Phrases

• It's not long for this world. 
• Gone are the days …
• In its death throes.
• Misery acquaints itself with strange bedfellows.
• Romp on with reckless abandon.  
• Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.
• All that glitters is not gold. 
• We have seen better days.
• Too much of a good thing. 
• Something wicked this way comes.
• Short shrift
• A tower of strength
• I have spread my dreams under your feet./
  Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
• Be that as it may/might
• Try as I may/might
• A baptism of fire
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