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eng voc in use 89

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worked like a dream a plan succeeded absolutely perfectly
went according to plan occurred exactly as intended
went/ran like clockwork they went smoothly, with no difficulties
is/are up running it has/they have begun to work as planned
is/are falling into place it is/the are on the point of starting to work well
is/are looking up it is/ they are looking very positive
what a pain! very general: in respnse to any situation that causes you difficulty
it's the calm before the storm when things are quiet, but you fear they are about to change
sth throw smb completely don't know how to response
to be a complete shambles a totally disorganised and chaotic event
get smb's wires crossed there must have been a miscommunication/misunderstanding
it's as clear as mud in response to an explanation that only confuses you more
let's not muddy the waters let's not confuse matters by introducing irrelevant things
we can't see the wood for the trees too much detail prevents us seeing the overall situation
it's just a storm in a teacup a lot of fuss/ big argument that will soon be forgotten
to be a close call/thing to be almost a disaster, bit to turn out OK
at the eleventh hour at the very last minute before disaster might have occurred
to brush sth under the carpet to officially forget and never resolve; never mention again
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