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- An overcrowded place or venue; tremendously crowded.
Example: The concert was such a hit, people were packed like sardines!

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- To pay a high price for something.
Example: Taking up a medical course would make you pay through the nose.

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- A notice of retrenchment; a letter telling someone that he just got fired.
Example: It would be too painful to receive a pink slip.

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- An impossible or unrealistic idea; an idea which is not viable or feasible; an impractical scheme.
Example: What you are suggesting is actually a pipe dream!

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- Noticeable; observable; clear; obvious.
Example: It's plain as the nose on your face that what you are saying are all lies.

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- Very persistent in achieving a goal; determined to accomplish something.
Example: All that guys have to do is play hardball to get to the top.

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- To give an exemplary performance.
Example: The Choir must be able to play out of their skin to win the competition.

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- To take unreasonable risks; to get into dangerous situations.
Example: May, stop playing with fire. It might get you into serious trouble.

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