📔 in the thick of things
📋Meaning
Very busy; in the middle of or preoccupied with something or several things.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Sorry I couldn't make it to your birthday lunch on Wednesday—I'm afraid I'm really in the thick of things at the moment.
🗣Even when you find yourself in the thick of things, try to take a moment each day and take a deep, calming breath.
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@PhrasalCards
➠@SlangWords
➠@IdiomsLand
➠@Vocabulix
➠@GrammarCards
➠@EnglishGate
➠@StoryPage
📔 blow (one's) stack
📋Meaning
To become very angry, often quickly.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Oh man, Dad is going to blow his stack when he sees that I wrecked his car!
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@PhrasalCards
➠@SlangWords
➠@IdiomsLand
➠@Vocabulix
➠@GrammarCards
➠@EnglishGate
➠@StoryPage
📔 a free bit of advice
📋Meaning
A suggestion, opinion, or piece of advice that was unrequested or unsolicited by the recipient.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Allow me to give you a free bit of advice, my friend: don't say something you'll end up regretting later.
🗣I know you're worried about your kids, but here's a free bit of advice—you can't protect them from every little thing.
🗣Hey, here's a free bit of advice for you during your internship—always be kind and polite. People remember if you treat them well.
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@PhrasalCards
➠@SlangWords
➠@IdiomsLand
➠@Vocabulix
➠@GrammarCards
➠@EnglishGate
➠@StoryPage
📔 not do a stroke (of work)
📋Meaning
To not do any work at all.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Now that Jim's retired, he just spends all day on the couch watching television. He won't do a stroke of work around the house!
🗣I'm going to have a long night ahead with this term paper, as I haven't done a stroke up till now.
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@PhrasalCards
➠@SlangWords
➠@IdiomsLand
➠@Vocabulix
➠@GrammarCards
➠@EnglishGate
➠@StoryPage
📔laze about
📋To relax or spend time idly; to do nothing or very little.
🗣I can't wait to go on my vacation and laze about the beach for two weeks!
🗣It's a gorgeous day outside, so you kids get off your butts and quit lazing about!
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@PhrasalCards
➠@SlangWords
➠@IdiomsLand
➠@Vocabulix
➠@GrammarCards
➠@EnglishGate
➠@StoryPage
📔 all sharped up
📋Meaning
Very nicely dressed.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣The guys in the wedding party are all sharped up for the ceremony—they look so handsome!
🗣I have to be all sharped up at this event tonight—a lot of important people will be there.
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@PhrasalCards
➠@SlangWords
➠@IdiomsLand
➠@Vocabulix
➠@GrammarCards
➠@EnglishGate
➠@StoryPage
📔 beauty queen
📋Meaning
A woman who has won, or looks as if she could win, a beauty pageant.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣When that beauty queen walked in, everyone's heads turned.
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@PhrasalCards
➠@SlangWords
➠@IdiomsLand
➠@Vocabulix
➠@GrammarCards
➠@EnglishGate
➠@StoryPage
📌Follow TOP English Learning Channels in the World!
👇👇👇
✦ English Phrases & Expressions
/channel/+TcYgv3N0V69hZjM0
✦ Espresso English
/channel/+GIS1vIapWxllMzRk
✦ English Slang Words
/channel/+kqR_xvS4LHY2ODU0
✦ English Collocations
/channel/+9QCXxpyWNHgyYzZk
✦ English Podcasts
/channel/+bNArHk57BpQ4NDk0
✦ Daily English Conversations
/channel/+mqHzrZ_tsio4YTVk
✦ English Vocabulary
/channel/+_4Tai_7VrwxkMzY0
✦ English Language
/channel/+6zcgB01SG5Y3OTE0
✦ English Phrasal Verbs
/channel/+z5Vo1xnrv3o2YjBk
✦ English Quizzes
/channel/+63NehNt8kS5kMmU0
✦ English Proverbs
/channel/+pkOjbYgtYwozM2Vk
✦ English Stories
https://t.me/joinchat/AAAAAEHLBtEuyvqqpgubVA
✦ English Idioms
https://telegram.me/joinchat/AAAAAD_o0iRTdgVGUYQAJw
✦ English Language
https://t.me/joinchat/AAAAAD8k73-UdCNaEc76jA
✦ IELTS English
/channel/+GuGu_yvNRqEzYTU0
✦ TOEFL English
/channel/+lqo_nj3EOktmMGJk
✦ English Grammar
https://t.me/joinchat/AAAAAFMphe3suCTYzJs1yw
✦ English Gate Learners
/channel/+CwAkpvln0wIzMTE0
🎵English Songs Lyrics
/channel/+70OKupfUAr8zNzY8
👆👆👆
🙌Join them all👏
📔 A blessing in disguise
📋Meaning
an apparent misfortune that eventually has good results.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣"being omitted from the World Cup squad was a blessing in disguise"
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@PhrasalCards
➠@SlangWords
➠@IdiomsLand
➠@Vocabulix
➠@GrammarCards
➠@EnglishGate
➠@StoryPage
📔 Give someone the benefit of the doubt
📋Meaning
Trust what someone says
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣I didn't know whether his story was true or not, but I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt.
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@PhrasalCards
➠@SlangWords
➠@IdiomsLand
➠@Vocabulix
➠@GrammarCards
➠@EnglishGate
➠@StoryPage
📔 Pull yourself together
📋Meaning
recover control of one's emotions./ Calm down.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣"you've got to pull yourself together and find a job"
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@PhrasalCards
➠@SlangWords
➠@IdiomsLand
➠@Vocabulix
➠@GrammarCards
➠@EnglishGate
➠@StoryPage
📔 Go back to the drawing board
📋Meaning
Start over
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣The current system just isn’t working – we need to go back to the drawing board and start afresh.
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@PhrasalCards
➠@SlangWords
➠@IdiomsLand
➠@Vocabulix
➠@GrammarCards
➠@EnglishGate
➠@StoryPage
📔 under scrutiny
📋Meaning
being closely watched, examined or investigated
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 The police had three people under close scrutiny for the theft of the art gallery’s paintings.
🗣 My children have been under a lot of scrutiny since I ran for public office.
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@PhrasalCards
➠@SlangWords
➠@IdiomsLand
➠@Vocabulix
➠@GrammarCards
➠@EnglishGate
➠@StoryPage
📌Follow TOP English Learning Channels in the World!
👇👇👇
✦ English Slang Words
✦ English Stories
✦ English Idioms
✦ English Phrasal Verbs
✦ English Phrases & Expressions
✦ English Collocations
✦ English Podcasts
✦ Daily English Conversations
✦ English Language
✦ Espresso English
✦ English Quizzes
✦ English Proverbs
✦ English Gate Learners
✦ English Songs Lyrics
✦ TOEFL English
✦ English Grammar
✦ English Vocabulary
✦ English Language
✦ IELTS English
👆👆👆
🙌Join them all👏
📔 yardarm to yardarm
📋Meaning
obsolete Very close together.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣When I planted the bushes, I put them yardarm to yardarm—I hope they don't overcrowd each other once they start blooming
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@PhrasalCards
➠@SlangWords
➠@IdiomsLand
➠@Vocabulix
➠@GrammarCards
➠@EnglishGate
➠@StoryPage
📔 break the ice
📋Meaning
To do or say something to make people more relaxed in a social situation and get people talking to each other (e.g., party, business meeting, conference, first day of class).
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 At the conference will have several activities to help people break the ice.
🗣 It’s always easiest to break the ice with a few drinks.
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@PhrasalCards
➠@SlangWords
➠@IdiomsLand
➠@Vocabulix
➠@GrammarCards
➠@EnglishGate
➠@StoryPage
📔 make someone sick
📋Meaning
to make someone appalled, shocked or disgusted.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 I can’t believe you ate that entire bucket of fried chicken—you make me sick.
🗣 Listening to my sister talk to her boyfriend in her whiny baby voice makes me so sick.
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@PhrasalCards
➠@SlangWords
➠@IdiomsLand
➠@Vocabulix
➠@GrammarCards
➠@EnglishGate
➠@StoryPage
📔 back away from (something/someone)
📋Meaning
to move away from something or stop supporting something.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 Our supervisor wanted us to start working on Sundays but after everyone complained he backed away from the idea.
🗣 The government has backed away from plans to increase taxes.
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@PhrasalCards
➠@SlangWords
➠@IdiomsLand
➠@Vocabulix
➠@GrammarCards
➠@EnglishGate
➠@StoryPage
📔 back in the saddle
📋Meaning
doing something that you had stopped doing for a while.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 I started working out at the gym again and it feels great to be back in the saddle.
🗣 Don’t worry, it’s just an ankle sprain—you’ll be back in the saddle playing tennis in a couple of weeks.
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@PhrasalCards
➠@SlangWords
➠@IdiomsLand
➠@Vocabulix
➠@GrammarCards
➠@EnglishGate
➠@StoryPage
📔 the last straw
📋Meaning
a further difficulty or annoyance, typically minor in itself but coming on top of a series of difficulties, that makes a situation unbearable.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣"his affair was the last straw"
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@PhrasalCards
➠@SlangWords
➠@IdiomsLand
➠@Vocabulix
➠@GrammarCards
➠@EnglishGate
➠@StoryPage
📔 be the butt of someone's jokes
📋Meaning
to be a person who is joked about or laughed at
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣He was sick of being the butt of their jokes.
🗣No one wants to be the butt of a joke.
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@PhrasalCards
➠@SlangWords
➠@IdiomsLand
➠@Vocabulix
➠@GrammarCards
➠@EnglishGate
➠@StoryPage
📔 knock one's socks off
📋Meaning
to impress someone
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣This song will knock your socks off.
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@PhrasalCards
➠@SlangWords
➠@IdiomsLand
➠@Vocabulix
➠@GrammarCards
➠@EnglishGate
➠@StoryPage
📔 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!
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@PhrasalCards
➠@SlangWords
➠@IdiomsLand
➠@Vocabulix
➠@GrammarCards
➠@EnglishGate
➠@StoryPage
📔 that's my girl
📋Meaning
An expression used to express praise or pride for a female with whom one has a close relationship, especially one's daughter.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣That's my girl, another report card with straight A's!It gave me a lot of encouragement to hear my parents shouting "That's our girl!" during the football game.
🗣You came to bail me out, sweetie? That's my girl!
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@PhrasalCards
➠@SlangWords
➠@IdiomsLand
➠@Vocabulix
➠@GrammarCards
➠@EnglishGate
➠@StoryPage
📔 slanging match
📋Meaning
A bitter argument or dispute in which each side hurls numerous insults, accusations, or verbal abuse at one another. Primarily heard in UK.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣At first, I thought we were just going through a rough patch in our relationship, but lately, it seems like every night Janet and I get into a slanging match with each other. It might be time to end things.
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@PhrasalCards
➠@SlangWords
➠@IdiomsLand
➠@Vocabulix
➠@GrammarCards
➠@EnglishGate
➠@StoryPage
📔 within arm's reach
📋Meaning
Close enough to touch, either literally or hypothetically. Easily attainable.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Can you pass me that book over there? It's within arm's reach of you.
🗣Once I found out I had an A in Chemistry, I knew that 4.0 GPA was within arm's reach.
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@PhrasalCards
➠@SlangWords
➠@IdiomsLand
➠@Vocabulix
➠@GrammarCards
➠@EnglishGate
➠@StoryPage
📔 go for a spin (to some place)
📋Meaning
To go for a brief, leisurely drive (to some place).
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Hey Noah, fancy going for a spin to the grocery store with me?
🗣Jenny just got a new car for her birthday, so I think we're going to go for a spin after school.
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@PhrasalCards
➠@SlangWords
➠@IdiomsLand
➠@Vocabulix
➠@GrammarCards
➠@EnglishGate
➠@StoryPage
📔 Peter Pan syndrome
📋Meaning
A psychological state or condition in which a grown person cannot or refuses to act like an adult; a stubborn and persistent immaturity found in an adult person.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣I seem cursed to only find men who have some damned Peter Pan syndrome. I'm tired of going out with guys who act like children!
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@PhrasalCards
➠@SlangWords
➠@IdiomsLand
➠@Vocabulix
➠@GrammarCards
➠@EnglishGate
➠@StoryPage
📔 call it a day
📋Meaning
decide or agree to stop doing something.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣"after three marriages, many men would have been more than ready to call it a day"
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@PhrasalCards
➠@SlangWords
➠@IdiomsLand
➠@Vocabulix
➠@GrammarCards
➠@EnglishGate
➠@StoryPage
📔 A dime a dozen
📋Meaning
very common and of no particular value.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣"experts in this field are a dime a dozen"
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
➠@PhrasalCards
➠@SlangWords
➠@IdiomsLand
➠@Vocabulix
➠@GrammarCards
➠@EnglishGate
➠@StoryPage