Take for grantedIf you take something for granted, you don't worry or think about it because you assume you will always have it. If you take someone for granted, you don't show your appreciation to them. Take someone to the cleaners If someone is taken to the cleaners, they are cheated, defrauded or lose a lot of money. Take the fifth (USA) If you do not want to answer a question you can take the fifth, meaning you are choosing not to answer. ('Plead the fifth' is also used.) Take the floor Start talking or giving a speech to a group Take the heat If you take the heat, you take the criticism or blame for something you didn't do, normally to protect the guilty person. Take the rough with the smooth People say that you have to take the rough with the smooth, meaning that you have to be prepared to accept the disadvantages as well of the advantages of something. Take to your heels If you take to your heels, you run away. Take up the reins (UK) If you take up the reins, you assume control of something- an organisation, company, country, etc.('Take over the reins' is also used.) Take your hat off If you say that you take your hat off to someone, you are showing your respect or admiration. Talk is cheap It's easy to talk about something but harder to actually do it.
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