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to scale

[to scale] {adv. phr.} In the same proportions as in the true size; in the same shape, but not the same size. * /The statue was made to scale, one […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

scale down

[scale down] {v.} To make smaller or less; decrease. * /John scaled down each boy's share of food after a bear robbed the camp./ * /Tom built a scaled down […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

worrywart

[worrywart] {n. phr.} A person who always worries. * /"Stop being such a worrywart," Bob said to Alice, who was constantly weighing herself on the bathroom scale./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

out of kilter

[out of kilter] {adj. phr.}, {informal} 1. Not balanced right; not in a straight line or lined up right. * /The scale must be out of kilter because when I […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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