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62 entries under expression topic. ×
| irresistible impulse(noun, idiom) | |
| fixed idea(noun, love, passion, desire) | |
| ruling passion(noun, passion, attraction) | |
| hang up(noun, wanderings, voyaging) | |
| idee fixe(love, passion, desire, thing) | |
| strong arm(noun, trouble, power, strength) | |
| ax to grind(noun, idiom, love, passion) | |
| bee in bonnet(noun, idiom, love, passion) | |
| bug in ear(noun, idiom, love, passion) | |
| by force(idiom, strength) | |
| extreme force(force, attack, power, disorder) | |
| folie du doute | |
| foul play(force, attack, power, disorder) | |
| full head of steam(noun, idiom, trouble, power) | |
| have on the brain(noun, idiom, force, drive) | |
| iron hand(abuse, misery, hardship, cruelty) | |
| life or death(idiom, need, essential, requirement) | |
| martial law(abuse, misery, hardship, application) | |
| mental disturbance(disorder, complex, deviation, quirk) | |
| mental illness(disorder, complex, deviation, quirk) |
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