💠 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.
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📒 Ignorance of the law is no excuse
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It is no defence to say that we didn't know that something we did was illegal.
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📚a roller coaster | a roller-coaster ride
✍🏾Meaning
You can say an experience is a roller coaster, or a roller-coaster ride, if it involves many emotional highs and lows, or really good times alternating with really difficult times.
❗️For example
🔸The movie follows a young guy's emotional roller-coaster ride as he tries to come to terms with being alone in a small town in Australia.
🔸Eric writes about the roller coaster of rock and roll, with the highs of success and fame followed by the lows of drug addiction and depression.
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📒 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.
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📚know where you stand
✍🏾Meaning
If you know where you stand, you know exactly where you fit in a social or work situation, or in someone's life.
❗️For example
🔸Nobody bothered to ask Ken for his opinion, so he says he now knows where he stands in the company.
🔸Shelley didn't even invite me to her party, so I know where I stand with her now.
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📒 Would you buy a used car from this man?
📖Meaning
Do you trust this man? I don't.
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📚ring a bell
✍🏾Meaning
If something rings a bell, it sounds familiar or you think you've heard it before.
❗️For example
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🔸Does the name "Hunter S. Thompson" ring a bell?
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📒 A just war is better than an unjust peace
📖Meaning
Fighting between countries for a fair and good cause is better than no fighting in a situation that is unfair.
Note: just (adj.) = based on what is fair or morally right
war (noun) = fighting or armed conflict between countries
unjust (adj.) = not based on what is fair or morally right
peace (noun) = quiet and tranquillity; freedom from war
Compare: "An unjust peace is better than a just war." - Marcus Tullius Cicero (106BC-43BC)
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💠 ripped (2) 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
intoxicated, drunk, drugged
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📒pull up (2)
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If a vehicle such as a car or a taxi pulls up, it stops.
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💬As the truck pulled up at the intersection, its brakes made a loud hissing sound.
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💠 ute 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a pickup truck
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🔺After shooting two kangaroos, Bruce threw them into the back of his ute and drove back to town.
🔺Nearly every farmer in Australia owns a ute.
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📒go after (1)
📖Meaning
to chase and try to catch someone or something
🤓For example ⤵️
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💬A lion won't go after an animal unless it's pretty sure it can catch it.
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💠 ex 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a former partner or lover
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🔺I saw my ex at a party last night, and he was with some other guy.
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📒write down
📖Meaning
to write something on a piece of paper
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 After chatting to the girl for a while, Shane wrote down his name and number on a piece of paper and gave it to her.
💬Most insurance companies will try to find any reason they can to avoid paying out claims to their customers.
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📒stop over
📖Meaning
to stop at a place and stay there for one or two days while on your way to somewhere else
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💠 toffee-nosed 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
snobbish, pretentiously superior towards people of lower social class or income
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🔺Just ignore him. He's a toffee-nosed prat.
🔺Those fashion shows are full of toffee-nosed snobs showing off their gaudy trinkets and baubles.
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📒mistake for
📖Meaning
to wrongly think that a person or thing is someone or something else
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Fake Gucci bags look real and can easily be mistaken for genuine Gucci bags.
💬 There's a guy who lives near here who often gets mistaken for David Beckham. He looks just like him.
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💠 mug (2) 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
the face
❕For example
🔺Hey Harvey! Were you at the Liverpool game on Saturday? I was watching it on TV and I'm sure I saw your mug in the crowd.
🔺Looks like Larry's growing a beard. Good idea if it means we don't have to see so much of his big ugly mug!
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📒shut out (2)
📖Meaning
to stop yourself thinking about or feeling something that upsets you or hurts you
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 She still finds it difficult to shut out the memory of her grandmother's illness.
💬 The thought of losing her is unbearable, and no matter how hard I try, I just can't shut it out.
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💠 veep 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
the vice president
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🔺If a president dies during his or her term, the veep takes over and becomes the president.
🔺What do you think about the Republican Party putting a woman on their ticket to run for veep?
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📒die down
📖Meaning
If something dies down, it gradually becomes weaker in strength or lower in volume or magnitude.
🤓For example ⤵️
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💬The new president waited for the applause to die down before he began to speak.
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📚feel the pinch
✍🏾Meaning
If you are feeling the pinch, you're finding it harder to survive on your income.
❗️For example
🔸Since the price of oil went up, lots of businesses have been feeling the pinch.
🔸Inflation has been pretty bad recently, so we've all been feeling the pinch.
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📒 If you can't beat 'em, join 'em
📖Meaning
If you cannot win against someone or something, it may be easier or better to join forces with them.
Note: 'em (informal contraction) = them
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📚under the weather
✍🏾Meaning
If you are under the weather, you're not feeling well.
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🔸Hiroko's feeling a bit under the weather. He thinks he might have the flu.
🔸Sorry, but I don't think I'll be able to make it to work today. I'm feeling a bit under the weather
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📒 Better the foot slip than the tongue
📖Meaning
It is better to take a bad step in walking than to say the wrong thing in talking. We can do a lot of damage when we say something by mistake. The elliptical nature of this saying may make it difficult to understand. The full version might be something like: "It is better that your foot should slip than that your tongue should slip."
Note: foot (noun): the end part of the leg on which we stand or walk | slip (verb): slide by accident | tongue (noun): large, movable fleshy part in the mouth that we use for talking and tasting
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📚a pat on the back
✍🏾Meaning
You've given someone a pat on the back if you've told them they've done something well, or done a good job.
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📒 Many a true word is spoken in jest
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Something said as a joke may often contain wisdom and truth.
Note: jest (noun): a joke; something said for amusement or comedy
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