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Absolutely…

Acid test

After all is said and done

All good things come to those that wait

All good things come to an end

Among those present

Animal cunning

Always look on the bright side

After the rain comes a rainbow

All good things come to those that wait

All good things must come to an end

Any witch way…

At one fell swoop

Basically,….

Bated breath

Believe it or not

Behind the clouds, the sun is shining

Better late than never

Beyond the shadow of a doubt

Bitter end

Blind s a bat

Brown as a berry

Burn the midnight oil

Bush league (or any derivative)

Calm, cool and collected

Carpe diem

Cheer up; it's not the end of the world

Chump

Clear as a bell

Colorful spectacle

Commune with nature

Cool as a cucumber

Crack of dawn

Crying need

Crying shame

Cut loose

Dotted landscape(s)

Dawg…

Drunk as a lord

Drunk as a skunk

Drunk on his ass

Drunk (use intoxicated)

Each and every

Easer said than done

Every cloud has a silver lining

Every rose has its thorn

Everything is relative

The facts of life

Fast and furious

Father time

Fe and far between

Field of Dreams

Finer things of life

First and foremost

Focus…..

Free and easy

Get in there and fight

Good time was had by all

Goodbye is not an easy word to say

Green with envy

Goodly number

Have a nice life

Honest as the day is long

Humble opinion

Hungry as a bear

I did it my way

In the final analysis

Stark naked

Straight as an arrow

Strike while the iron is hot

Taken aback

Tale of woe

That’s Bush

The first will be the last

The meek shall inherit the earth

The waiting is the hardest part

 The road to success is always under construction

There is a light at the end of the tunnel

This too, shall pass

Thriller

Thrill Kill

Time will tell

Time cures everything

Today is the first day of the rest of your life

Time will tell

Tomorrow is another day

Tired but happy

Too all intents and purposes

To me

Too numerous to mention

Truer words were never spoken

Truth is stranger than fiction

Truth is in the eye of the beholder

Veritable mine of information

View with alarm

Watery grave

Waiting is the hardest part

Well-rounded person

Wend one’s (weary) way

What goes around comes around

When it rains, it pours

When at first you don't succeed, try, try again

When the going gets tough, the tough gets going

White as snow

With a dull thud

Winners need their losers

Wit’s end

World class

You are a loser only when you fail to try

You can win by not losing

You can't have it all

Zero is sometimes better than nothing

In the this age

If you can't beat them, join them

I am playing my own game

I am not one of those

I will survive

It could be worse

I always knew that this could happen

If you can't dazzle them with your brilliance, baffle them with your bullshit

If at first you don't succeed, redefine success

It's always darkest before the dawn

It has to get worse, before it gets better

It goes without saying

It stands to reason

Last but not least

The last straw

Let’s face it

Life is life

Laughter is the best medicine

Live and learn

Live and let live

Life goes on

Life of the party

Life sucks, then you die...

Life is a bitch

Like a bolt out of the blue

Method to his madness

Mother Nature

More than a feeling

My god!

My (our) time will come

Maybe I am a loser, but at least no one knows

Midnight is where the day begins

None the worse for wear

Nothing is free in this world

Nobody is perfect

No news is good news

Off the beaten track (path)

Oh my god

Once in a lifetime

One step at a time

Parting is such sweet sorrow

Plot thickens

Point with pride

Point of no return

Powers that be

Pretty as a picture

Pride and joy

Process of elimination

Proud parents

Proud possessor

Pure and simple

Que sera, sera

Raving beauty

Rome was not built in one day

Rude awakening

Seriously…..

Sideways

Sigh of relief

A shot in the arm

Sink or swim

Slow as molasses

Smart as a whip

Sneaking suspicion

Some day my ship will come in

Shit happens

Same shit, different day

Some day my ship will come in

Something tells me

Stands to reason

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