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Off with the fairies
To be away with the fairies means you are distracted, daydreaming or not paying attention.She's meant to be studying, but I think she's away with the fairies.
On the fence
If you are on the fence you cannot decide what side of an argument or decision you are going to take. It comes from a literal description of someone on a fence between two properties. This idiom is used to represent indecision.She was on the fence about changing jobs.
One born every minute
The idiom there's one born every minute or there's a sucker born every minute is a way of saying there is a neverending supply of fools or victims, constantly being born.It is something you say when you see someone being tricked or scammed.
You really fell for that? There's one born every minute!
Out of the frying pan
The idiom out of the frying pan, into the fire means to escape from one bad situation and go straight into another one. This one is drawn from the idea of you being in a hot frying pan, and you escape but you find yourself in the fire.She left her abusive husband but her new boyfriend is just as bad, out of the frying pan into the fire.
You're only human
When you say you are only human, you mean you are like other people and you have emotions, you make mistakes, and you are imperfect, just like other people.Sorry I got it wrong, but I'm only human.