1. take on a life of its own
  2. wrap my head around something
  3. How to pronounce plateau, bureau, bordereaux,etc
  4. rags to riches
  5. NUMBER order[s] of magnitude
  6. for the time being
  7. face the music
  8. hindsight is 20/20
  9. different as night and day
  10. for all practical purposes