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10 мая 2023 17:31

📔 sounding board



📋Meaning
A person or group with whom one discusses an idea, plan, or suggestion in order to evaluate its strengths, acceptability, feasibility, practicality, etc.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣My friend John and I really know each other's skills and interests, so whenever one of us has an idea for a new project, we use the other as a sounding board.
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09 мая 2023 17:30

📔 scream (one's) head off



📋Meaning
To scream or yell very loudly and lengthily.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Suzy screamed her head off when I told her she couldn't have an ice cream cone.

🗣The stadium was packed with fans screaming their heads off for the popular band.

🗣Don't bother listening to the crazies who stand on street corners and scream their heads off at passersby.
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07 мая 2023 17:30

📔 a spring in (one's) step



📋Meaning
A happy, confident, and enthusiastic mood or manner, as indicated by the carefree way one walks.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Joe's been walking with a spring in his step ever since he found out he was getting a promotion.

🗣I bet you'll have a spring in your step after I tell you this bit of good news!

🗣You two got engaged? Well, no wonder you have a spring in your step—congratulations!
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06 мая 2023 17:30

📔 pitch a fit


📋Meaning
To become very or unreasonably angry or upset; to have an outburst of rage, frustration, or ill temper.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣My mom's going to pitch a fit when she sees what happened to the car!

🗣I was so embarrassed when Danny started pitching a fit in the grocery store.
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05 мая 2023 17:30

📔 salt in the/(one's) wound(s)



📋Meaning
An aggravation that makes something unpleasant, difficult, or painful even worse.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I can't believe Sally broke up with John the day after his team lost the championship match. Talk about salt in the wounds!

🗣My pride was already hurting when I didn't get the job, but it was like salt in my wound to hear that they gave it to Dave instead.
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04 мая 2023 23:59

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04 мая 2023 06:58

📔 A rising tide lifts all boats



📋Meaning
  When an economy is performing well, all of the people involved will benefit from it.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “When the economy showed the first signs of recovering, everyone started investing and spending more. A rising tide lifts all boats.“
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03 мая 2023 06:57

📔 the world is your oyster





📋Meaning
  used to say that you can do anything or go anywhere you want in life.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 That's awesome you're learning English. With English, the world is your oyster!

🗣 You're young and beautiful. Don't be sad, the world is your oyster.
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02 мая 2023 05:30

📔 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.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 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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30 апреля 2023 17:30

📔 Find your feet



📋Meaning
  means that you’re still adjusting and getting used to the new environment.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “Lee, how’s your son doing in America?”

“He’s doing okay. He’s learned where the college is but is still finding his feet with everything else. I guess it’ll take time for him to get used to it all.”
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29 апреля 2023 17:30

📔 pull someone's leg


📋Meaning
deceive someone playfully; tease someone.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣"getting married—are you pulling my leg?"
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28 апреля 2023 17:31

📔be not worth a brass farthing

📋Meaning
To be completely worthless or useless; to have little or no value. Refers to farthings (obsolete British units of currency, worth one-quarter of a penny), formerly made from a copper alloy (brass). Primarily heard in UK.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I was so excited when my grandfather said he'd give me his car, but this old clunker isn't worth a brass farthing.

🗣Over the years working here, I've come to realize that the boss's word isn't worth a brass farthing.
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27 апреля 2023 17:31

📔 be the pits


📋Meaning
To be particularly bad, unfortunate, or awful, especially of a situation or outcome.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Well, this is the pits. I absolutely cannot believe such a huge thunderstorm came through just as we were getting our picnic set up.

🗣I was so excited about this job when I first started. I wish I would have known it'd be the pits.
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27 апреля 2023 05:30

📔 turn a blind eye


📋Meaning
pretend not to notice.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣"please, don't turn a blind eye to what is happening"
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26 апреля 2023 05:30

📔 beat the rush


📋Meaning
to get there first


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I always do my shopping early to beat the rush.
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10 мая 2023 05:30

📔 take the wind out of someone's sails


📋Meaning
frustrate someone by unexpectedly anticipating an action or remark.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I was all ready to tell him that the relationship was over when he greeted me with a big bunch of flowers - that took the wind out of my sails.
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08 мая 2023 17:30

📔 better late than never


📋Meaning
doing something late is better than not doing it at all. 


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Sorry I was late for the meeting today; I got stuck in traffic.”
Answer: “That's okay; better late than never.”
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07 мая 2023 05:30

📔 bad hair day




📋Meaning
  a bad day in general;  a day when many things seem to go wrong

 a day when you can't style your hair well and this makes you feel unattractive


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 Yesterday, my mom was having a bad hair day so I decided to show her my report card this evening.

🗣 Avoid the boss if you can. He's having yet another bad hair day and is taking his frustrations out on everyone.
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06 мая 2023 05:30

📔 Drink like a fish


📋Meaning
to drink too much alcohol at one time.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 I'm worried about Paul—he's been drinking like a fish again.

🗣 I hate going to fraternity parties—it's not very fun when I'm sober and everyone else is drinking like a fish.
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05 мая 2023 05:44

📔 Get over something



📋Meaning
  Imagine having a really difficult time, like breaking up with your girlfriend or boyfriend—it’s hard. But eventually once time passes and you no longer think about your ex, it means that you’ve gotten over him/her, you no longer worry about it and it no longer affects you in a negative way. It’s also possible to get over an illness, which would mean that you’ve fully recovered.



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🗣 “How’s Paula? Has she gotten over the death of her dog yet?”

“I think so. She’s already talking about getting a new one.”
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04 мая 2023 17:30

📔 a sore loser



📋Meaning
Someone who complains, becomes upset, or otherwise reacts very negatively when they fail or lose at something competitive.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Don't be such a sore loser, Jim. I know you pride yourself on your racquetball skills, but I beat you fair and square.You know how much of a sore loser he is, so why would you keep reminding him that he lost the match? Of course he's going to go off and pout.

🗣We didn't want to be sore losers, so we went and congratulated the other team after they won.
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03 мая 2023 17:30

📔 bounce off the walls


📋Meaning
To be very active and energetic to the point of hyperactivity.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣How much sugar did you give the kids? They're bouncing off the walls!
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02 мая 2023 17:30

📔 tell (someone's) fortune


📋Meaning
To (profess to) anticipate and inform someone about certain outcomes or events in their near or distant future.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣This old lady in the apartment next to mine offered to tell my fortune for ten bucks. I never go in for stuff like that, but I'll admit that I'm a bit curious.
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01 мая 2023 17:30

📔 bone-idle


📋Meaning
Extremely lazy.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Can you please get Billy to go to the playground or something? He's just laying around all day, being bone-idle.
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30 апреля 2023 05:31

📔 shed a tear



📋Meaning
To cry or weep, especially from grief; to grieve or mourn in general.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Everyone in the room was shedding tears by the end of the ceremony.

🗣Their relationship had soured so much over the years that John didn't shed a tear when he heard of his brother's death.
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29 апреля 2023 05:30

📔 take a piece out of (one)



📋Meaning
To harshly reprimand one.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣My parents are going to take a piece out of me when they find out I crashed the car.
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28 апреля 2023 05:31

📔 leave a bad taste in mouth


📋Meaning
To give one a negative impression (based on something that has already happened).

🤔For example ⬇️


🗣I don't know, man, the fact that he lied to you just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

🗣The way they conducted the interview left a bad taste in my mouth. I don't think I'd accept the job even if they offered it.
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27 апреля 2023 07:03

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26 апреля 2023 17:30

📔 one-up (someone)

📋Meaning
To make a point of outdoing, outperforming, outclassing, etc., someone.

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25 апреля 2023 17:30

📔 brace of shakes


📋Meaning
Instantly, quickly, or in an extremely short amount of time, as of a task or event. "Brace," taken from the old French for the arms' breadth from hand to hand, means twice; the phrase as a whole refers either to an old nautical term, meaning the time it takes the sail to shake twice as it takes up the wind, or else the short time it takes to shake a dice-box twice. Often used in the phrase "in a brace of shakes."

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