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Turn Blind Cut Slack Spare Sob Story Ship

Answer 8 - turn a blind eye 
9 - cut me some slack
10 - spare me the sob story
Question
Fill in the blanks, using the following idioms:

slave driver
the last straw
shape up or ship out
run a tight ship
turn a blind eye
What's the deal?
cut me some slack
pulling his weight
sick and tired
spare me the sob story
Example
I can no longer       (8)       to the fact that you're not taking this job very seriously." Len turned red and frowned. "Hey,      (9) .
I've been under a lot of stress lately at home." Jill didn't want to hear any excuses. "       (10)     ," she replied.

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