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‘F’

• Fair shake of the whip.

If everybody has a fair shake of the whip, they all have equal opportunities to do something.
• Fall off the turnip truck.

If someone has just fallen off the turnip truck, they are uninformed, naive and gullible. (Often used in
the negative).
• Fifth wheel.

A fifth wheel is something unnecessary or useless.
• Fine as frog’s hair.

If something is as fine as frog’s hair, it is very delicate and fine. The phrase is facetious as frogs do not
possess hair.
• Fish or cut bait.

This idiom is used when you want to tell someone that it is time to take action.
• Forest for the trees.

If someone can’t see the forest for the trees, they get so caught up is small details that they fail to
understand the bigger picture.
• From Missouri.

If someone is from Missouri, then they require clear pro, of before they will believe something.

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