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📗(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

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20 мая 2017 06:27

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12 мая 2017 18:18

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📗a law unto themselves

☑️Meaning: If somebody is a law unto themselves, they do things their own way and follow their own ideas about how to live instead of following what others do.

📍For example:

🔹Our boy Billy is a law unto himself. Of course he sometimes makes mistakes and gets into trouble, but we're proud of him because he doesn't just follow the herd.

🔹Our boss does things a bit differently to most other managers, so it's no surprise that some people say he's a law unto himself.

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08 мая 2017 17:35

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🔰over the top

☑️Meaning: You can say something is over the top if you think it's too extreme or it's more than a situation needs or deserves.

✔️For example:

▪️I know you love your daughter, Bill, but don't you think giving her a Ferrari for her birthday was a bit over the top?

▪️After he'd calmed down, Brad admitted that punching the photographer and smashing his camera was a little over the top.

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02 мая 2017 17:31

🔰pull out all the stops

☑️Meaning: If you pull out all the stops, you do everything you can to make sure something is successful.

〽️For example:

🔹They pulled out all the stops for the launch of their new range of perfumes, and even paid movie stars to come along.

🔹The Chinese government pulled out all the stops in their efforts to make the Beijing Olympics the best Olympic Games ever.

✔️Origin: Metaphorical, and related to the fact that the volume and timbre of a traditional pipe organ can be controlled in part by pulling out small knobs called "stops". If an organist "pulled out all the stops" on the organ, it would create a very big sound when played.

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26 апреля 2017 20:46

🔰put the brakes on

✔️Meaning: If you put the brakes on something, you stop it or slow it down.

💧For example:

🔸Many companies are putting the brakes on new investment until the economy improves.

🔸The government has to put the brakes on the water treatment project until the corruption enquiry is over.

🔘Origin: This metaphorical idiom is based on the fact that if you're driving a car and you "put the brakes on", the car slows down and stops.

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24 апреля 2017 08:13

10 Travel_inspired Idioms
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24 апреля 2017 08:02

Idioms telling people to hurry up

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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

Mother Idioms

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05 июня 2017 14:14

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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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08 мая 2017 17:36

🔰a one-track mind

☑️Meaning: If someone has a one-track mind, they spend most of their time thinking about one subject.

✔️For example:

🔸Brian's had a one-track mind since he started his own company. All he thinks about now is business and making money.

🔸Mark's upset because Jenny said he's got a one-track mind and he's always thinking about sex.

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02 мая 2017 17:33

🔰bear the brunt

☑️Meaning: If you bear the brunt of something, you suffer the worst of its impact or its effects.

〽️For example:

🔹The driver bore the brunt of the crash because he was right at the front of the bus.

🔹The team's coach bore the brunt of the criticism because he'd selected the players who'd performed so badly.

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02 мая 2017 17:30

Idiom of the Day

🔰blow your own horn | blow your own trumpet

☑️Meaning: If you blow your own horn, or blow your own trumpet, you proudly boast about your own talents and successes.

〽️For example:

🔘I hate the way Barry always blows his own horn, and I get sick of hearing about all the amazing things he's done.

🔘Lorraine says that if you want to be successful in the fashion business, you really have to blow your own trumpet.

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26 апреля 2017 20:45

🔰plain sailing

☑️Meaning: If something is plain sailing, it's very easy to do and there are no problems to overcome.

💧For example:

♦️Golfer Tiger Woods hit a couple of bad shots early in his round, but it was plain sailing after that and he won the match easily.

♦️I answered the first few questions in the exam without any problems, and I knew it'd be plain sailing from then on.

🍭Origin: From sailing, in which plain sailing means to sail at good speed without facing any obstacles.

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