* doozy / duesy: unusually extreme thing (good, bad, large, etc.)
ex> Mom says they had a duesy of a thunderstorm last night.
ex> This week’s lottery jackpot is a doozy.
* out of the blue: without warning; in an unexpected way
ex> “We’re going to Africa!” she said, out of the blue.
* put on one’s thinking cap: to concentrate in order to solve a problem
ex> We put on our thinking caps when the experiment failed.
* for starters: to begin with; at the top of a list of things
ex> For starters, we don’t have any more hot dog buns.
* come to mind: to enter one’s thoughts
ex> Maybe something will come to mind if you do something else for a while.
* sweep something under the rug/carpet: to ignore or hide something, often quickly to avoid embarrassment
ex> The problem was swept under the rug by the mayor’s office.
Note> Think about cleaning the floor. You have all the dirt, and are too lazy or out of time to find something to pick it up, so you lift the corner of the rug and sweep it there.
@ That area is prone to earthquakes, unfortunately.
Is subject to /is susceptible to /is vulnerable to
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