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11 сентября 2023 20:29

📔 Potemkin village



📋Meaning
Something that is made to seem very grand, elaborate, or prosperous for the purposes of impressing others, but which in reality has no real worth or substance. Taken from a story about Russian minister Grigory Potemkin (1739–1791), who allegedly erected false, painted façades to mimic a thriving, successful village along the Dnieper River in Crimea to impress the visiting Empress Catherine II.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣The tightly controlled totalitarian country is often accused of creating a Potemkin village each time it televises some event, a meager attempt to convince the outside world that its people are happy under the thumb of the dictatorship.
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10 сентября 2023 20:08

📔knock (one's) head against a/the wall

📋To attempt continuously and fruitlessly to accomplish some task or achieve some goal that is or seems ultimately hopeless.

🗣Some people are never going to agree with you on this, so it's no use knocking your head against a wall trying to convince everyone.
🗣I feel like I've been knocking my head against the wall trying to understand this math equation.
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09 сентября 2023 18:24

📔 out there

📋Meaning
Somewhat unusual, unconventional, crazy, or eccentric. Sometimes hyphenated.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Our manager is always coming up with some out-there ideas on how to improve productivity.

🗣My uncle Jerry is a little out there, but he's a really sweet guy.
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07 сентября 2023 17:50

📔need (something) (about) as much as (one) needs a hole in the head

📋To have absolutely no need or use for something.

🗣I'm perfectly happy having a cell phone that just makes phone calls—I need a fancy new smartphone about as much as I need a hole in the head.
🗣We have enough problems with the business as it is, so we need an audit as much as we need a hole in the head.
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07 сентября 2023 08:34

📔 go through the roof



📋Meaning
  to become very angry or upset


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 When they realized he'd lied to them, his parents went through the roof.
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05 сентября 2023 19:04

📔 sitting duck



📋Meaning
a person or thing with no protection against an attack or other source of danger.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 Nancy knew she'd be a sitting duck when she raised the trap door. 

🗣The senator was a sitting duck because of his unpopular position on school reform. 
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04 сентября 2023 20:13

📔 Storm in a teacup (UK idiom)



📋Meaning
   A small event that has been exaggerated out of proportion.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 The whole controversy turned out to be a storm in a teacup.
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03 сентября 2023 17:55

📔 Sitting on the fence



📋Meaning
  a person's lack of decisiveness, neutrality or hesitance to choose between two sides in an argument or a competition, or inability to decide due to lack of courage. 



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “The councilman is afraid he'll lose votes if he takes sides on the zoning issue, but he can't sit on the fence forever.”
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02 сентября 2023 19:11

📔 Time flies



📋Meaning
  used to observe that time seems to pass very quickly.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 "people say time flies when you're having fun"
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31 августа 2023 18:30

📔 Storm in a teacup (UK idiom)



📋Meaning
   A small event that has been exaggerated out of proportion.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 The whole controversy turned out to be a storm in a teacup.
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31 августа 2023 05:50

📔 Sitting on the fence



📋Meaning
  a person's lack of decisiveness, neutrality or hesitance to choose between two sides in an argument or a competition, or inability to decide due to lack of courage. 



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “The councilman is afraid he'll lose votes if he takes sides on the zoning issue, but he can't sit on the fence forever.”
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29 августа 2023 20:26

📔 raise the roof



📋Meaning
make or cause someone else to make a great deal of noise, especially through cheering. 



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 "when I finally scored the fans raised the roof"
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28 августа 2023 19:39

📔 the big picture



📋Meaning
  the situation as a whole.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 "he's so involved in the minutiae that he often overlooks the big picture"
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27 августа 2023 20:04

📔 roll (one's) eyes



📋Meaning
To turn one's eyes upward or around in a circle, usually as an expression of exasperation, annoyance, impatience, or disdain.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Don't you roll your eyes at me, young lady! You will finish your homework this instant, or you can kiss your weekend goodbye!

🗣I just rolled my eyes as my dad told another one of his corny jokes.
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26 августа 2023 19:39

📔 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!
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11 сентября 2023 12:11

📔 Barking up the wrong tree



📋Meaning
  Doing something that won’t give you the results you want.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “If you think she’s going to lend you money, you’re barking up the wrong tree. She never lends anyone anything.”
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10 сентября 2023 07:37

📔 Out of the woods



📋Meaning
  The situation is still difficult but it’s improved or gotten easier. The hardest part of something is over.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “The surgery went very well and he just needs to recover now, so he’s officially out of the woods.”
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09 сентября 2023 09:00

📔 a heart of gold



📋Meaning
  a kind and generous disposition


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 A woman with a heart of gold gives us lodging for the night.  
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07 сентября 2023 08:51

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06 сентября 2023 19:01

📔 wide berth


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


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🗣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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05 сентября 2023 07:51

📔 be not short of a penny (or two)



📋Meaning
To be exceptionally wealthy; to have no concerns regarding money.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣A: "I just heard Sarah just lost her job!" B: "Well, her husband's family isn't short of a penny, so I think they'll be just fine."

🗣I once dated a guy who, though he was never short of a penny or two, was the most miserly person I'd ever met. He wouldn't even tip when we went out to eat!
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04 сентября 2023 08:07

📔on the fiddle


📋Meaning
Engaged in deceitful, fraudulent, or dishonest means of obtaining money.


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🗣My career will be over if anyone ever finds out I was on the fiddle during my time as the company treasurer.

🗣There are always politicians on the fiddle, looking for ways to use their positions of power to earn a bit more money.
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03 сентября 2023 07:43

📔 be tipping (it) down


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


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🗣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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02 сентября 2023 06:35

📔 get taken to task (by someone)



📋Meaning
To be scolded, rebuked, reprimanded, or criticized (by someone).


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🗣I got taken to task by the headmaster for disrupting class again

🗣It's not entirely fair that the bankers are the only ones getting taken to task for the economic collapse, when a great many politicians are to blame as well.
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30 августа 2023 06:04

📔a woman of her word

📋A woman who can be expected to keep or follow through with her promises or intentions; a truthful, trustworthy, or reliable person. (Masculine: "man of his word.")

🗣Bob, I'm a woman of my word. If I tell you I'll be at your house tomorrow morning at 10, then that's when I'll be there.
🗣I've found Mary to be a woman of her word so far, so I'm confident she'll get us the best deal possible.
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29 августа 2023 08:08

📔caught on the hop

📋To encounter or try to communicate or work with someone at an inopportune time, such as when they are busy or preoccupied; to catch one off guard.

🗣I'll definitely help you with that report later—you just happened to catch me on the hop right now.
🗣If Dean was grumpy, you probably just caught him on the hop.
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28 августа 2023 09:29

📔 living on the edge



📋Meaning
 To have an adventurous or perilous lifestyle; to behave in a manner which creates risks for oneself.


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27 августа 2023 08:57

📔 Fair and square


📋Meaning
Being direct or fair.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣To tell you fair and square, I did everything that I was meant to do, but I still feel unfulfilled.   
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26 августа 2023 08:37

📔 To be in the doldrums


📋Meaning
To be in a low spirit

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🗣When I got to know about the increasing cases of COVID 19 in my area, I was in the doldrums.
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