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• Round the twist.
Go crazy.
• Read between the lines.
Read hidden meanings.
• Rack and ruin.
If something or someone goes to rack and ruin, they are utterly destroyed or wrecked.
• Rain on your parade.
If someone rains on your parade, they ruin your pleasure or your plans.
• Rake someone over the coals.
If you rake someone over the coals, you criticize or scold them severely.
• Recipe for disaster.
A recipe for disaster is a mixture of people and events that could only possibly result in trouble.
• Red carpet.
If you give someone the red-carpet treatment, you give them a special. Welcome the
show that you think they are important.
• Red herring.
If something is a distraction from the real issues, it is a red herring.
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