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1. A harmless untruth for the sake of politeness is a ___ lie.
2. Puritanical people are ___ noses.
3. Puritanical people don't watch ___ movies.
4. If we get a ___ light, it means that we get permission.
5. If we go ___ - bagging , it means that we have a meal with others, but take our own food (e.g., in paper bags).
6. Won't a country that exports its ___ matter soon be short of brainy people ?
7. If you buy or sell on the ___ market, you are doing it illegally.
8. The influence and political pressure of old and or retired people is sometimes called ___ power.
9. Elderly and (semi-) retired politicians often still have a lot of influence behind the scene. We call them ___ eminences.
10. A most urgent warning of imminent danger or enemy attack is a ___ alert.
11. A misleading clue is a ___ herring.
12. Useless presents or useless possessions may be called ___ elephants.
13. An amusing (and often cynical) way to look at what is basically sad and serious, is what can occasionally be called ___ humour.
14. A bad character in an otherwise well-behaved group is a ___ sheep.
15. Excessive official (or bureaucratic) formalities are ___ tape.
16. A sale of household linen can be called a ___ sale.
17. Gay power has sometimes been called purple or ___ power.
18. The practice of tricking or forcing women into prostitution has been called ___ slavery.
19. If you run away for lack of courage, people will call you ___.
20. A text that either contains too many taboo words or too many unnecessarily complicated passages, can be called ___ prose.
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