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07 ноября 2022 20:00

📚Never say die!




✍🏾Meaning
You can say "Never say die!" if you want to tell someone to keep trying while there's still a chance of success.


❗️For example

🔸We were two goals down with only a few minutes to go, but our captain wouldn't give up. He was shouting, "Come on, guys! Never say die!"

🔸After falling off his surfboard for the hundredth time, Craig climbed back on and said with a laugh, "Never say die!"
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06 ноября 2022 19:34

📒get back (2)



📖Meaning
If you get something back, it is returned to you after you've lent it, lost it, or had it stolen.

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 If you leave something in a taxi, you might get it back if you call the taxi company.

💬 I'm never lending money to Dave again. Last time it took six months to get back the hundred dollars I lent him.
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05 ноября 2022 20:29

📚for my money




✍🏾Meaning
You can say "for my money" to mean the same as "in my opinion".


❗️For example

🔸For my money, the best restaurant in town is the "Ahaan Aroy" Thai restaurant in Prescott Street.


🔸Leo reckons Sony make the best TVs, but for my money the new Panasonics are much better than Sonys.
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04 ноября 2022 16:04

📒run against



📖Meaning
to compete with someone in an election

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 John McCain ran against Barack Obama in the 2008 U.S. presidential election, and he lost.

💬 There's no point running against the president of this country. The elections are not free and fair and the same man always wins.
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03 ноября 2022 12:13

📚time and time again



✍🏾Meaning
If you've done something time and time again, you've done it many times, or you've done it repeatedly.


❗️For example

🔸I've told Terry time and time again not to call me before ten in the morning, but he still does it!

🔸We love that restaurant. We've been there time and time again and we still like going there.
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02 ноября 2022 09:08

📒take on (1)



📖Meaning
If you take on something like a job, a responsibility, or anything involving a challenge, you agree to do it.

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 Jim took on too much work, and he made himself sick with worry when he couldn't cope with it all.

💬How much profit will we make if we take this printing job on?
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31 октября 2022 20:09

📚think the world of



✍🏾Meaning
If you think the world of someone, you admire and respect them very much.


❗️For example

🔸If there's one person most of us think the world of, I guess it'd be Nelson Mandela.

🔸You're a wonderful teacher Miriam, and your students think the world of you, so please don't quit your job.
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30 октября 2022 20:28

📒bring up (2)



📖Meaning
to raise a new topic for discussion, or to mention a particular subject or issue in a conversation

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 You should bring that issue up in the next staff meeting.

💬 When travelling in a foreign country, you shouldn't bring up topics like religion or politics.
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29 октября 2022 20:16

📚right down your alley | right up your alley



✍🏾Meaning
If something is right down your alley, or right up your alley, it would be perfect for you or ideal for your skills and interests.


❗️For example

🔸I've found a job that should be right down Lou's alley. It's writing for a baseball magazine, so he could use his writing skills and his knowledge of baseball.

🔸I thought a tour of Aztec archeological sites would be right up your alley, Mary-Lou.
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28 октября 2022 14:15

📒describe as




📖Meaning
to say that something is a certain kind of thing or that someone is a certain type of person

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 Would you describe your music as rock or pop?

💬 I'd describe Uncle Ted as a fairly typical middle-aged man.
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26 октября 2022 22:40

📚the ball's in your court



✍🏾Meaning
If someone you're negotiating with says "the ball's in your court", they think it's your turn to make a move or make an offer.


❗️For example

🔸We've offered him ten thousand dollars a month, so the ball's in his court now.

🔸They know our position, so the ball's in their court. If they want to pursue the matter, they'll have to make the next move.
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25 октября 2022 11:52

📒dig in



📖Meaning
to start eating with enthusiasm, or gusto

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 As soon as I put the food on the table, all the kids starting digging in.

💬 The pizza's here you guys! Come and dig in!
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24 октября 2022 10:52

📚kill the goose that lays the golden egg



✍🏾Meaning
If you kill the goose that lays the golden egg, you destroy something that has made you a lot of money.


❗️For example

🔸The thing that attracted tourists to the island was the peace and quiet. But greedy developers have killed the goose that laid the golden egg by opening noisy nightclubs, so no-one goes there now.

🔸Parents and agents of successful child actors and singers often kill the goose that laid the golden egg by making the kids work too much, and the kids lose the magic spark that made them special in the first place.
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23 октября 2022 14:05

📒bring out (2)



📖Meaning
to make a quality in someone or something show itself

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 The herbs really help to bring out the flavour of the fish.

💬 I love watching adults have fun at amusement parks. These places bring the child out in all of us.
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22 октября 2022 11:36

📚hit the roof



✍🏾Meaning
You can say someone hits the roof if they lose their temper and show their anger.


❗️For example

🔸When the boss saw Jim's mistake, he hit the roof. He yelled and thumped the desk and told Jim to get out.

🔸When Johnny's dad found out that he'd been smoking cigarettes, he hit the roof.
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07 ноября 2022 11:58

📒 Rags to rags in three generations




📖Meaning
The first generation in a family makes money (goes from rags to riches); the second generation holds or keeps the money; and the third generation squanders or loses the money (and so goes back to rags).

✍Note
rags (noun) = old, tattered clothes | generation (noun) = all of the people born and living at about the same time; a set of members of a family born and living at about the same time
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06 ноября 2022 09:01

💠 pig (2) 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
a police officer


❕For example

🔺Dominic says the pigs always give him a hard time because he's a young black guy and he likes wearing good clothes and lots of jewellery. They think he's a drug dealer.


🔺If Frank finds out that Ian's been talking to the pigs, he'll beat the crap out of him.
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05 ноября 2022 07:09

📒 Dead men tell no tales




📖Meaning
People who are no longer living cannot give evidence.

✍Note
tell tales (verb) = talk or gossip about something secret
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03 ноября 2022 19:39

💠 sharp 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
well-dressed


❕For example

🔺Bernie looks real sharp in his new suit.

🔺If Glen spent a bit more on clothes, he could look really sharp.
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02 ноября 2022 21:32

📒 Barking dogs seldom bite



📖Meaning
Don't be afraid of dogs that bark or people that threaten you (say they will do something bad to you) - in both cases they rarely take action.

✍Note
bark (verb): (of a dog) make a sharp, loud, explosive sound | seldom (adverb): rarely, almost never | bite (verb): (of an animal) use the teeth to attack and cut | This proverb is also found as: "Barking dogs never bite."
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01 ноября 2022 12:54

💠 fix (2) 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
a dose of an illegal drug, especially one that is injected with a syringe


❕For example

🔺The police found a syringe and some white powder near the girl's body and concluded that she'd had a fix and then died from a drug overdose.

🔺Drug users need to have clean syringes for every fix to prevent the spread of AIDS, but some people in the government try to stop them from getting clean syringes.
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31 октября 2022 10:48

📒 It's a man's world




📖Meaning
Everything in life is arranged to the advantage of men. Life is tough for women.
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30 октября 2022 12:25

💠 vegetable 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
a person with severe brain damage


❕For example

🔺Poor Glen has been a vegetable since his terrible accident. He can't move and he can't communicate because of all the damage to his brain.

🔺One of my school friends is a vegetable. He overdosed on heroin and his brain didn't get any oxygen for a long time, and most of his brain cells died.
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28 октября 2022 21:01

📒 He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea



📖Meaning
The sea is supremely powerful, and can be a terrifying and awe-inspiring place.

✍Note
pray (verb) = ask for help from God; give thanks to God | This saying may be more easily understood if rephrased as: "The person that wants to learn to pray should go to sea."

🌟Origin
This quotation from Welsh poet George Herbert (1593 - 1633) - "He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea" - reflects seafarers' long-standing conviction that at sea we find the ultimate in awe and terror.
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27 октября 2022 05:59

💠 jab 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
an injection with a hypodermic syringe


❕For example

🔺I went to see my doctor yesterday to get a flu jab.

🔺It's time for our kids to get another set of vaccination jabs. I'll take them to the clinic in the morning.
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26 октября 2022 05:05

📒 None so blind as those who will not see




📖Meaning
Nobody is blinder than the person who decides he does not want to see. Often used in reference to prejudice and intolerance.

✍Note
none (pronoun): no person; no one | blind (adj.): unable to see; not having the power of sight | will (verb): intend; desire [this is "will" used as a main verb, not as a modal auxiliary verb] | Also: "There's none so blind as those who will not see."
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24 октября 2022 22:16

💠 uptight 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
tense, anxious


❕For example

🔺Why is Eddie so uptight all the time? It's like he's got all this anger and fear stuck inside and he can't let it out.

🔺Jane's one of those uptight people who make you feel uncomfortable just by being around them.
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23 октября 2022 22:03

📒 If you play with fire you get burned




📖Meaning
If you fool around with something that is potentially dangerous, you must expect to get harmed.

✍Note
get burned (verb) = be injured or wounded by heat or flames from a fire (also "get burnt")
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22 октября 2022 21:18

💠 hang-up 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
an emotional problem causing inhibition or unreasonable behaviour


❕For example

🔺My sister Tanya's got a hang-up about her weight, and she's not even fat!

🔺Doug's got a hang-up about his age, and he thinks he's too old to find a new partner even though he doesn't like being single.
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Idiom of the Day

🔰off the cuff

✍🏾Meaning:
If you speak off the cuff, you speak without planning what you will say beforehand.

🔹For example:

🔺She wasn't expecting to win, so she hadn't prepared a speech, but she still managed to say a few words off the cuff after being given the award.

🔺The prime minister keeps making off-the-cuff remarks that get him into trouble.

💢Note: When used to modify a noun or a noun phrase, this idiom should be written with hyphens, as in "an off-the-cuff comment".

👁‍🗨Origin: Possibly related to the fact that people sometimes write last-minute notes on the cuff of their shirt's sleeve before making a speech or saying a few words.
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