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    stars aligned

    The idiom "the stars aligned" refers to a situation where everything comes together perfectly, as if by fate or destiny. It is often used to describe coincidences or a series of events that lead to a favorable outcome.

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      yanking your chain

      The phrase "yanking your chain" is commonly used to indicate that someone is teasing or playing a prank on someone else.

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        trade-off

        Use 'trade-off' when referring to a situation where you have to make a compromise between two things that are opposed to each other.
        There is always a trade-off between time and quality in project management.

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          rain on your parade

          To mention bad news; to give negative information to someone who is happy or excited about something.

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            Achilles heel

            A small but critical flaw in something otherwise strong.
            The software looked perfect, but security issues were its Achilles heel.

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              muddy the waters

              The idiom muddy the waters means to create confusion or make a situation more complex and difficult to understand than it needs to be.

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                going places

                To become successful or achieve great things in life or career.
                To make steady progress or show promise for future success.
                After years of practice, his career is finally going places.

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                  be in someone's shoes

                  To be in the situation, usually a bad or difficult situation, that another person is in.

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                    the early bird catches the worm

                    That means someone will have an advantage if they do something immediately, or before other people do it.

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                      a straw man argument

                      A strawman argument is the logical fallacy of distorting an opposing position into an extreme version of itself and then arguing against that extreme version.
                      The most common form. Take a moderate position and inflate it to an extreme. "We should add bike lanes downtown" becomes "So you want to ban all cars." The new version keeps a thread of the original but stretches it past anything that was claimed.

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