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💥A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush
☑️Having something that is certain is much better than taking a risk for more, because chances are you might lose everything.
💥A Blessing In Disguise:
☑️Something good that isn't recognized at first.
💥A Chip On Your Shoulder:
☑️Being upset for something that happened in the past.
💥A Dime A Dozen:
☑️Anything that is common and easy to get.
💥A Doubting Thomas:
☑️A skeptic who needs physical or personal evidence in order to believe something.
💥A Drop in the Bucket:
☑️A very small part of something big or whole.
💥A Fool And His Money Are Easily Parted:
☑️It's easy for a foolish person to lose his/her money.
💥A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand:
☑️Everyone involved must unify and function together or it will not work out.
💥A Leopard Can't Change His Spots:
☑️You cannot change who you are.
💥A Penny Saved Is A Penny Earned:
☑️By not spending money, you are saving money (little by little).
💥A Picture Paints a Thousand Words:
☑️A visual presentation is far more descriptive than words.
💥A Piece of Cake:
☑️A task that can be accomplished very easily.
💥A Slap on the Wrist:
☑️A very mild punishment.
💥A Taste Of Your Own Medicine:
☑️When you are mistreated the same way you mistreat others.
💥A Toss-Up:
☑️A result that is still unclear and can go either way.
💥Actions Speak Louder Than Words:
☑️It's better to actually do something than just talk about it.
💥Add Fuel To The Fire:
☑️Whenever something is done to make a bad situation even worse than it is.
💥Against The Clock:
☑️Rushed and short on time.
💥All Bark And No Bite:
☑️When someone is threatening and/or aggressive but not willing to engage in a fight.
💥All Greek to me:
☑️Meaningless and incomprehensible like someone who cannot read, speak, or understand any of the Greek language would be.
💥All In The Same Boat:
☑️When everyone is facing the same challenges.
💥An Arm And A Leg:
☑️Very expensive. A large amount of money.
💥An Axe To Grind:
☑️To have a dispute with someone.
💥Apple of My Eye:
☑️Someone who is cherished above all others.
💥As High As A Kite:
☑️Anything that is high up in the sky.
💥At The Drop Of A Hat:
☑️Willing to do something immediately.
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20 Amazing Animal Idioms in English
Part 1
1️⃣fish for something - to try to get information from someone.
2️⃣a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle(slogan) - a feminist slogan, suggesting that men are superfluous to women's needs.
3️⃣teach fish to swim(proverb)- tell someone something which he/she has already known.
4️⃣beat a dead horse - to continue fighting a battle that has been won.
5️⃣horse trade - to bargain in a hard and skillful way.
6️⃣as weak as a kitten - weak, sickly.
7️⃣a fraidy-cat - someone who is easily frightened.
8️⃣in a pig's eye - unlikely.
9️⃣make an ass of yourself - if you behave so stupidly that you appear ridiculous, you make an ass of yourself.
🔟bee's knees - to say that someone/something is the bee's knees means that you think they are exceptionally good.
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16 ways to use the word WAY in English. Idioms and expressions with WAY.
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16 ways to use the word WAY in English. Idioms and expressions with WAY.
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💥 Nest Egg:
Savings set aside for future use.
💥 Never Bite The Hand That Feeds You:
Don't hurt anyone that helps you.
💥 New kid on the block:
Someone new to the group or area.
💥 New York Minute:
A minute that seems to go by quickly, especially in a fast paced environment.
💥 No Dice:
To not agree. To not accept a proposition.
💥 No Room to Swing a Cat:
An unsually small or confined space.
💥 Not Playing With a Full Deck:
Someone who lacks intelligence.
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16 ways to use the word WAY in English. Idioms and expressions with WAY.
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16 ways to use the word WAY in English. Idioms and expressions with WAY.
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✅ Cook the books
👉 To change fact.
✅ Be cooking with gas
👉 To be doing something very well.
✅ Cook something up
👉 Invent something.
✅ Call something into play
👉 To make use of something.
✅ Call it a day
👉 To decide or agree to stop doing something.
✅ Call a shots/tune
👉 To be a person who controls a situation.
✅ A devil of a job.
👉 A very difficult job.
✅ Do the job.
👉 To be successful in doing what you want.
✅ Hope springs external.
👉People never stop hoping.
✅ Make good
👉 To become rich and successful.
✅ In two shakes
👉 Very soon
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