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01 июля 2017 06:14

📗You can say that again!
📍INFORMAL

☑️Meaning: If someone says "You can say that again!", it shows they strongly agree with what was just said.

💧For example:

🔹Jean: "Phew! It's really hot today." Louis: "You can say that again!"

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27 июня 2017 08:15

🔰off your own bat
🇬🇧British English

☑️Meaning: If you do something off your own bat, you do it without being asked to or told to.

✨For example:

➖I didn't tell the gardener to cut down the tree. He did it off his own bat.

➖One of the actresses decided, off her own bat, to change her lines in the movie. The director wasn't happy.

💥Origin: Possibly related to the game of cricket, in which a player scores runs by hitting the ball "off his own bat".

📗Variety: This idiom is typically used in British English but may be used in other varieties of English too.

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25 июня 2017 07:05

Today's Idiom

💥worth its weight in gold

✅Meaning: If something is worth its weight in gold, it's extremely valuable or extremely useful.

🔹For example:

➖Your grandmother's stories are worth their weight in gold, so you should try to record them or write them down.

➖A personal recommendation from someone like Professor Clark is worth its weight in gold. You'll be able to get a job anywhere you like with that.

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19 июня 2017 17:35

IDIOMS WITH UP

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11 июня 2017 14:40

📗(have) egg on your face
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☑️Meaning: You will have egg on your face if you've said or done something wrong, and it's made you feel embarrassed or stupid.

✨For example:

🔹Stan had egg on his face after saying he could easily do fifty push-ups, and then giving up after doing just twenty.

🔹The police force had egg on its face because they arrested and beat up an innocent guy who had the same name as a suspect they were looking for.

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07 июня 2017 08:54

IDIOMS about the SEA

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30 мая 2017 14:58

📗worth its weight in gold

☑️Meaning: If something is worth its weight in gold, it's extremely valuable or extremely useful.

✨For example:

🔹Your grandmother's stories are worth their weight in gold, so you should try to record them or write them down.

🔹A personal recommendation from someone like Professor Clark is worth its weight in gold. You'll be able to get a job anywhere you like with that.

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30 мая 2017 14:48

📗a wake-up call

☑️Meaning: An event acts as a wake-up call if it makes people more aware of a danger.

✨For example:

🔹I slipped over on the wet floor in my bathroom. I didn't hurt myself badly, but it was a wake-up call and I went out and bought some non-slip mats to stick on the floor.

🔹Robert had a pain in the chest, and it was a wake-up call for him. Now he's eating much healthier food and he's exercising more.

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20 мая 2017 06:38

10 ROYAL IDIOMS

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29 июня 2017 07:42

🔰all the rage

➖INFORMAL
☑️Meaning: If something is all the rage, it's very popular or it's in fashion at the moment.

🔹For example:

➖Can you remember when disco was all the rage and we'd go dancing all night in the clubs?

➖When Hans was a kid, skate boards were all the rage.

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26 июня 2017 04:01

🔰a kick in the teeth

✅Meaning: If you get a kick in the teeth, something bad happens to you or you feel that you've been treated poorly.

🔹For example:

➖I'd just lost my job, so hearing that I had to move out of my apartment as well was a real kick in the teeth.

➖Gerry said that being told to get out of his apartment was a kick in the teeth after spending so much on doing it up.

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🔰Jump on the bandwagon

☑️This idiom refers to when people join others in something trendy, fashionable, or likely to be successful in an opportunistic way, or essentially, joining the crowd when it’s most advantageous to do so. This idiom can also be referred to as “climb on the bandwagon”.

✨In a sentence

🔹“Angela wasn’t sure she liked off-the-shoulder shirts, but when they were featured in Vogue, she jumped on the bandwagon and bought one.”

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17 июня 2017 18:20

Idioms about SUMMER

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15 июня 2017 08:19

Have some idioms for breakfast

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11 июня 2017 14:41

🔰an end in itself

☑️Meaning: If something is an end in itself, it's done for its own pleasure or benefit rather than for some other purpose like making money.

✨For example:

🔹Billy says playing music in a band is an end in itself for him, but I think he does it to meet girls.

🔹People used to think education was an end in itself, but these days kids study in order to make lots of money when they graduate.
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09 июня 2017 08:52

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05 июня 2017 14:14

Idioms with fruits

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30 мая 2017 14:51

🔰warts and all

☑️Meaning: If you show something warts and all, you show it exactly as it is without trying to hide any of its faults or weaknesses.

✨For example:

🔹Are you sure you want to read the first draft? You'll see it warts and all, with all the mistakes and all the bad writing still there.

🔹People don't want to see an idealised version of his life. They want to know the real story, warts and all.

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20 мая 2017 06:33

Bend over backwards— try very hard to please someone

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12 мая 2017 18:33

📗lead the way

☑️Meaning: If you lead the way, you show others where to go or what to do.

💧For example:

🔹When it came to exploring new directions in popular music, the Beatles definitely led the way.

🔹We should ask Carlos to lead the way. He knows this area better than any of us.

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