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26 февраля 2024 20:34

📔 be smashed to smithereens



📋Meaning
To be broken apart or otherwise destroyed into tiny, fragmentary pieces. "Smithereens," first appearing in English in 1829 as "smiddereens," is likely derived from the Irish word "smidirín" or "smidiríní," meaning "fragment."


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I wish I could still go visit our old family home, but it's already been smashed to smithereens by the demolition crew.

🗣The village was smashed to smithereens by the typhoon's gale-force winds.
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25 февраля 2024 19:21

📔 be rushed off (one's) feet



📋Meaning
To be exceptionally busy, especially to an exhausting or exasperating degree; to be made to work very hard and very quickly.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣We have three parties of 40 scheduled for the dining room this evening, so all of our servers are going to be rushed off their feet.

🗣With three young kids, it's hard to remember a time when I wasn't rushed off my feet.
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24 февраля 2024 19:05

📔 out of house and home


📋Meaning
Evicted; no longer having a place to live.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣If my wife loses her job like so many of her co-workers, we'll be out of house and home for sure.

🗣Over 50 former tenants, now out of house and home, gathered at city hall to protest the closure of the government-funded accommodation.
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23 февраля 2024 10:40

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22 февраля 2024 07:14

📔 kick to the curb



📋Meaning

to discard, dismiss or reject something or someone (especially in a humiliating manner, as if putting garbage out by the curb)


✨Note
a curb is the raised stone or concrete edge by the side of the road. When you cross the street, you step up onto the curb to get from the road and onto the sidewalk. 

Residents of homes usually bring their trash to the curb in front of their house so that garbage collectors can easily and quickly put the garbage into the truck.


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🗣Help us with a $20 donation so we can kick cancer to the curb.
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21 февраля 2024 05:50

📔 A hard nut to crack




📋Meaning

(1) a problem or situation that's difficult to solve or deal with;

(2) a person who is difficult to understand or know;

(3) a group, place or opportunity that's difficult to join or gain entry.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 This algebra equation sure is a hard nut to crack.

🗣Congratulations on restoring your antique car—I'll bet that was a hard nut to crack. 
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20 февраля 2024 08:47

📔 apple of someone's eye




📋Meaning

someone or something that is very important to someone

someone or something that someone likes very much


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 Joan’s husband is the apple of her eye.


🗣My father is an avid gardener and these orchids are the apples of his eye.

🗣I used to be the apple of my teacher's eye until he caught me cheating on a quiz.
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19 февраля 2024 06:14

📔 one’s name in lights




📋Meaning
to be famous for one's accomplishments, especially as a performer.




🤔For example ⬇️

🗣  Every actor's dream is to see his or her name in lights on Broadway.

🗣 Let me guess. You're dreaming of seeing your name in lights again.

🗣 I know you don't believe me but you're so talented I know that one day I'm going to see your name in lights.
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18 февраля 2024 10:51

📔 bird’s-eye view (of something)




📋Meaning
as seen from above
a broad view of a situation


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣    I recommend that you go up to the top floor so you can get a bird’s-eye view of the city.

🗣 The introduction of the report gives an excellent bird’s-eye view of the new project.

🗣 When we flew into Washington DC, we saw a gorgeous bird's-eye view of the monuments and US Capitol.
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17 февраля 2024 08:26

📔 Burn the candle at both ends




📋Meaning
To become exhausted from staying up very late and getting up very early because you're busy doing many things or working a lot.


✍Note
You can say "burn the candle at both ends" or "burn the candle from both ends."

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 My wife's been burning the candle from both ends for two months now and she about to get seriously ill as a result.

🗣 I quit my job at the law firm because I developed high blood pressure from always burning the candle at both ends.   

🗣 My boyfriend was working from 8am–10pm for eight months and finally I told him if he continued to burn the candle at both ends I'd have to break-up with him. 😒 
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15 февраля 2024 20:28

📔 be not short of a penny (or two)



📋Meaning
To be exceptionally wealthy; to have no concerns regarding money.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣A: "I just heard Sarah just lost her job!" B: "Well, her husband's family isn't short of a penny, so I think they'll be just fine."

🗣I once dated a guy who, though he was never short of a penny or two, was the most miserly person I'd ever met. He wouldn't even tip when we went out to eat!
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14 февраля 2024 20:18

📔 (as) sick as a parrot



📋Meaning
Thoroughly displeased, disappointed, or dejected (about something). Primarily heard in UK.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Tim was as sick as a parrot when he learned that he had been passed over for the promotion.

🗣I'm delighted that my children have such wonderful opportunities abroad, but I must say I feel sick as a parrot at the thought of being separated from them for so long.
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13 февраля 2024 20:28

📔 pound sand



📋Meaning
To engage in pointless, menial efforts or labor. Used especially as an imperative to express disdain, contempt, or dismissal.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I can't believe Sam told his teacher to go pound sand. Where does that kid get such attitude?

🗣Charles, why don't you pound sand instead of coming around here hassling me about my business?
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12 февраля 2024 18:26

📔in virtue of (something)

📋Due to something; because of something; by reason of something.

🗣In virtue of your years of hard work and experience in the company, we think you would be well-suited to a managerial role within the company.
🗣I know that you feel the need to intervene in virtue of your role as a father, but you need to allow your children a greater degree of independence.
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11 февраля 2024 19:19

💠honorable mention

✍🏾A recognition or citation of merit given to a contestant, exhibition, entry, etc., in a competition despite that person or thing not being awarded a prize or top honor. Primarily heard in US.

My short story did not win a top place in the writing competition, but being given an honorable mention still gives me great pride.
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26 февраля 2024 06:14

📔 have / get one's ducks in a row




📋Meaning
get well prepared or organized for something that's going to happen




🤔For example ⬇️

🗣  I wish we could join you but we have to get our ducks in a row before our move this weekend.

🗣Too bad you didn't have your ducks in a row before you quit your job.


🗣Why didn't you have your ducks in a row before your retirement?
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25 февраля 2024 08:03

📔 Head in the sand




📋Meaning
to ignore or refuse to think about a problem or something unpleasant.



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🗣   I knew I needed to finish my paper before exams started but I just kept my head in the sand and now I won't have time to finish it before its due.

🗣You've had your head in the sand about this marriage for two years and now I'm too tired to work on it. I want a divorce! 

🗣Here are three overdue bills! I can't believe you're burying your head in the sand again.
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24 февраля 2024 12:07

📔 walking on eggshells (eggs)



📋Meaning
to be extremely careful around someone in order not to upset them



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 Whenever my mother-in-law visits I'm walking on eggshells in my own home.

🗣We've all been walking on eggshells around my father since he lost his job.

🗣Everyone is walking on eggshells at my firm because the owner is visiting our office this week.
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22 февраля 2024 19:39

📔 too (something) by half


📋Meaning
Far too something; more something than is necessary. Used in the form, "too (something) by half." Primarily heard in UK.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Liam is too clever by half, winning every debate he gets into.

🗣That child is too noisy by half!
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21 февраля 2024 21:44

📔 poetry in motion


📋Meaning
Something that is very elegant, graceful, and/or beautiful to observe, especially dance or the performing arts.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣The ballet was sublime to watch, truly poetry in motion.
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20 февраля 2024 20:29

📔 not get a wink of sleep



📋Meaning
To not get any sleep.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Our newborn son is rather colicky, so my wife and I haven't gotten a wink of sleep the last few nights.
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19 февраля 2024 18:40

📔 be tied (up) in knots


📋Meaning
To be confused, anxious, worried, and/or upset (about something).


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I've been tied up in knots trying to come up with a good topic for my term paper, but I just can't think of anything!

🗣James is tied in knots over how to break up with Danielle, but I think he needs to bite the bullet and just do it.
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18 февраля 2024 19:08

📔knick-knack

📋A trinket or bauble, typically one that is small and ornamental

🗣I loved visiting my grandmother when I was a child and examining all the various knick-knacks she'd collected around the house.
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17 февраля 2024 20:38

📔 shed a tear



📋Meaning
To cry or weep, especially from grief; to grieve or mourn in general.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Everyone in the room was shedding tears by the end of the ceremony.

🗣Their relationship had soured so much over the years that John didn't shed a tear when he heard of his brother's death.
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15 февраля 2024 21:04

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15 февраля 2024 10:42

📔 drive someone up the wall




📋Meaning
to really anger, bother, irritate or annoy someone



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🗣 My secretary pops her chewing gum loudly all day long and it absolutely drives me up the wall.

🗣Please don’t play your music so loud, you know that drives your father up the wall.

🗣 I know that rash is driving you up the wall but if you keep scratching it, it will never heal. 
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14 февраля 2024 08:43

📔 Jump through hoops



📋Meaning
to do a series of difficult or unpleasant things in order to get something you want or something you need to do.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣   I had to jump through hoops to get to my flight. First, I took the bus, then the subway, then another bus to the airport, then a shuttle bus to the terminal and a tram to the gate!   

🗣We went through hoops to get a new hotel after our travel agent had booked us into a noisy hotel that was undergoing renovations.
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13 февраля 2024 09:31

📔 go to waste



📋Meaning
•to not be used
•to squander or miss an opportunity


🤔For example ⬇️


🗣  When the Native American Indians killed a buffalo absolutely nothing went to waste.

🗣Our new apartment has a small refrigerator so now we can't buy many groceries and nothing goes to waste.
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12 февраля 2024 08:42

📔 keep a close watch on/over someone/something



📋Meaning
To carefully observe or monitor a situation for problems or changes


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🤔For example ⬇️


🗣 Could you please water my plants and keep a close watch on my house while I am away?

🗣 Keep a close watch over the sauce and to make sure it simmers and doesn't boil.
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11 февраля 2024 07:27

📔 Drink like a fish


📋Meaning
to drink too much alcohol at one time.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 I'm worried about Paul—he's been drinking like a fish again.

🗣 I hate going to fraternity parties—it's not very fun when I'm sober and everyone else is drinking like a fish.
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