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02 декабря 2022 20:38

📔 run a temperature



📋Meaning
To have an abnormally high body temperature (a fever), which is indicative of or caused by illness.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Dan: "How's Pete feeling?" Marshall: "Well, he ran a temperature last night, but he seemed a lot better this morning after some rest."

🗣I think I've started running a temperature. Maybe I should go lie down.
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01 декабря 2022 22:12

📔 shaken up



📋Meaning
Greatly startled, shocked, or upset.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I was very shaken up after the car accident. I couldn't even speak properly to the police for about an hour.

🗣I remained shaken up for most of the day after hearing about my grandfather's death.
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30 ноября 2022 19:48

📔 be tipping (it) down


📋Meaning
To be raining very heavily. Primarily heard in UK.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣We have a football match scheduled for tomorrow, but if it keeps tipping down like it is today, I'm sure that it will be cancelled.

🗣Looks like it's tipping it down outside again. I guess I won't be cycling to work this morning.
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29 ноября 2022 10:18

📔 go halfsies



📋Meaning
slang To share something, especially the cost of something, in equal proportion between two people.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣You wanna go halfsies on the bill?

🗣I don't feel like cooking tonight, let's go halfsies on a pizza instead.
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28 ноября 2022 10:54

📔 in the middle of nowhere


📋Meaning
In a very distant, remote, and isolated location.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I'll never understand why they built this campus out here in the middle of nowhere.
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27 ноября 2022 10:11

📔 put the hammer down



📋Meaning
To press down the accelerator (of an automobile) as far as possible; to accelerate to or travel at an automobile's maximum speed. Primarily heard in US.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣It would normally take us three days driving to New York from Colorado, but with my brother putting the hammer down the whole way, we made it in two.
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26 ноября 2022 10:20

📔 be put out of business



📋Meaning
To be caused or forced to cease carrying on commercial trading or transactions.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Our bookstore has been a part of the neighborhood for nearly 50 years, but we're being put out of business by these new electronic books that you can download.

🗣I hear that Mike's company has been put out of business due to allegations of insider trading.
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25 ноября 2022 09:48

📔 throw a wobbly


📋Meaning
To suddenly become very upset or intensely angry and make a big display of it. Primarily heard in UK, Australia.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣John threw a wobbly at work after the boss criticized his report. Needless to say, he won't be welcome back in the office on Monday.
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24 ноября 2022 11:20

📔 Put it there



📋Meaning
Shake my hand. As in greeting or in agreement to a deal.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣A: "50 dollars is my final offer for the computer." B: "I wish I could get more for it, but you win. Put it there!"

🗣Hey, John, put it there! I haven't seen you in a donkey's age!
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23 ноября 2022 12:18

📔 squashed (in) like sardines



📋Meaning
Very tightly or snugly packed together, especially in a small space. Alludes to the way in which sardines are packed closely together during canning.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣We didn't want to take more than one car, so we had to drive for about four hours squashed like sardines in Jeff's little sedan.

🗣Having a concert in our friends café was such a good idea! Sure, we were squashed in like sardines, but everyone had a great time.
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21 ноября 2022 20:52

📔 (as) sick as a parrot



📋Meaning
Thoroughly displeased, disappointed, or dejected (about something). Primarily heard in UK.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Tim was as sick as a parrot when he learned that he had been passed over for the promotion.

🗣I'm delighted that my children have such wonderful opportunities abroad, but I must say I feel sick as a parrot at the thought of being separated from them for so long.
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20 ноября 2022 12:20

📔 scrunch down


📋Meaning
To squeeze, crush, or crumple something into a smaller shape, size, or space. A noun or pronoun can be used between "scrunch" and "down"; often followed by "into (something)."


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I scrunched the note down into a ball and tossed it across the room to Jake.

🗣I had to scrunch my suit down into the case in order for it close shut.
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19 ноября 2022 21:11

📔 As cold as stone



📋Meaning
  Being very cold and unemotional.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “In the Victorian times, many women were told to suppress their feelings and, thus, appeared as cold as stone.”
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19 ноября 2022 11:23

📔 give (someone) the stink eye



📋Meaning
To make a facial expression of unreserved disgust, contempt, disapproval, distrust, or general ill will toward someone.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Some guy across the bar has been giving me the stink eye since we came in. It must be something to do with my outfit.

🗣I must have done something wrong on Friday because the boss gave me the stink eye as soon as I came into work on Monday.
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18 ноября 2022 07:39

📔 wide berth


📋Meaning
A good distance (between things, people, etc.). Originally referred to ships.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Once I learned that there was a lice outbreak, I kept a wide berth from all of my students for the rest of the day.

🗣We've been keeping a wide berth from John ever since he dumped our good friend.
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02 декабря 2022 15:08

📔 Rain or shine



📋Meaning
  Used to indicate that something will happen no matter what. This is one of the rare idioms that’s also often used literally, for outdoor events that’ll take place whether it rains or not.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “I’ll see you at the airport, rain or shine.”
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01 декабря 2022 07:51

📔 At a snail's pace



📋Meaning
Very slowly.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 I'm never coming to this restaurant again. They serve the food at a snail's pace.      

🗣I recommend you bring a book when you go to the post office. It's the holidays and they always work at a snail's pace this time of year.     

🗣  Traffic was moving at a snail's pace so I arrived 45 minutes late for work.
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29 ноября 2022 20:59

📔 Between a rock and a hard place



📋Meaning
  In difficulty, faced with a choice between two unsatisfactory options.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “I can understand why she couldn’t make up her mind about what to do. She’s really between a rock and a hard place.”
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28 ноября 2022 20:21

📔 boxed in




📋Meaning
  feeling restricted or stuck due to one's limited options


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 Sandra felt boxed in after having her third child because she couldn't afford child care.

🗣 Once I started working for myself as a freelancer I didn't feel so boxed in about what type of clients I could work with.
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27 ноября 2022 21:37

📔 cut corners



📋Meaning
  do something perfunctorily so as to save time or money.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 "there is always a temptation to cut corners when time is short"
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26 ноября 2022 21:32

📔 Straight from the horse's mouth




📋Meaning
  directly from the person who knows the most about the matter; someone who knows the facts.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 "I heard Andy got angry and quit this morning!" "Well, I can confirm it's true since I had lunch with Andy and heard it straight from the horse's mouth."

🗣 Look, if you don't believe me, go over to Sarah right now and get it straight from the horse's mouth.
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25 ноября 2022 21:36

📔 taken aback




📋Meaning
  to be surprised, shocked or confused about something



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 I was taken aback when your mother asked if I’m having trouble getting pregnant.

🗣 My friend was taken aback when I asked him if he smokes weed.
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24 ноября 2022 19:22

📔 put all your eggs in one basket




📋Meaning
  having all of your resources or efforts in just one possibility is very risky.



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🗣 Don't you think submitting only one job application is putting all your eggs in one basket?

🗣  I put all my eggs in one basket when I quit my job and moved out west—fortunately, I found an apartment and a job before I spent all of my savings.
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23 ноября 2022 22:46

📔 On thin ice




📋Meaning
1 ) in a dangerous position where you could fall or have an unfavorable result;
2) in a risky or uncertain situation.



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🗣 If you keep charging things you can't afford on your credit cards you'll be treading on thin ice in a very short period of time.

🗣 I'm on thin ice with my teacher because I haven't turned in my homework three times this week.
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22 ноября 2022 20:16

📔 The sky is the limit



📋Meaning
  If you say the sky is the limit, you mean that there is nothing to prevent someone or something from being very successful.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 They have found that, in terms of both salary and career success, the sky is the limit. 
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21 ноября 2022 04:02

📔 Nip something in the bud



📋Meaning
  To stop a bad situation from becoming worse by taking action at an early stage of its development.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “When the kid shows the first signs of misbehaving, you should nip that bad behavior in the bud.”
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19 ноября 2022 21:13

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18 ноября 2022 21:26

📔 the elephant in the room



📋Meaning
  a major problem or controversial issue which is obviously present but is avoided as a subject for discussion.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 "they've steadfastly ignored the elephant in the room: the ever-growing debt burden on graduates"
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