29 Actives and the Calories They Consume

ACTIVITY ........................................... CALORIES

Making mountains out of molehills ....................... 500
Running around in circles ............................... 350
Wading through paperwork ................................ 300
Pushing your luck ....................................... 250
Eating crow ............................................. 225
Flying off the handle ................................... 225
Jumping on the bandwagon ................................ 200
Spinning your wheels .................................... 175
Adding fuel to the fire ................................. 150
Beating your head against the wall ...................... 150
Climbing the walls ...................................... 150
Jogging your memory ..................................... 125
Beating your own drum ................................... 100
Dragging your heals ..................................... 100
Jumping to conclusions .................................. 100
Beating around the bush ................................. 75
Grasping at straws ...................................... 75
Pulling out all stops ................................... 75
Turning the other cheek ................................. 75
Fishing for compliments ................................. 50
Hitting the nail on the head ............................ 50
Pouring salt on a wound ................................. 50
Swallowing your pride ................................... 50
Throwing your weight around (var w/ per. weight) .. 50 – 300
Passing the buck ........................................ 25
Tooting your own horn ................................... 25
Balancing the books ..................................... 23
Wrapping it up at day's end ............................ 12


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