📔 in the thick of things
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Very busy; in the middle of or preoccupied with something or several things.
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📔 shotgun house
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📔 that ship has sailed
📋Meaning
used in reference to an opportunity that has passed or a situation that can no longer be changed.
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🗣"we're good friends but I don't think we'll ever be anything more to each other—that ship has sailed"
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📔 Go back to the drawing board
📋Meaning
Start over
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📔 Wrap your head around something
📋Meaning
Understand something complicated
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📔 Cut to the chase
📋Meaning
When somebody tells you to cut to the chase, it means that you’ve been talking too long and you need to get to the point. Be careful how you use this idiom; it could be rude or disrespectful if used with someone like a boss or teacher.
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🗣Hi, guys. We don’t have much time here, so I’m going to cut to the chase.
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📔 bent out of shape
📋Meaning
angry or agitated.
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📔 down-to-earth
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with no illusions or pretensions; practical and realistic.
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🗣"a down-to-earth view of marriage"
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📔 A man of his words
📋Meaning
A man who keeps promises, who can be trusted
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📔 send a shiver down (one's) spine
📋Meaning
To cause an intense feeling of excitement, exhilaration, nervousness, or fear in someone.
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🗣The way that sonata swells always sends a shiver down my spine.
🗣It sent a shiver down my spine when Dorothy gave me such an amorous look.
🗣Can we get out of here? This creepy old house is sending a shiver down my spine!
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📔 go out with the girls
📋Meaning
To go and socialize somewhere with a group of exclusively female friends.
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🗣I love my boyfriend and all, but sometimes, I just need to go out with the girls!
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📔 backpedal
📋Meaning
To quickly and often abruptly reverse or retreat from one's position or opinion on a given subject. Refers to pedaling backwards on a bicycle (done to apply the brakes on fixed-gear bikes), or to taking quick, backward steps, as in football or boxing.
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📔 not utter a word
📋Meaning
To be completely silent; to remain discreet (about something); to not tell anyone (about something).
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣All the while our father was shouting at us, my sister and I didn't utter a word.
🗣Tom, don't you dare utter a word about this! I would die of embarrassment if anyone were to find out.
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📔 sleep like a baby
📋Meaning
To experience a very deep and restful sleep; to sleep soundly.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣I can't believe you finished a triathlon! You're going to sleep like a baby tonight.
🗣I have to set numerous alarms for the morning because I sleep like a baby every night!
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📔 close as the bark to the tree
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As connected as is possible. Often used to describe a particularly intimate relationship or friendship.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Jenna and Elise are as close as the bark to the tree—I rarely see one without the other!
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📔 ignorance is bliss
📋Meaning
if you do not know about something, you do not worry about it.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣What's the point in knowing about all these problems if we can't do anything about them? Sometimes ignorance is bliss, you know.
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📔 go-getter
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📔 a ballpark figure | a ballpark estimate
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📔 At the drop of a hat (part of a sentence)
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To do something without any hesitation.
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📔 Drink like a fish
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to drink too much alcohol at one time.
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📔 Down in the dumps
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sad, unhappy, discouraged and/or depressed.
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