❇️just in case
☑️Meaning: You can say "just in case" when describing a possible future problem and a precaution that has been, or should be, taken against it.
📌For example:
▪️I'm taking an umbrella, just in case it rains.
▪️You probably won't need to go to a hospital in Europe, but you should get some health insurance anyway, just in case.
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❇️dead in the water
✅Meaning: If something is dead in the water, it has no chance of succeeding or of making any progress.
▶️For example:
⚜️I'm sure that George's new company is dead in the water. Nobody's interested in buying his product.
⚜️The government's new health bill is dead in the water. It's got no chance of getting through the Senate.
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📚a done deal
🇺🇸American English INFORMAL
☑️Meaning: A done deal is an agreement or a decision that is final.
🔰For example:
🔸It's a done deal so we can go ahead and start planning the details.
🔸No-one knew about it, but the contract has been a done deal since the senator spoke to the minister last month.
🔴Variety: This idiom is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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❇️A NEST EGG
☑️Meaning:
Savings set aside for future use.
〽️Example:
Roger worked hard when he was young so that he could retire with a substantial nest egg in his fifties.
Did you know❔
This idiom derived from a method of encouraging a hen to lay eggs by putting eggs in her nest.
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📚07 Handy Colour Idioms.
Life is colourful and in English, we have idioms related to colours that will improve your English fluency and make your speak English confidently.They are fun to learn and easy to use.
1⃣) Born with a silver spoon
✅ Someone who is born into a rich family. Has all the wealth and privilege.
Example 🔹 John can afford to go to the medical college, he was born with a silver spoon.
2⃣) To catch someone red handed
✅To catch someone doing something wrong or illegal or private.
Example 🔹I boyfriend is cheating on, so she is planning to follow him and catch him red handed.
3⃣) White lie
✅ Innocent lie to protect another person’s feelings.
Example 🔹 We told Sharon that her chicken pie was delicious, which was actually a white lie.
4⃣) Tickled pink
✅ To be very pleased or delighted by someone or something.
Example 🔹 I was tickled pink to receive flowers from my husband.
5⃣) Yellow-bellied
✅Someone who is extremely timid or coward
Example🔹Ron is yellow bellied and is never willing to fight for what is right.
6⃣) Talk a blue streak
✅ To talk too much and rapidly
Example🔹 She talked a blue streak all night long.
7⃣) Black sheep of a family
✅ A person who is a disgrace to a family or a group.
Example 🔹Sam is a black sheep of the family. He’s always in trouble with the cops.
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✳️in a nutshell
INFORMAL
☑️Meaning: You can say "in a nutshell" if you're about to describe something as briefly as possible, or you're going to sum something up.
For example:
🔹It's a very complex situation, but the problem is, in a nutshell, a lack of sales.
🔹The president's in trouble and the reason, in a nutshell, is that people no longer trust him.
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📕dig one's own grave
☑️Meaning: If you dig your own grave, you do something unwise that will result in your own failure or downfall in the future.
▶️For example:
🔹Anyone who eats too much and doesn't exercise is digging their own grave.
🔹Jim lost his job, but he dug his own grave by being late all the time.
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💥damned if you do and damned if you don't
☑️Meaning: If you say "damned if you do and damned if you don't" you're saying that no matter what someone does, they'll be criticised for it.
🔰For example:
🔸The school is in one of those "damned if you do and damned if you don't" positions. If they ban junk food in the canteen, the kids will say their rights are being infringed upon, and if they don't ban it, others will say they're damaging the kids' health.
🔹If I keep playing music in the same style, some people say I'm repeating myself, but if I change to a new style, other people say I'm just following fashion. I'm damned if I do and damned if I don't!
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✅IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS IN ENGLISH
💥bitch up
☑️: to ruin or spoil; to frustrate.
broad-speaking
☑️: plain-speaking, outspoken.
💥get burned up
☑️: to become exhausted through physical exertion.
💥butter-for-fat
☑️: like for like; similar to tit-for tat.
💥That's chalk
☑️: that's inevitable; a foregone conclusion; slang for that's great.
💥cheek somebody up
☑️: to be impertinent to somebody.
💥clap somebody up
☑️: to applaud somebody; similar to applaud to the echo.
💥cold in the arm, leg
☑️: an inflammation of the arm or leg.
💥curry-favor someone
☑️: give somebody an unfair advantage because of personal connections; curry somebody's favor.
💥cut-up with someone
☑️: to flirt.
💥cut your grass
☑️: to usurp someone else's prerogative or exclusive right or privilege.
💥decide your mind
☑️: to make a decision.
💥what the diggins
☑️: an exclamation of surprise.
💥dive up
☑️: to dive into the water and bring something up.
💥doggy after someone
☑️: to follow someone about constantly.
💥don 't-care-'f-I
☑️: not caring, especially about social norms.
💥draw hand
☑️: to make a leading or beckoning gesture.
💥eat off someone
☑️: to eat at someone else's expense.
💥fowled of doing something
☑️: engaged in doing something.
💥pick up gap seed
☑️: to gather information for gossip.
💥grind somebody up in your heart
☑️: to bear a grudge against somebody.
💥in quest
☑️: to admit defeat in playing cards or marbles.
💥keep somebody hot
☑️: to be at a person's heels, getting in his/her way.
💥land somebody off
☑️." to drop someone off from a car or boat.
💥lay on your chest/stomach
☑️: to cause indigestion or nightmares (of food eaten late at night).
💥make him know
☑️: to scold or punish.
💥make your break
☑️: to seize an opportunity to do what one has been wanting to do.
💥mix fool with sense
☑️: to attempt to deceive someone by interspersing lies with the truth.
💥one mind tell me
☑️: To have a vague contradictory feeling (that something would happen, etc.).
💥own something to somebody
☑️: to confess something to somebody.
💥pick somebody's mouth
☑️: to get information by engaging in seemingly casual conversation.
💥pick up for somebody
☑️: to take somebody's side of the argument.
💥pitch a stink
☑️: to object vehemently, cause a commotion.
💥poke death with a stick
☑️: to court danger, to tempt fate.
💥rap someone up
☑️: to applaud someone, especially for a generous donation to a church.
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❇️A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK
💢Meaning:
Something or someone that is difficult and nearly impossible to find.
🔰Example:
♦️Trying to find a lost child during the IT fair would be like searching for a needle in a haystack!
Did you know❓
This phrase originated even before Shakespeare’s time. Initially, it was called “a needle in a bottle of hay”, “bottle” being an early expression for “bundle”. It has proliferated throughout centuries as it paints a near perfect picture of a near-impossible task.
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