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29 апреля 2023 05:30
📒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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28 апреля 2023 05:32
📚an ivory tower
✍🏾Meaning
You can say someone's in an ivory tower if they're in a place that separates them from everyday life, such as a university.
❗️For example
🔸People often complain that academics stuck in their ivory towers don't really understand the problems of the average person.
🔸Peter's dream is to get tenure in a university and spend the rest of his life hidden away in an ivory tower.
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26 апреля 2023 17:30
💠 aggro 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
aggressive, violent
❕For example
🔺If you're near a British pub around closing time, be careful. People who've had a few too many drinks can get pretty aggro and they might be looking for a fight.
🔺These young guys think they have to look tough and do this whole aggro thing to get some respect.
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25 апреля 2023 17:30
📒 Jack of all trades, master of none
📖Meaning
Suggesting that a person who can do many different types of work is probably not very good at any of them.
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24 апреля 2023 17:30
💠 toffee-nosed 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
snobbish, pretentiously superior towards people of lower social class or income
❕For example
🔺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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23 апреля 2023 17:30
📒 One tongue is enough for a woman
📖Meaning
Some people think that women talk too much. If they already talk too much, they don't need another tongue. One tongue is sufficient (but see Origin below).
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22 апреля 2023 05:30
💠 meathead 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a stupid person
❕For example
🔺How did a meathead like that guy get elected to represent the people in his state?
🔺I was watching the tennis yesterday and some meathead yelled out just as Rafael was serving. The security guys found him and threw him out.
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20 апреля 2023 17:30
📒hand back
📖Meaning
to give something back to someone by hand
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 If the immigration official doesn't hand back your passport straight away, don't worry. He's probably just seeing which countries you've visited.
💬 If someone gives you their business card, don't hand it back. Keep it and give them yours in return.
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19 апреля 2023 17:30
📚the gift of the gab | the gift of gab
✍🏾Meaning
If you've got the gift of the gab, or the gift of gab, you have the natural ability to talk in a way that people find entertaining or persuasive.
❗️For example
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All good salespeople have the gift of the gab, so people trust them and believe whatever they say.
🔸If you want to be a politician, you'll do much better if you were born with the gift of gab.
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18 апреля 2023 17:30
📒dying for
📖Meaning
If you're dying for something, you really feel like it or you want it very much.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 I'm dying for a cup of tea. Let's have a break and I'll make one.
💬 After working non-stop for a month, Charles said he was dying for a day off so he could stay home and do nothing.
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17 апреля 2023 17:30
📚elbow grease
✍🏾Meaning
If something needs elbow grease, it needs a lot of hard physical work.
❗️For example
🔸We'll need a bit more elbow grease to get these walls really clean.
🔸The secret of a really shiny car is turtle wax and elbow grease.
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16 апреля 2023 17:30
📒slip up
📖Meaning
to make a small mistake, usually because of carelessness
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 I'm usually pretty reliable, but sometimes I slip up, like everybody.
💬If our goalkeeper hadn't slipped up, we would have won the match.
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15 апреля 2023 17:30
📚a matter of life and death
✍🏾Meaning
If something is a matter of life and death, it's extremely important and it could involve someone's survival.
❗️For example
🔸Education about HIV and AIDS is a matter of life and death. If people aren't told to protect themselves with condoms, they could die from the disease.
🔸Getting someone to hospital quickly after an accident or a heart attack is a matter of life and death. Just a few minutes can make all the difference.
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28 апреля 2023 17:31
💠 jailbait 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
someone below the legal age of consent
❕For example
🔺He claims he had no idea the girl was jailbait, and insists that she told him she was nineteen years old.
🔺One of the greatest novels in the English language is about a man who falls for a girl even though he knows she's jailbait. It's called "Lolita".
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27 апреля 2023 17:30
📒 If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
📖Meaning
An employer who pays low wages will have bad staff.
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27 апреля 2023 05:31
📒wear out (2)
📖Meaning
If something wears you out, it makes you feel tired and lacking in energy.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Helen doesn't really like teaching young kids. She says the job really wears her out.
💬 It's no wonder that you get worn out. You're raising three kids and you have a full-time job.
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26 апреля 2023 05:30
📚on your last legs | on its last legs
✍🏾Meaning
If you say you're on your last legs, it can mean you're close to exhaustion, or it can mean you're close to death. If a thing is on its last legs, it's close to breaking or wearing out.
❗️For example
🔸Bobby looks like he's on his last legs. Do you think he can make it to the top of the mountain?
🔸My old printer is on its last legs. It's time I got a new one.
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25 апреля 2023 05:30
📒mixed up in
📖Meaning
to be involved in something illegal or immoral, such as organised crime or corruption
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Jake was mixed up in the drugs trade when he got arrested for selling marijuana.
💬 Several high-ranking generals were mixed up in organised crime and oil smuggling.
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24 апреля 2023 05:30
📚a quick study
✍🏾Meaning
If you're a quick study, you can learn new things quickly.
❗️For example
🔸Albert was always a quick study, except when it came to learning languages.
🔸I only need to show Sue how to do something once, and she gets it. She's a quick study, that girl.
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22 апреля 2023 17:30
📒stand by (1)
📖Meaning
If you're standing by, you're ready to do something or help somebody.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 The airport's rescue team stands by around the clock in case there is a fire or a plane crash.
💬 A doctor is always standing by at the boxing stadium in case one of the fighters needs medical attention.
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21 апреля 2023 17:30
📚run rings around | run circles around
✍🏾Meaning
If you run rings around someone, or run circles around them, you do something much better than they do.
❗️For example
🔸The Democrat candidate ran rings around the Republican candidate in their debate on the economy.
🔸We watched this dance contest and some kid from Brixton ran circles around a guy from Chelsea.
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21 апреля 2023 05:30
📒 Least said soonest mended
📖Meaning
When we do or say something bad to someone, a long apology and discussion does not help. In such a case, the less we say the better.
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20 апреля 2023 05:33
💠 ute 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a pickup truck
❕For example
🔺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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19 апреля 2023 06:30
📒 A good payer is master of another's purse
📖Meaning
Someone who is known to always pay exactly as promised can borrow money from other people at any time.
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18 апреля 2023 06:00
💠 meathead 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a stupid person
❕For example
🔺How did a meathead like that guy get elected to represent the people in his state?
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17 апреля 2023 05:30
📒 Seeing is believing
📖Meaning
The idea here is that we usually think something is true when we see it with our own eyes. We have to see something before we can accept its real value, or that it exists at all.
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16 апреля 2023 05:42
💠 gasbag 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a person who talks too much
❕For example
🔺Are you sure we should invite Betty? She's such a gasbag that no-one else will have a chance to say anything.
🔺My wife's friend Gillian is such a gasbag. I swear, from the moment she arrives until the moment she leaves, she talks non-stop.
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15 апреля 2023 05:30
📒 Give credit where credit is due
📖Meaning
The implication is that even if we are reluctant to praise someone, we should do so if the praise is deserved.
Note: credit (noun) = public praise or acknowledgment
due (adj.) = merited; deserved
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