📔 Pour oil on troubled waters
📋Meaning
To try to make people feel better and become friendly again after an argument.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “She hated seeing her two best friends arguing, so she got them together and poured oil on troubled waters.”
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📔 Make waves
📋Meaning
To cause trouble, to change things in a dramatic way.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “She likes to make waves with her creative marketing campaigns. They get a lot of attention from customers.”
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📔 Go with the flow
📋Meaning
To relax and go along with whatever’s happening.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “Quite often in life, good things happen when you don’t make plans. Just go with the flow and see what happens!”
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📔 Lost at sea
📋Meaning
To be confused about something or to feel unsure about what to do.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “I am lost at sea with this new system at work. I just can’t understand it.”
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📔 Sail close to the wind
📋Meaning
To act just within the limits of what’s legal or socially acceptable, to push boundaries.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “They fired their accountant because he sailed too close to the wind.”
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📔 Make a mountain out of a molehill
📋Meaning
To exaggerate the severity of a situation.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “She shouted at him angrily for being five minutes late, but it really didn’t matter that much. She really made a mountain out of a molehill.”
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📔 (the) man/woman of the hour
📋Meaning
A person currently being celebrated, honored, or admired by others, especially for a recent victory, accomplishment, or other cause for celebration.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 Janet was woman of the hour at the office after securing the biggest customer their business had ever had.
🗣 Ruth: "Hey, what's going on here?" Dave: "It's a surprise birthday party for you, Ruth! You're the woman of the hour!"
🗣 After writing that bombshell exposé about corruption in Washington, Jake was the man of the hour.
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📔 not as black as (one) is painted
📋Meaning
Not as evil, malicious, or malignant as one is described or believed to be.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Everyone is afraid of the old hermit who lives on the edge of town, but after having a few conversations with him, he's not nearly as black as he's painted.
🗣The biker gang plays up its tough demeanor and hellish reputation, but they're really just a bunch of regular guys and not as black as they're painted.
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📔 not say boo to a goose
📋Meaning
To be particularly shy, diffident, or timid by nature. Primarily heard in UK.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣My brother is a very sweet, warm-hearted man who can't say boo to a goose. How can you suspect that he committed this crime?
🗣The neighbour's daughter is just the cutest little thing, but she won't say boo to a goose.
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📔 catch the sun
📋Meaning
To get sunburned.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣I caught the sun at the beach last weekend, and now my back hurts so much that I have to sleep on my side!
🗣I made sure to pack you some extra sunscreen so that you don't catch the sun on your trip.
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📔 drive (one's) pigs to market
📋Meaning
To snore.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣I can't get any sleep with Will driving his pigs to market every night—I think it's time for him to see a doctor about his snoring.
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📔 fine print
📋Meaning
The details of a contract or other document that are important but easily overlooked (often due to very small size of the text.)
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 If you had read the fine print, we wouldn't be going to court over this, now would we?
🗣 Be sure to read the fine print before you sign any contracts!
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📔 Salt of the earth
📋Meaning
Being honest and good.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “My father is the salt of the earth. He works hard and always helps people who are in need.”
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📔 Break the ice
📋Meaning
To attempt to become friends with someone.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “He made a weather joke to break the ice.”
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📔 Sell ice to Eskimos
📋Meaning
To be able to sell anything to anyone; to persuade people to go against their best interests or to accept something unnecessary or preposterous.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “He’s a gifted salesman, he could sell ice to Eskimos."
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📔 catch (on) fire
📋Meaning
To begin to burn, usually after being touched by an existing fire.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Hey, keep an eye on that pan, I don't want our dinner to catch on fire.
🗣I blew out all the candles so, don't worry, the house won't catch fire!
🗣I was sitting too close to the fireplace and my sleeve caught on fire!
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📔 chum up
📋Meaning
To be friendly with someone.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Why is Patrick chumming up to me all of a sudden? He's usually so distant.
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📔 close as the bark to the tree
📋Meaning
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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📔 cowboy up
📋Meaning
To act tough and determined, like a stereotypical cowboy.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Come on, dude, cowboy up! We can totally make that jump on our bikes!
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📔 cross (one's) bows
📋Meaning
To annoy or irritate.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Boy, you are really crossing my bows today. Why can't you just do what I ask without arguing about it?
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📔 Gain ground
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To become popular, to make progress, to advance.
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📔 Walking on air
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Very excited or happy. “Over the moon,” “on cloud nine,” “in seventh heaven” and “in good spirits”
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📔 Many moons ago
📋Meaning
This is one of those English expressions that’s a little bit formal or dated. You’ll most likely hear it in stories, or when someone is trying to create a dramatic effect.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “Many moons ago, we used to be two very close friends. Now we’ve gone separate ways and lost contact.”
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📔 Castle in the sky
📋Meaning
A daydream, a hope, especially for one’s life, that’s unlikely to come true.
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📔 Down to earth
📋Meaning
To be practical and sensible.
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📔 cool customer
📋Meaning
Someone who remains even-tempered, especially in stressful situations.
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📔 flip (one's) wig
📋Meaning
To react to something, good or bad, with strong emotion.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣I had to talk to Mr. Myers about the botched report today, and boy, did he flip his wig.
🗣I figured Aunt June would be excited to hear I'm getting married, but she totally flipped her wig!
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📔 close the barn door after the horse has bolted
📋Meaning
To try to prevent or rectify a problem after the damage has already been done.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣It isn't worth replacing the oil filter on the engine now—you can't close the barn door after the horse has bolted.
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