dying or being killed : to rescue (someone) who is in terrible danger
scratch someone's back
idiom: to do something that helps someone else but that is often difficult to do or wrong and with the expectation of help in return —usually used in the phrase You scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.
seal someone's fate
idiom: to make the future that someone will have certain
secret to someone's success
idiom: the reason someone is so successful
send a chill/shiver up/down someone's spine
idiom: to make someone feel very thrilled, frightened, etc.
send shivers/chills up (and down) someone's spine
idiom: to make someone feel very excited and emotional
set/put someone's mind at ease/rest
idiom: to make someone stop worrying
set someone's mind at ease
idiom: to help someone stop worrying
shock of someone's life
idiom: a very unpleasant surprise
slip/escape someone's mind
idiom: to not be remembered by someone
slip someone's mind/memory
idiom: to be forgotten by someone
(someone's) courage fails him/her
idiom: someone loses courage or becomes afraid
someone's cup of tea
noun phrase: something that someone likes or is good at —usually used in negative statements
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