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For example:<br />

After the disappointment of not getting into her<br />

preferred university, the teachers treated her with kid<br />

gloves.<br />

At the drop of a hat.<br />

For example:<br />

To make a decision or do something very quickly<br />

without thinking about it.<br />

"If he asked me out I would go at the drop of a hat."<br />

Old hat<br />

For example:<br />

Not new or different.<br />

"I've been doing this job for so long it's all old hat<br />

now."<br />

Take one's hat off to someone.<br />

For example:<br />

To admire or respect someone.<br />

"He always works so hard on his English, you have<br />

to take your hat off too him."<br />

Keep something under your hat.<br />

For example:<br />

"You can trust me, I'll keep anything you tell me<br />

under my hat."<br />

To keep something you are told or know in strictest<br />

confidence.<br />

To talk / speak through your hat.<br />

For example:<br />

"He kept telling everyone what to do, but he was<br />

speaking through his hat, as he didn't have a clue<br />

and things just kept getting worse."<br />

To talk nonsense; especially on a subject that one<br />

professes to be knowledgeable about but in fact is<br />

ignorant of.

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