📔 Go cold turkey
📋Meaning
means to suddenly quit or stop addictive or dangerous behavior such as smoking or drinking alcohol.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “Shall I get your mom a glass of wine?”
“No, she’s stopped drinking.”
“Really, why?”
“I don’t know. A few months ago, she just announced one day she’s quitting drinking.”
“She just quit cold turkey?”
“Yes, just like that!”
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📔 Face the music
📋Meaning
It means to “face reality” or to deal with the reality of the situation and accept all the consequences, good or bad (but mostly bad).
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “I can’t understand why I failed math.”
“You know you didn’t study hard, so you’re going to have to face the music and take the class again next semester if you really want to graduate when you do.”
🗣 "we would later have to face the music over our bold moves"
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📔 Ring a bell
📋Meaning
the idiom means that somebody has mentioned something that sounds familiar to you, perhaps you’ve heard it before. In other words, when someone says something that you believe you’ve heard in the past, alarm bells start ringing and you try to remember how or why that name or place sounds familiar.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “You’ve met my friend Amy Adams, right?”
“Hmmm, I’m not sure, but that name rings a bell. Was she the one who went to Paris last year?”
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📔 Blow off steam
📋Meaning
If you’re feeling angry, stressed or are experiencing some strong feelings and you want to get rid of them so you feel better again, you will blow off steam by doing something such as exercising to get rid of the stress.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “Why is Nick so angry and where did he go?”
“He had a fight with his brother, so he went for a run to blow off steam.”
🗣 "I just needed to walk to blow off steam"
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💠handwaving
✍🏾Actions, words, or ideas that are meant to impress or appear convincing but which are in reality insubstantial or inconsequential.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣The governor has been doing a lot of political handwaving over the issue of immigration lately, but few suspect that anything will actually be accomplished in the coming year.
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📔 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
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To pay a lot of money for something. You can also say that something “costs an arm and a leg.”
🤔For example ⬇️
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📔 To have sticky fingers
📋Meaning
To be a thief.
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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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📔 talk twenty to the dozen
📋Meaning
To talk (to someone) very rapidly, hurriedly, and/or energetically.
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🗣My aunt can get talking twenty to the dozen if you get her on a topic she's passionate about.
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📔 the butt of the joke
📋Meaning
Someone or something at whose expense an insulting or mocking joke is made.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣I like hanging out with my brother and his friends, even though he likes to make me the butt of his jokes.
🗣Due to their disastrous advertising campaign last month, the company has been the butt of many jokes on the Internet lately.
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📔a mixed picture
📋Meaning
A portrayal of a situation highlighting both positive and negative aspects of its nature or status.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Despite the government's upbeat remarks, the Federal Reserve today published a report showing a mixed picture of the status of the economy's recovery.
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📔 Cut to the chase
📋Meaning
If you’re speaking to a group of people, like your employees, and say I’m going to cut to the chase, it means that there are a few things that need to be said but there’s very little time, so you’ll skip to the important parts so everyone understands.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “Hi guys, as we don’t have much time here, so I’m going to cut to the chase. We’ve been having some major problems in the office lately.”
🗣 "cut to the chase—what is it you want us to do?"
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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.
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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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📔 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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