📔 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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📔 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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📔money pit
📋Meaning
A business, possession, or other financial commitment that requires or consumes an increasingly large amount of money, especially more than was first anticipated.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣I bought this restaurant because of its prime downtown location, but with all the repairs and the huge amount of staff needed to run it, it's proven to be quite a money pit.
🗣The problem with buying used cars is that, even if they started off being cheap, they often turn into money pits as they start breaking down.
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💠he-man
✍🏾A particularly strong, tough, and/or virile male, especially one who likes to flaunt his strength.
Janet's always dated these bulked up he-men, so there's no way she'd be interested in a scrawny guy like me.
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📔on the fiddle
📋Meaning
Engaged in deceitful, fraudulent, or dishonest means of obtaining money.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣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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📔 Pay an arm and a leg for something
📋Meaning
To pay a lot of money for something. You can also say that something “costs an arm and a leg.”
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “The price of chocolate has doubled. I nearly paid an arm and a leg for a small candy bar.”
“Chocolate costs an arm and a leg now.”
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📔 To have sticky fingers
📋Meaning
To be a thief.
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🗣 “The manager fired the cashier because he had sticky fingers. He stole more than $200 in a month.”
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📔 To pony up
📋Meaning
To pay for something or settle a debt.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “Pony up and give me the $5 you owe me.”
“I told my roommate Jane to pony up her portion of the rent money.”
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📔 Break the bank
📋Meaning
To be very expensive.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “Taking a week-long vacation would break the bank. There’s no way I could afford to do it.”
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📔 To be closefisted
📋Meaning
Someone who doesn’t want to spend money. Similar to being stingy.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “Carl is so closefisted, he won’t even buy snacks for the Christmas party.”
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📔 Midas touch
📋Meaning
To be able to make money easily. This idiom comes from the story of King Midas , who turned everything he touched into gold.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “Jane really has the Midas touch. Every business she starts becomes very successful.”
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📔receive (one's) just deserts
📋To receive that which one deserves, especially a punishment or unfavorable outcome. (Note: The phrase is often misspelled as "just desserts," due to the pronunciation of "deserts" and "desserts" being the same in this context.)
🗣The CEO cheated his clients out of nearly $4 million, but he received his just deserts when he was stripped of everything he owned and sent to prison.
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📔 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."
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣I'll have that ready for you in a brace of shakes.
🗣We'll be there in a brace of shakes.
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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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📔 Up in the air
📋Meaning
if someone tells you that things are up in the air it means that these things are uncertain or unsure. Definite plans have not been made yet.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “Jen, have you set a date for the wedding yet?”
“Not exactly, things are up in the air and we’re not sure if our families can make it on the day we wanted. Hopefully we’ll know soon and we’ll let you know as soon as possible.”
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📔 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.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “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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📔 Look like a million dollars/bucks
📋Meaning
If someone tells you that you look like a million bucks, you should take it as a huge compliment because it means you look absolutely fabulous and really attractive.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “Wow, Mary, you look like a million dollars/bucks this evening. I love your dress!”
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📔 Born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth
📋Meaning
Someone who comes from a wealthy and successful family.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “John was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. His parents bought him everything he wanted and sent him to the best private schools.”
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📔 To go from rags to riches
📋Meaning
To go from being poor to having a lot of money.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “Actor Jim Carrey went from rags to riches. At one time, he was living in a van, but he continued to work hard and eventually became one of the highest-paid comedians in the world.”
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📔if (one's) life depended on it
📋Under any circumstances; no matter what. (Used almost exclusively with a negative statement regarding something that one couldn't or wouldn't do.)
🗣No thanks, I wouldn't see that film if my life depended on it.
🗣No way am I going to karaoke night. I couldn't sing if my life depended on it!
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📔 pester (someone) for (something)
📋Meaning
To continually annoy someone with requests for something.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣I wish you would stop pestering me for a new bicycle; your birthday will be here soon enough!
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📔 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!
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📔 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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📔 give (someone) the stink eye
📋Meaning
To make a facial expression of unreserved disgust, contempt, disapproval, distrust, or general ill will toward someone.
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🗣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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📔not a moment too soon
📋Meaning
At the last possible moment before it is too late; just in the nick of time.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣A: "The surgeon has just arrived." B: "And not a moment too soon! This patient needs an operation immediately!"
🗣The police arrived not a moment too soon, and the would-be burglar was apprehended before anything could be stolen.
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📔 To be loaded
📋Meaning
To have a lot of money.
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📔 Rule of thumb
📋Meaning
if you hear someone say as a rule of thumb, they mean that it’s a general unwritten rule for whatever they’re talking about.
These rules of thumb are not based on science or research, and are instead just general principles. For example, there’s no written scientific rule that you must add oil to boiling water when cooking pasta, but it’s a rule of thumb and is practiced by most people so the pasta won’t stick to the bottom of the pan.
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“Why? There’s no rule stating that!”
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📔 Keep your chin up
📋Meaning
“Stay strong, you’ll get through this. Don’t let these things affect you too badly.”
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “Hey, Keiren, have you had any luck finding work yet?”
“No, nothing, it’s really depressing, there’s nothing out there!”
“Don’t worry, you’ll find something soon, keep your chin up buddy and don’t stress.”
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