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• Jekyll and Hyde.
Someone who has a Jekyll and Hyde personality has a pleasant and a very unpleasant side to the
character.
• Jersey justice.
Jersey justice is very severe justice.
• Jet set.
Very wealthy people who travel around the world to attend parties or functions are the jet set.
• Jet-black
To emphasize just how black something is, such as someone’s hair, we can call it jet- black.
• Job’s comforter.
Someone who says they want to comfort, but actually discomforts people is a job’s comforter.
• Jobs for position.
Where people give jobs, contracts, etc., to their friends and associates, these are jobs for the boys.
• Jockey for position.
If a number of people want the same opportunity and are struggling to emerge as the most likely
candidate, they are jockeying for position.
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