English Language
15 января 2024 11:11
📒 Tell me who you go with and I'll tell you who you are
📖Meaning
This proverb suggests that like minds stick together. If I know who your friends are, I know what your character is.
#Saying_of_the_Day
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
Читать полностью…
English Language
14 января 2024 10:01
📚run-of-the-mill
✍🏾Meaning
Something is run-of-the-mill if it is ordinary and nothing special.
❗️For example
🔸There wasn't much on TV so we just watched some run-of-the-mill old cowboy movie.
🔸I don't know why he won the competition. He wasn't terrible, but he wasn't anything special either; just a run-of-the-mill singer as far as I could see.
#Idiom_of_the_day
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
Читать полностью…
English Language
13 января 2024 12:25
📒 Money is a good servant, but a bad master
📖Meaning
If you have money, it will serve you and work for you well. But if you owe money to other people, that money will control you in an unpleasant way.
#Saying_of_the_Day
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
Читать полностью…
English Language
11 января 2024 19:16
📒come off (2)
📖Meaning
to result in the intended outcome
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Sarah's scheme to get rich quick by marrying a rich man didn't come off. After marrying a guy from Saudi Arabia, she found out he was actually very poor.
💬 Barry's plan to make millions by writing a popular novel didn't come off because he wasn't a very good writer.
#Phrasal_Verb_of_the_Day
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
Читать полностью…
English Language
10 января 2024 19:57
💠 in the know 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
If someone is "in the know", they know something that only a few people are aware of.
❕For example
🔺Maggie is close to the Prime Minister, so she's usually in the know when it comes to the government's latest plans.
🔺Before you buy your new computer, ask David about getting a good deal. He's in the know about all that stuff.
#Slang_of_the_Day
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
Читать полностью…
English Language
09 января 2024 19:14
📒hang out (2)
📖Meaning
to spend time in a certain place, or with certain people
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 After school, most of the kids hang out in front of the mall.
💬 I'm worried about my son. He's started hanging out with kids who smoke and drink.
#Phrasal_Verb_of_the_Day
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
Читать полностью…
English Language
08 января 2024 20:00
💠 busted 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
to be charged with a criminal offence
❕For example
🔺Our neighbours were busted for possessing marijuana and speed pills after the cops raided their house last night.
🔺The cops raided a bar in Washington and the president's daughter was busted for under-age drinking. She was let off with a warning.
#Slang_of_the_Day
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
Читать полностью…
English Language
07 января 2024 19:17
📒knock out (2)
📖Meaning
If you knock somebody out, you impress them very much with something you do, or something you make.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 I just heard Kanye's new album and it really knocked me out. It's got some great songs on it.
💬 Don't worry! You'll knock everyone out with your presentation. It's brilliant!
#Phrasal_Verb_of_the_Day
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
Читать полностью…
English Language
06 января 2024 19:46
💠 rap (1) 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
to talk together in a relaxed way (v.) | a relaxed talk (n.)
❕For example
🔺After most people had left the party, Mandy and a couple of her friends sat around rapping about their lives and loves.
🔺Let's get together after work for a few drinks and a rap about football.
#Slang_of_the_Day
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
Читать полностью…
English Language
04 января 2024 07:27
📚up in arms
✍🏾Meaning
If you are up in arms, you are angry about something that you think is unfair or wrong.
❗️For example
🔸The taxi drivers are up in arms about the new tax on LPG.
🔸Many people expected smokers to be up in arms over the smoking ban, but most of them seem to have accepted it.
#Idiom_of_the_day
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
Читать полностью…
English Language
03 января 2024 06:55
📒 There's no such thing as a free lunch
📖Meaning
We cannot get something for nothing. We must pay for everything. Nothing in life is free.
#saying_of_the_day
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
Читать полностью…
English Language
02 января 2024 11:05
📚in any case
✍🏾Meaning
You can say "in any case" before giving an additional reason for doing or not doing something, or instead of saying "anyway".
❗️For example
🔸I don't need a car, and in any case I can't afford one now.
🔸I can't go to the dance club tonight, and in any case I'm far too old for that sort of thing.
#idiom_of_the_day
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
Читать полностью…
English Language
01 января 2024 10:20
📒 No news is good news
📖Meaning
If we are waiting for news about someone, it's probably good if we hear nothing because "bad news" would arrive quickly.
#saying_of_the_day
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
Читать полностью…
English Language
31 декабря 2023 09:27
📚par for the course
✍🏾Meaning
If something is par for the course, it's what you'd expect it to be.
❗️For example
🔸Bill hasn't paid his rent on time, but that's par for the course. He's always late.
🔸I had an appointment to see my doctor at three but I had to wait an hour. I know waiting is par for the course when it comes to doctors, but it still annoys me.
#idiom_of_the_day
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
Читать полностью…
English Language
14 января 2024 17:10
📒read out
📖Meaning
if you read something out, you read it aloud so everyone can hear it.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 The prisoners listened as the warder read out their names and numbers.
💬 Mario was proud when his teacher asked him to read out his poem so everyone could hear it.
#Phrasal_Verb_of_the_Day
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
Читать полностью…
English Language
13 января 2024 18:41
💠 dope (2) 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a stupid person, a fool
❕For example
🔺How come those dopes who work in the U.S. Treasury didn't realise what was going on?
🔺Max says the problem with democracy is that there are too many dopes out there, and they'll only vote for someone they can relate to, meaning another dope.
#Slang_of_the_Day
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
Читать полностью…
English Language
11 января 2024 08:24
📚rags to riches
✍🏾Meaning
If you go from rags to riches, you start out very poor and you become very rich.
❗️For example
🔸My grandfather went from rags to riches when his dishwashing liquid became very popular. He started out making it at home, but in less than a year he had his own factory.
🔸Most of these young guys in professional basketball came from poor neighbourhoods and they all have the same rags-to-riches story.
#Idiom_of_the_day
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
Читать полностью…
English Language
10 января 2024 07:08
📒 Knowledge is power
📖Meaning
Facts, information and skills give us strength and influence.
#Saying_of_the_Day
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
Читать полностью…
English Language
09 января 2024 10:40
📚a flash in the pan
✍🏾Meaning
You can say something or someone is a flash in the pan if they're popular or effective for a short time only.
❗️For example
🔸Her first song was a big hit, but when Debbie's next song didn't do so well people started calling her a flash in the pan.
🔸Dave says he doesn't mind being called a flash in the pan because he still gets money for the book he wrote, even though he never wrote another one.
#Idiom_of_the_day
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
Читать полностью…
English Language
08 января 2024 08:16
📒 Cleanliness is next to godliness
📖Meaning
This (humorous) saying suggests that being clean is nearly as good as being godly or very holy.
Note: cleanliness (noun) = the state of being clean | godly (adj) = very religious; devout; pious
Quick
#Saying_of_the_Day
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
Читать полностью…
English Language
07 января 2024 10:40
📚par for the course
✍🏾Meaning
If something is par for the course, it's what you'd expect it to be.
❗️For example
🔸Bill hasn't paid his rent on time, but that's par for the course. He's always late.
🔸I had an appointment to see my doctor at three but I had to wait an hour. I know waiting is par for the course when it comes to doctors, but it still annoys me.
#Idiom_of_the_day
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
Читать полностью…
English Language
06 января 2024 09:18
📒 Truth will out
📖Meaning
In the end, what is true will come to be known. The truth always appears eventually, despite all efforts to hide it. It is impossible to keep something secret forever.
#Saying_of_the_Day
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
Читать полностью…
English Language
04 января 2024 20:51
📒part with
📖Meaning
to give something to someone else, especially when you'd prefer to keep it
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Mark hated parting with his collection of rare books, but he really needed the money he got by selling them.
💬 Mum didn't want to part with our baby clothes or our old school books, but we made her get rid of them.
#Phrasal_Verb_of_the_Day
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
Читать полностью…
English Language
03 января 2024 18:53
💠 beef 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a conflict with someone; a complaint against someone
❕For example
🔺Kenny said he's got a beef with me, so I asked him what the problem was.
🔺Rappers always seem to have beefs with one another, but most people think they stage these conflicts for the publicity.
#Slang_of_the_Day
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
Читать полностью…
English Language
02 января 2024 19:50
📒mark off (1)
📖Meaning
If you mark off items on a list, you mark each one after you've dealt with it.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Check the guest list and mark off each person's name when they arrive.
💬 Bingo players each have a card with numbers on it and if one of their numbers is called out, they mark it off.
#Phrasal_Verb_of_the_Day
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
Читать полностью…
English Language
01 января 2024 19:30
💠 jack (1) 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
to steal
❕For example
🔺Nicky jacked a bottle of beer from the liquor store.
🔺Someone busted into my place today and jacked my damn computer!
#Slang_of_the_Day
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
Читать полностью…
English Language
31 декабря 2023 21:31
📒instil in
📖Meaning
to condition someone to follow a certain belief or to behave in a certain way
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Sasha thinks Asian cultures instil in people a consideration for the feelings of others, while Western cultures tend to instil in people more of a concern for their own feelings.
💬 We try to make our education system instil in students a life-long love of learning.
#Phrasal_Verb_of_the_Day
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
Читать полностью…
English Language
30 декабря 2023 18:43
💠 nick (1) 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
to steal something
❕For example
🔺I left my bike in front of the bank while I went inside to pay some bills. When I came back out it was gone. Some bastard had nicked it!
🔺Did you ever nick money from your mum's purse when you were a kid?
#Slang_of_the_Day
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
➠@
Читать полностью…
142205