Procrastination:

to dawdle; to procrastinate; to drag one’s heels / feet over sth; (not) to let the grass grow under one’s feet; to dillydally; to twiddle one’s thumbs; to shirk one’s responsibilities / duties / obligations; to shrink from doing sth; to lounge / laze around; to wriggle out of / worm (your way) out of / weasel (your way) out of doing sth; to be prone to procrastinate / procrastination; to be highly / extremely / notoriously prone to sth; accident-prone; sloth; to be long-overdue;

to get a glimpse of sb’s true colours; a sobering thought; to have a sobering effect on; sobriety; ostensible; ostensibly; to be utterly oblivious to; to idle one’s time away;

Attitude:

to frown upon; to be lukewarm about sth; lukewarm reaction / response / reception / support; to throw / pour cold water on; to pour a bucket of cold water on; to be adamant that / about sth; to be adamantly / vehemently opposed to sth; to have a wet-blanket effect on sth; self-fulfilling prophesy; mellow; to mellow out; to cope with butterflies in one’s stomach; to take things in one’s stride; fatigue-induced stress; environmental stress; survival stress; internally-generated stress; to skirt / dance around the issue; to pay lip service to sth; to resort to lip service; to make (a) sacrifice; to fall prey / victim to; to make allowances for; to undermine one’s ability/effort/confidence/position; to render sth pointless/ obsolete/impossible; to render sb speechless; to speak volumes about; to herald; much-heralded;

AGENDA: to have one’s own agenda; to have a hidden / secret agenda; to be at the top of the agenda; to be high on the agenda;

CHANCE / OPPORTUNITY: not to have a ghost of a chance; pure / sheer / blind chance; to stand / have a good chance of sth / doing sth; to have a sporting chance of promotion; to grab / grasp / seize / the chance; to jump at the chance / opportunity to do sht / of doing sth; to take the opportunity to do sth / of doing sth; to let sth slip through your fingers; to blow / miss / squander / waste one’s chances of doing sth; to boost / enhance one’s chances; to ruin / jeopardize one’s chances; not a snowball’s chance in hell (infml); not to have a dog’s chance; not to have a prayer of finding a job / doing sth (infml); to be denied an opportunity to do sth; a level playing field; to level the playing field; to stem the tide; to stem the tide of mass youth unemployment; to turn the tide; to swim against / with the tide; to take sth for granted; breathing space to do sth;

School Uniforms / peer harrassment:

to prevent the occurrence of inferiority / superiority complexes; to curb one’s personal freedom; freedom of expression; to pin down; to impose/place/put harsh/tough/draconian restrictions on; to impose/place constraints on; to remove/lift restrictions; to avoid promiscuity; to encourage promiscuity; to be conducive to learning; to maintain a level of social equality; to exacerbate/alleviate the problem of peer harassment and bullying;

ATTIRE : to have a strict dress code; to comply with dress code; to show utter / complete / total / blatant / flagrant disregard for; flagrant disregard of the rules; to break / infringe / violate dress code; to impose constraints on; to impinge on one’s personal freedom; to flagrantly / blatantly violate sb/s rights; blatant / flagrant violation of sb’s rights; to be deprived / stripped of; to be dressed up like a dog’s dinner; to be dressed (up) to the nines; to dress immaculately / impeccably / smartly/ shabbily / improperly / inappropriately / ostentatiously / flamboyantly; to dress formally / casually; to emphasize one’s femininity; to be keen to emphasize sth; the height of fashion; to take refuge in ubiquitous jeans / chinos; to jazz sth up (infml); a medley of; a cacophony of; incongruous; inconsistent; inconspicuous; casual attire; to be in tune with one’s personality; to be at odds with; to go to ridiculous / absurd / ludicrous lengths; to follow the rules of thumb; to rely on / use one’s common sense; to be in short supply; to be completely / entirely / totally / utterly devoid of common sense; not to have an ounce of common sense; a notoriously imprecise / vague notion; to be fashion-conscious; to be fashion-impaired; the pendulum of fashion;

an ostentatious lifestyle / house ; to be remarkably free from ostentation; the ostentation and idleness of the rich; in no ostentatious way; to be risk-averse; aversion to; to keep up with the Joneses; flamboyant clothes / appearance / leadership / style / character / personality; a flamboyant businessman /tycoon; a flamboyant red dress; gaudy colour / jewelry; garish colour;

Bias:

to be deeply ingrained in; prejudice / attitudes / ideas deeply ingrained / embedded in our culture; deep-seated / deep-rooted / blatant prejudice against sb; to do away with prejudices; lingering stereotypes; to be biased in favour of male candidates; to be deeply / highly prejudiced against sb; to confirm / perpetuate / reinforce stereotypes; to break / challenge / defy / dispel / reject / shatter stereotypes; to conform to / fit the stereotype; to obliterate; to perpetuate; common / national / racial / gender / sexual stereotypes; enduring legacy / myth; to be heavily / strongly / inherently biased; heavily biased against / in favour / towards; to have / display / show clear / marked / blatant bias; stigma; to carry a certain / strong / huge stigma; to stigmatize / be stigmatized; to overcome / remove / eliminate stigma attached to sth; to reduce the stigma associated with autism; the pendulum; the pendulum of public opinion; the pendulum of fashion;