it's grim up north

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it's grim up north

cliché An adage that life in Northern England is greatly inferior to that in the South. A: "The company wants me to relocate to the branch in Middlesbrough, but I'm not sure I want to go." B: "Can't say I blame you. It's grim up north."

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location
location, location, location
you know what they say
charmed
charmed life, to bear (lead) a
bear a charmed life
captain the ship
a chicken-and-egg situation
a chicken-or-egg situation
chicken and egg

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it's anybody's/anyone's guess
it's anyone's/anybody's call
it's as broad as it is long
it's as broad as it's long
it's as well
It's been
it's been a slice
It's been a slice!
it's been real
it's better to ask forgiveness than permission
it's beyond me
it's brass monkeys outside
it's business as usual
it's chucking it down
it's crunch time
it's curtains
it's dogged that does it
it's early days
it's early days (yet)
it's easy to be wise after the event
it's every man for himself
it's feeding time at the zoo
it's five o'clock somewhere
It's for a fact
it's for you
it's grim up north
it's hard to teach an old dog new tricks
it's hardly saying much
it's high time
it's high/about time...
it's ill jesting with edged tools
it's ill striving against the stream
it's ill waiting for dead men's shoes
it's just not cricket
it's just one of those things
it's lights out for (someone)
it's London to a brick
it's lonely at the top
it's looking that way
it's more fun than a barrel of monkeys
it's more than my job's worth
it's no crime to (do something)
it's no good/use crying over spilt milk
it's no picnic
It's no picnic!
it's no skin off my nose
it's no skin off my, your, his, etc. nose
it's no use
it's no use (doing something)
it's no use crying over spilled milk
it's no/small/little wonder...
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It's good to see you.
it's got good bones
it's got me stumped
It's got me stumped.
It's Got to Be Fluff
it's gotten a fair shake
it's gotten a once over
it's gotten a once-over
it's gotten down to the wire
it's gotten down-to-the-wire
it's gotten infested with
it's gotten infested with something
it's gotten into full swing
it's gotten into high gear
it's gotten the once over
it's gotten the once-over
it's Greek to
it's Greek to her
it's Greek to him
It's Greek to me
It's Greek to me
It's Greek to me
It's Greek to me
it's Greek to one
it's Greek to somebody
it's Greek to someone
it's Greek to them
it's Greek to us
it's Greek to you
it's green with envy
it's grim up north
It's grim up North!
It's grim up North.
it's grist for the mill
it's grounds for
it's grounds for something
it's growing all out of proportion
it's growing out of all proportion
it's growing out of proportion
it's grown all out of proportion
it's grown out of all proportion
it's grown out of proportion
it's had the Richard
It's half past two
it's hanged drawn and quartered
it's hanged, drawn and quartered
it's hanged, drawn, and quartered
It's Happy Bunny
It's Hard to Fondle Penguins
it's hard to teach an old dog new tricks
It's hard to teach an old dog new tricks.
it's hardly saying much
it's heaven on earth
it's heavy
it's hell bent on
it's hell bent on it
it's hell bent on something
it's hell on earth
it's hell-bent on
it's hell-bent on it
it's hell-bent on something
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