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🇬🇧 Daily English Leassons
🇬🇧 up and running
You can say something like a system or an organisation is up and running if it has started to operate.
🇬🇧 write out
to write information on an official document before giving it to someone
🇬🇧 Money is the root of all evil
According to this saying, all immorality and wickedness is caused by money. This saying is a misquotation, and the original version ("the love of money is the root of all evil") implies that all immorality and wickedness is caused by people loving money, not by money itself.
🇬🇧 in the black
If a person or a company is in the black, their assets are greater than their debts.
🇬🇧 get off
to leave a means of transport such as a bus or a train
🇬🇧 cuppa
a hot drink, cup of tea, cup of coffee
🇬🇧 A word to the wise is enough
A very brief warning or explanation is enough for an intelligent person.
🇬🇧 mull over
to think carefully about something before making a decision
🇬🇧 quarterback
to lead and make decisions
🇬🇧 knock off
to stop work for the day
🇬🇧 yokel
a simple, poorly-educated person from the countryside
🇬🇧 Mind your own business!
If you say "Mind your own business!" to someone, you're telling them to stop interfering in things that don't concern them, or to stop asking personal questions.
🇬🇧 take on
If you take on something like a job, a responsibility, or anything involving a challenge, you agree to do it.
🇬🇧 narc | nark
a narcotics officer, a police officer working in drug trade suppression
🇬🇧 Marry in haste, and repent at leisure
If we get married quickly, without thinking carefully, we may be sorry later. And we will have plenty of time to be sorry.
🇬🇧 (your) heart goes out to (someone)
If your heart goes out to someone, you feel great sympathy for them.
🇬🇧 juice up
to make something more exciting, more impressive, or more powerful
🇬🇧 tight
fairly drunk, moderately inebriated
🇬🇧 jump in
If people are talking and you jump in, you interrupt someone who's talking, or you say something without being asked to speak.
🇬🇧 a ray of sunshine
Something is a ray of sunshine if it brings happiness to someone.
🇬🇧 fall behind
If you have fallen behind other people, they have advanced faster than you and they are ahead of you.
🇬🇧 coke
cocaine
🇬🇧 The best things in life are free
We don't have to pay for the things that are really valuable, like love, friendship and good health.
🇬🇧 You can't win them all.
Something you can say after you, or someone else, loses a contest or fails to achieve something (said to make losing seem not so bad).
🇬🇧 hold up
to cause a delay, or make someone or something later than expected
🇬🇧 hold your head high | hold your head up high
You can hold your head high, or hold your head up high, if you feel proud of something.
🇬🇧 base on
to use something as source material
🇬🇧 balls
courage, fortitude
🇬🇧 The end justifies the means
If our objective is good, then it doesn't matter if the way we achieve it is bad or wrong or evil.
🇬🇧 the upper hand
If you have the upper hand, you have the advantage or you're in the stronger position in a contest or a conflict.
🇬🇧 gaffer
the manager, the boss
🇬🇧 Never speak ill of the dead
Show respect to people who have died by not saying anything bad about them. Since dead people can no longer hurt us, or defend themselves, it is better to forget their bad actions and remember only their good ones.
🇬🇧 run-of-the-mill
Something is run-of-the-mill if it is ordinary and nothing special.
🇬🇧 fill in
If you fill somebody in, you give them the details about something.
🇬🇧 on the take
to be receiving illegal payments or bribes
🇬🇧 He that complies against his will, is of his own opinion still
If you force someone to do something or agree with something, it doesn't mean that they really agree.
🇬🇧 hard to swallow
Something that someone has said is hard to swallow if it's difficult to believe.
🇬🇧 do away with
to kill or to murder somebody
🇬🇧 beef
a conflict with someone; a complaint against someone
🇬🇧 Count your blessings
Instead of worrying about the problems that we may have, we should think about the good things that we have. We should be grateful for what we have.
🇬🇧 give in
If somebody gives in, they stop trying to do something like win a game, a fight or an argument.
🇬🇧 break
an opportunity for advancement in one's career, a lucky turn of events
🇬🇧 Nobody is indispensable
No person is totally essential. Anyone can become unnecessary, not needed. Anyone can lose their job.
🇬🇧 bear the brunt
If you bear the brunt of something, you suffer the worst of its impact or its effects.
🇬🇧 point out
to tell someone something you think they should know
🇬🇧 ute
a pickup truck
🇬🇧 Every dog has his day
1) Even the lowest of us at some time has a chance to get revenge on an oppressor, no matter how powerful that oppressor may be. 2) We will all have good luck or success at some point in our lives.
🇬🇧 over your head
If something you hear or read is over your head, or goes over your head, you don't understand it because the language or the ideas are too advanced for you.
🇬🇧 get across
to communicate something or make something understood by others
🇬🇧 Revenge is a dish best served cold
This saying suggests that if someone does something bad to us, it is better to pay them back later in time, not immediately. Vengeance may be more satisfying if it is not inflicted immediately.
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🇬🇧 take after
If you take after an older member of your family, you look like them or you have a similar personality to them.
🇬🇧 nick
to steal something
🇬🇧 The greater the sinner, the greater the saint
1) If a bad person can become good, a very bad person can become very good. Someone with great energy for doing bad, may, when he chooses, apply it equally to doing good. 2) Converts are the most zealous. In a day-to-day sense, for example, someone who has given up smoking may preach more about the virtues of not smoking than someone who never smoked.
🇬🇧 let down
to release the air from something like a tyre or a blow-up mattress
🇬🇧 cop
a policeman or a policewoman
🇬🇧 Where there's a will there's a way
If we have the determination to do something, we can always find the path or method to do it.
🇬🇧 hang with
to spend time with
🇬🇧 floozy | floozie | floosie
a girl or woman with a reputation for sleeping with many people
🇬🇧 a sight for sore eyes
If something or someone is a sight for sore eyes, you are glad to see them.
🇬🇧 fall in
If a roof or a ceiling falls in, it falls to the floor because it's been weakened or damaged.
🇬🇧 wedgie | wedgy
The pulling of someone's pants up sharply from behind to wedge them in the crack of the buttocks.
🇬🇧 Crime doesn't pay
If you engage in illegal activities, you will not make money in the long run.
🇬🇧 stick at
If you stick at something, you continue to do it even if it's difficult or it's taking a long time.
🇬🇧 Beware of a silent man and still water
A large expanse of water that is still and does not move is often deep and dangerous. We should be careful of it. In the same way, we should be careful with a person who does not talk much.
🇬🇧 beat the rap
If someone beats the rap, they avoid being found guilty of a crime.
🇬🇧 come off
to result in the intended outcome
🇬🇧 damn
an expression of anger or annoyance
🇬🇧 work your socks off | work your tail off
If you work your socks off, or work your tail off, you work very hard.
🇬🇧 pinkie | pinky
the little finger
🇬🇧 You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink
You can show people the way to find something or to do something, but you cannot force them to act after that.
🇬🇧 fall from grace
If you fall from grace, you do something that results in a loss of respect and support, especially among those who influence your life or career.
🇬🇧 look into
If you look into something, you investigate it or you try to find out more about it.
🇬🇧 Out of office, out of danger
The implication is that people in high government or official jobs are not safe. They will be safe only when they leave their job.
🇬🇧 above the law
If someone is above the law, they are not subject to the laws of a society.
🇬🇧 pan out
If you see how a situation pans out, you see how it develops over time.
🇬🇧 bloody
an intensifying expletive used before an adjective, adverb or noun; very, really; total, complete
🇬🇧 Would you buy a used car from this man?
Do you trust this man? I don't.
🇬🇧 a drop in the ocean
If an amount is a drop in the ocean, it's a very small portion of the amount that's needed.
🇬🇧 go with
If one thing goes with another, they look good together or seems to work well together.
🇬🇧 You can't tell a book by its cover
You cannot judge what something or someone is like by looking at the exterior.
🇬🇧 run into
If you run into something, you accidentally hit it while you are driving.
🇬🇧 cheesy | cheesey
of very low quality; not stylish or tasteful
🇬🇧 Dead men tell no tales
People who are no longer living cannot give evidence.
🇬🇧 go for broke
If you go for broke, you risk everything, or use all your resources and energy, in order to achieve something.
🇬🇧 come along
to arrive or to appear
🇬🇧 Better safe than sorry
We should be careful in a dangerous situation. It is better to stay safe than to have an accident (and be sorry about it). The full "grammatical" sentence would be: "It is better to be safe than to be sorry."
🇬🇧 a drop in the bucket
If an amount is a drop in the bucket, it's a very small portion of the amount that's needed.
🇬🇧 come to
If a thought or an idea comes to you, you remember it or you think of it