🔰10 Interesting idioms with fruits
💥A plum job – a very good job
🔺Ex: John got a plum job at an insurance company.
💥Go pear-shaped – to fail or to be unsuccessful
🔺Ex: Our movie plans went pear-shaped.
💥Peach – a person who is beautiful, helpful, a very nice person.
🔺Ex: Mario is such a peach; he always helps us with work.
💥Lemon- a product that does not work properly
🔺Ex: That car dealer, he sold me a lemon.
💥Apples and oranges – to be different from each other
🔺Ex: Though they are twins, they are like apples and oranges.
💥Not give a fig- to not feel interested in something
🔺Ex: I don’t give a fig about politics, it is so boring.
💥A bite at the cherry – an opportunity to achieve something
🔺Ex: That promotion was your last bite at the cherry.
💥Go bananas – to become very angry, crazy or annoyed
🔺Ex: I go bananas when I lose any game.
💥The apple of your eye – the person you are very fond of
🔺Ex: My baby sister is the apple of my eye.
So these are a few idioms with names of fruits in them which can easily be used in your everyday conversation. Make sure you understand them well and start using them to enhance your vocabulary.
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✅Most common American idioms ( part 9 )
❗️You better shake a leg.
▪️You need to work faster.
❗️She's pulling my leg.
▪️She is trying to trick or fool me.
❗️You'll foot the bill.
▪️You will have to pay the entire cost.
❗️You'll have to put your foot down.
▪️You'll need to assert yourself be more forceful.
❗️You don't have a leg to stand on.
▪️You are not secure in your position.
❗️You've got to put your best foot forward.
▪️Go with the best idea that you have.
❗️Don't drag your feet.
▪️Don't delay - get to work.
❗️You've got to get a foot in the door.
▪️You must get the customers attention.
❗️The shoe is on the other foot now.
▪️Now they have the problem, not us.
❗️You'll step on her toes.
▪️You'll be moving in on her territory.
❗️He's got a chip on his shoulder.
▪️He is looking for an excuse to fight.
❗️She gave him the cold shoulder.
▪️ She is trying to get him to leave her alone.
❗️Get off my back!
▪️Leave me alone and let me get to work.
❗️Get it off your chest.
▪️Tell me exactly what is bothering you.
❗️I need some elbowroom.
▪️We are too crowded in this office.
❗️He's a thorn in my side.
▪️Everything he does irritates me.
❗️He turns my stomach.
▪️He totally disgusts me.
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💢WALK ON EGGSHELLS
✍️Meaning: To be extremely cautious with your words and actions so that you don’t offend anyone or do anything wrong.
🔺Examples:
▪️He is such a perfectionist that everyone at work walks on eggshells around him.
▪️Being the only male in the panel talking about feminism, he was walking on eggshells throughout the discussion.
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13. CUT SOMEBODY SOME SLACK:
to give somebody a break/ not to judge somebody severely
I was extremely busy last week. Cut me some slack and I’ll finish the report by tomorrow morning.
BY THE SKIN OF YOUR TEETH
14. BY THE SKIN OF YOUR TEETH:
when you do something by the skin of your teeth, you only just succeed/ nearly fail
I hadn’t studied much, but passed the test by the skin of my teeth.
15. ONCE IN A BLUE MOON:
when something rarely ever happens
We used to see him all the time, but now he just visits us once in a blue moon.
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10. STEP UP YOUR GAME:
✍🏾to start performing better
🔺If you want to win this competition, you’ll have to step up your game.
11. PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER:
✍🏾to calm down and behave normally
🔺I understand you’ve had a bad day, but pull yourself together and get on with your job, will you?
12. SHAPE UP OR SHIP OUT:
✍🏾either start performing better or leave
🔺This is the last time I’m telling you to arrive on time. Shape up or ship out.
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against the clock
To work or race against the clock means to do something as fast as possible and try to finish it before a deadline.
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4. GET YOUR HEAD AROUND IT:
✍🏾to understand something
🔺I just can’t get my head around the fact that Joe is leaving us.
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5. DIG IN YOUR HEELS / STICK TO YOUR GUNS:
✍🏾to refuse to compromise or change your mind
🔺My parents wanted me to give up writing, but I dug in my heels and went on to become a famous writer.
🔺My parents wanted me to give up writing, but I stuck to my guns and went on to become a famous writer.
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6. POUND THE PAVEMENT:
✍🏾to walk the streets looking for a job
🔺I’d been pounding the pavement for months before I found a job in a fast food restaurant.
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Back Seat Driver:
People who criticize from the sidelines, much like someone giving unwanted advice from the back seat of a vehicle to the driver.
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▪️16. GO DOWN IN FLAMES:
✍🏾to end or fail suddenly and spectacularly
She’d wanted to become Managing Director, but her career went down in flames when they found out she’d been leaking information to our competitors.
▪️17. TAR SOMEONE WITH THE SAME BRUSH:
✍🏾to believe that someone has the same bad qualities as others in a group
I don’t think much of that band, but the singer shouldn’t be tarred with the same brush. She’s got a fantastic voice.
▪️18. COME OUT SWINGING:
✍🏾to be confrontational and strongly defend yourself at the beginning of a debate
Our local MP came out swinging against the current leadership and demanded that the government resign.
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💥UPSET THE APPLE CART
✍🏾Meaning: To cause problem or trouble by spoiling someone’s plans or ruining an event.
❗️Examples:
🔺We were all excited to start our trip but the traffic on the way to the airport upset the apple cart and we missed our flight.
🔺I don’t want to upset the apple cart by asking you to work late on your wedding anniversary.
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7. PULL A RABBIT OUT OF A HAT:
✍🏾to do something unexpected that may have seemed impossible
🔺I thought we were going bankrupt, but my partner pulled a rabbit out of his hat and we landed a major contract.
8. LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED:
✍🏾to do everything you can to achieve your goal
🔺I’ll leave no stone unturned until I find out who did this.
9. GET IT OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM:
✍🏾to do something you’ve wanted to do for a long time and don’t want to postpone any longer
🔺I wasn’t sure how she was going to react, but I had to get it out of my system, so I told her I had found another woman.
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1. CRUNCH TIME:
✍🏾the period of time just before a project has to be completed and everyone has to work hard
▪️I’m not getting enough sleep these days. It’s crunch time at work.
2. LET YOUR FREAK FLAG FLY:
✍🏾to let others see your uniqueness
▪️My colleagues were surprised at the Christmas party- I let my freak flag fly and showed them a break dance routine.
3. GET OUT OF HAND:
✍🏾when you lose control of things, they get out of hand
▪️The party got out of hand and the guests started to throw bottles at each other.
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