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25 июня 2023 06:12

📔 a bit of a stretch


📋Meaning
A mild exaggeration beyond the truth or what is likely the case.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I'm not too fond of taxes either, but it's a bit of a stretch to claim they are the cause of all our problems.

🗣A: "The government is covering up all sorts of extraterrestrial activity." B: "Come on now, don't you think that's a bit of a stretch?"

🗣He still doesn't have the votes? Then I guess it was a bit of a stretch for him to say he'd get the bill passed this week.
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24 июня 2023 09:06

📔 squashed (in) like sardines



📋Meaning
Very tightly or snugly packed together, especially in a small space. Alludes to the way in which sardines are packed closely together during canning.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣We didn't want to take more than one car, so we had to drive for about four hours squashed like sardines in Jeff's little sedan.

🗣Having a concert in our friends café was such a good idea! Sure, we were squashed in like sardines, but everyone had a great time.
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22 июня 2023 20:28

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22 июня 2023 05:30

📔 to weather the storm


📋Meaning
to deal with a difficult situation without being harmed or damaged 


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Newspapers have weathered the storm of online information by providing news online themselves.
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21 июня 2023 05:30

📔 Between a rock and a hard place



📋Meaning
  In difficulty, faced with a choice between two unsatisfactory options.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “I can understand why she couldn’t make up her mind about what to do. She’s really between a rock and a hard place.”
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20 июня 2023 05:30

📔 make hay while the sun shines


📋Meaning
make the most of a favorable situation while it lasts.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣A:when is your husband coming home?

B:Not for another two weeks.
A:That’s a long time! How are you spending your time alone?

B:I am finally getting some home improvement projects done. You know, moving some furniture, painting some rooms, cleaning closets …

A:That’s a lot of work for one person. Why don’t you wait for your husband to come home?

B:No way! It’s easier to do it by myself. I’m getting everything done that I can’t do with other people around.

A:Good idea. ‘Make hay while the sun shines.’

B:Exactly!

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19 июня 2023 11:29

📔 Sleep on it 




📋Meaning
to wait until the next day (in order to think carefully) before making an important decision.

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What's "IT" in the picture above?  "It" is any decision that you have to make.  



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣  I received two jobs offers today. I asked them both to let me sleep on it so I can review the offers and decide which is best.

🗣I wanted to sleep on it but my manager said I had to sign the contract by the end of the day.


🗣 I wish I had slept on the purchase because the next day I found a much nicer dress and I can't return the one I bought.
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18 июня 2023 05:30

📔 go on a wild goose chase


📋Meaning
a foolish and hopeless pursuit of something unattainable.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣"physicists searching for the hypothetical particle may be on a wild goose chase"
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17 июня 2023 05:30

📔 the devil is in the details


📋Meaning
the details of a matter are its most problematic aspect.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣“I know this is taking a long time, but the devil is in the details.”
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16 июня 2023 05:30

📔 ignorance is bliss


📋Meaning
if you do not know about something, you do not worry about it.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣What's the point in knowing about all these problems if we can't do anything about them? Sometimes ignorance is bliss, you know.
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15 июня 2023 10:41

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14 июня 2023 09:30

📔 talk a mile a minute



📋Meaning
To speak in a very quick or hurried manner; to talk very fast.


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🗣When the boss gets excited, she starts talking a mile a minute, and I can never follow everything she's trying to say!
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13 июня 2023 06:01

📔 take ill



📋Meaning
To be or become sick or unwell.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I heard your sister has taken ill recently. I hope that it isn't anything too serious?
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12 июня 2023 07:30

📔 break into a smile


📋Meaning
To start smiling.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Even though she scolded me for disrupting class, I'm pretty sure I saw Ms. Miller break into a smile for a second.
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11 июня 2023 05:31

📔 tickle (one's) funny bone


📋Meaning
To make one laugh; to be humorous or amusing to one.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣There's this silly statue on campus that never fails to tickle my funny bone when I walk past it.

🗣David has such wit that he can tickle the funny bone of anyone he meets.
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24 июня 2023 18:51

📔 knock one's socks off


📋Meaning
  to impress someone


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣This song will knock your socks off.
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23 июня 2023 17:30

📔 your guess is as good as mine


📋Meaning
“I don't know or have the solution or answer.”  

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I asked my wife “how long will it take for the pie to bake?” and she answered, “your guess is as good as mine.”
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22 июня 2023 17:31

📔 talk to the hand



📋Meaning
A rude interjection meant to interrupt and dismiss what another person is saying. (Sometimes written or spoken in longer forms, such as, "talk to the hand, because the face isn't listening," or the like.)


🤔For example ⬇️

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🗣All of us were aghast when Jonathan turned to the police officer and said, "Talk to the hand, 'cause the face ain't interested!"
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21 июня 2023 17:31

📔 to a turn


📋Meaning
For exactly the right amount of time necessary or desired. (Used almost exclusively in reference to how well meat is cooked).


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣My goodness, these steaks are so flavorful and have been cooked to a turn!

🗣Jeff is always the one manning the grill, because he makes sure everything on there is done to a turn!
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20 июня 2023 17:31

📔 the wrong crowd


📋Meaning
A group of people, typically peers, who partake in and elicit immoral, criminal, and/or dangerous behavior and attitudes.


🤔For example ⬇️

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19 июня 2023 17:30

📔 (the) man/woman of the hour


📋Meaning
A person currently being celebrated, honored, or admired by others, especially for a recent victory, accomplishment, or other cause for celebration.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 Janet was woman of the hour at the office after securing the biggest customer their business had ever had.

🗣 Ruth: "Hey, what's going on here?" Dave: "It's a surprise birthday party for you, Ruth! You're the woman of the hour!"

🗣 After writing that bombshell exposé about corruption in Washington, Jake was the man of the hour.
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18 июня 2023 17:30

📔 tickle (one's) funny bone


📋Meaning
To make one laugh; to be humorous or amusing to one.


🤔For example ⬇️

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17 июня 2023 17:30

📔 big break


📋Meaning
A fortuitous moment, opportunity, or turn of events of great consequence, especially as relates to one's career.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣A fortuitous moment, opportunity, or turn of events of great consequence, especially as relates to one's career.

🗣I had a big break when a movie director saw me in an improv group and offered me an audition for his new film.
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16 июня 2023 17:30

📔 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.
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15 июня 2023 17:30

📔 shotgun house



📋Meaning
slang A one-story house in which each room is in a straight alignment with the others, connected by a continuous hallway running from the front to the back of the residence. Chiefly used in the Southern United States.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣When our whole family goes to stay in my grandmother's shotgun house in New Orleans, it always feels like we're all right on top of one another.
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14 июня 2023 17:31

📔 that ship has sailed


📋Meaning
used in reference to an opportunity that has passed or a situation that can no longer be changed.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣"we're good friends but I don't think we'll ever be anything more to each other—that ship has sailed"
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13 июня 2023 17:31

📔 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.
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12 июня 2023 17:30

📔 Wrap your head around something


📋Meaning
Understand something complicated

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Kate is willing to pay full price for an expensive handbag, but I just can't wrap my head around that.
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11 июня 2023 17:30

📔 Cut to the chase


📋Meaning
When somebody tells you to cut to the chase, it means that you’ve been talking too long and you need to get to the point. Be careful how you use this idiom; it could be rude or disrespectful if used with someone like a boss or teacher.

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🗣Hi, guys. We don’t have much time here, so I’m going to cut to the chase.
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10 июня 2023 17:30

📔 bent out of shape


📋Meaning
angry or agitated.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣"it was just a mistake, nothing to get bent out of shape about"
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