📚be in/get into a state
mainly uk
✍🏾to become nervous and upset:
🔺She got into a real state before her driving test.
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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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🔰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.
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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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