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Break the fourth wall

One up

Definition: Back out of a responsibility or commitment. It can also refer to taking the easy way out.

Saving Grace

Definition: To accept someone or something just as it appears.Etymology: To literally see someone the way they are.

Sell like hot cakes

Definition: Against all the odds.Etymology: The story of David vs Goliath, is where a Jewish army and a Philistine army are separated by a valley. Since neither side wants to enter the valley and get slaughtered, they each decide to send one man. The Philistines send Goliath, a lumbering giant who requires an attendant and cannot see properly. David is selected from the Jews, he is fast and good with a sling and easily defeats Goliath who, modern archeologists suggest is suffering from Agro-megli.

Whipping boy, Someone who is punished for another person's problem.

A promise to meet in the future if you are unavailable for an invitation.Etymology: This term comes from baseball, where in the 1880s it became the practice to offer paying spectators a rain check entitling them to future admission for a game that was postponed or ended early owing to bad weather. By the early 1900s the term was transferred to tickets for other kinds of entertainment.

Dead Ringer