crack

crack idiom
In addition to the idioms beginning with crack, also see by jove (cracky); fall between the cracks; get cracking; hard nut to crack; have a crack at; make a crack; not all it's cracked up to be; paper over (the cracks).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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