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be caught in the crossfire

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Ep. 216 up in arms

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Ep. 215 keep your hands clean

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Ep. 214 be on the front line

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Ep. 213 see the error of your ways

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Ep. 212 in absentia

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Ep. 211 the school of hard knocks

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Ep. 210 play hooky

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Ep. 209 do your homework | Back to School 2019

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Ep. 208 test the water

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Ep. 207 fall flat

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Ep. 206 What's your poison?

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Ep. 205 a liquid refreshment

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Ep. 204 pick up the tab

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Ep. 203 punch-drunk

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Ep. 202 drink like a fish

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Ep. 201 on tap

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Ep. 200 spread the word

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Ep. 199 in loco parentis

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Ep. 198 a Don Juan

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Ep. 197 it takes two to tango

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Ep. 196 roll off the tongue

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Ep. 195 stand up and be counted

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Ep. 194 culture shock

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Ep. 193 let the chips fall where they may

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Ep. 192 the whole enchilada

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Ep. 191 Close, but no cigar.

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Ep. 190 the Ivy League

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Ep. 189 teach somebody a lesson

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Ep. 188 learn something down pat

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Ep. 187 with a capital A, B, C, etc.,

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Ep. 186 the writing is on the wall

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Ep. 185 too much information

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Ep. 184 a word to the wise

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Ep. 183 get your brain in gear

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Ep. 182 great minds think alike

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Ep. 181 an educated guess

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Ep. 181 a Dear John letter (rebroadcast)

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Ep. 180 bare your heart (rebroadcast)

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Ep.179 bumper to bumper (rebroadcast)

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Ep. 178 hold someone at arm's length (rebroadcast)

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Ep. 177 cry your eyes out (rebroadcast)

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Ep. 176 clear the air (rebroadcast)

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Ep. 175 given half a chance (rebroadcast)

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Ep. 174 have to eat your words (rebroadcast)

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Ep. 173 a labor of love (rebroadcast)

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Ep. 172 go by the book (rebroadcast)

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Ep. 171 enough is enough (rebroadcast)

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Ep. 170 Once upon a time... (rebroadcast)

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Ep. 169 a no-no (rebroadcast)

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Ep. 168 keep your head above water (rebroadcast)

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Ep. 167 live like a king (rebroadcast)

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Ep. 166 lord it over someone (rebroadcast)

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Ep. 164 Where there's smoke, there's fire. (rebroadcast)

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Ep. 165 rise from the dead (rebroadcast)

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Ep. 163 on the rebound (rebroadcast)

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Ep. 162 go to the ends of the earth (rebroadcast)

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Ep.161 ride a wave

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Ep. 160 someone's place in the sun

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Ep. 159 make a day of it

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Ep. 158 flotsam and jetsam

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Ep. 157 save your own skin

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Ep. 156 to flex your muscles

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Ep. 155 be built on sand

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Ep. 154 dig deep

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Ep. 153 swim against the tide

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Ep. 152 catch some rays

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Ep. 151 to be as hot as all get out

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Ep. 150 a fever pitch

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Ep. 149 reach a boiling point

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Ep. 148 too hot to handle

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Ep. 147 keep your cool

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Ep. 146 go up in flames

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Ep, 145 in your birthday suit

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Ep. 144 sweat buckets

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Ep, 143 blow hot and cold

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Ep. 142 the dog days

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Ep. 141 bring someone down a peg

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Ep. 140 the light of someone's life

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Ep. 139 A bad workman blames his tools.

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Ep. 138 someone's bark is worse than their bite

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Ep. 137 I'm not made of money!

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Ep. 136 a mouth to feed

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Ep. 135 to have someone in your corner

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Ep. 134 a man's got to do what a man's got to do

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Ep. 133 Promises, promises.

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Ep. 132 a no-no

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Ep, 131 know what's what

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Ep. 130 name names

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Ep. 129 bumper to bumper

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Ep. 128 and that's that

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Ep. 127 Fair's fair.

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Ep. 126 from coast to coast

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Ep. 125 same old same old

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Ep. 124 enough is enough

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Ep. 123 There, there.

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Ep. 122 a knight in shining armor

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Ep. 121 the common touch

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Ep. 120 lord it over someone

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Ep. 119 live like a king