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08 April 2024 21:55

📔 fresh legs


📋Meaning
In sports, one or more substitute players who have not yet participated in a given game or match, thus having more energy than the players they are replacing.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Their offense is completely wearing out our defense—it's time to get some fresh legs on the field!
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07 April 2024 22:33

📔 15 minutes of fame


📋Meaning
A brief period of celebrity or notoriety. The term was coined by artist Andy Warhol.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Jane had her 15 minutes of fame when she appeared on the nightly news broadcast.

🗣That viral video gave Sam his 15 minutes of fame.

🗣I've seen what celebrity does to people, so I'm really not interested in getting 15 minutes of fame.
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06 April 2024 21:11

📔 backslider


📋Meaning
One who reverts or relapses into bad habits, unethical or immoral behavior, or criminal activity.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣We've tried to help her quit smoking, but she's a bit of a backslider.

🗣Jimmy's too much of a backslider to stay true to the practices of the church.
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05 April 2024 17:44

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04 April 2024 08:50

📔 banker's hours


📋Meaning
A limited work schedule (as banks were once known for having short work days and being closed on holidays and weekends).

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣You won't be able to reach her on a Saturday—she keeps banker's hours.
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02 April 2024 22:55

📔 case of the dropsy


📋Meaning
A fictitious "condition" characterized by continually dropping things from one's hands. It is a play on the term "dropsy," which was formerly used to denote the condition now known as edema (or oedema).

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I've broken four or five plates since I started work. I guess I've got a bad case of the dropsy today.
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01 April 2024 19:01

📔 crushing blow


📋Meaning
A major defeat or setback that is devastating to the goals of a person, group, or organization.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣The team's loss last Sunday was a crushing blow to their chances for a championship.

🗣Failing that test was a crushing blow to my hopes for an honors degree.
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31 March 2024 07:03

📔 cushy job


📋Meaning
A job that is easy, stress-free, and/or very well paid.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Since I got this cushy job managing a toy store, I've gotten to sit around playing with toys all day.

🗣Since Sarah got that cushy job with the bank, she has been driving a sports car and is buying a second home!
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29 March 2024 19:56

📔 Rain or shine



📋Meaning
  Used to indicate that something will happen no matter what. This is one of the rare idioms that’s also often used literally, for outdoor events that’ll take place whether it rains or not.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “I’ll see you at the airport, rain or shine.”
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28 March 2024 22:30

📔 Under the sun



📋Meaning
  Refers to everything on Earth, usually used as part of a superlative.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “Gili Trawangan must be one of the most beautiful islands under the sun.”
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27 March 2024 21:35

📔 Once in a blue moon



📋Meaning
  Very rarely.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “He used to call his grandma once in a blue moon. Now that she has passed away, he regrets not making more of an effort to keep in touch.”
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26 March 2024 20:49

📔 Every cloud has a silver lining




📋Meaning
  There’s a good aspect to every bad situation.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “Don’t worry about losing your job. It’ll be okay. Every cloud has a silver lining!“
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25 March 2024 21:41

📔 A rising tide lifts all boats



📋Meaning
  When an economy is performing well, all of the people involved will benefit from it.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “When the economy showed the first signs of recovering, everyone started investing and spending more. A rising tide lifts all boats.“
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24 March 2024 17:45

📔bluff (one's) way

📋Meaning
To achieve or accomplish something through deceit or by making a false display. (Usually followed by "into," "out of," or "through.")

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣We tried to bluff our way into the party, but we were immediately recognized as freshmen and told to leave.

🗣My brother is a good liar, but even he couldn't bluff his way out of that speeding ticket.

🗣I managed to bluff my way through the presentation with a lot of vague ideas and corporate buzz words.
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23 March 2024 09:27

📔the tip of the iceberg

📋Meaning
Only a small, often unrepresentative portion of something much larger or more complex that cannot yet be seen or understood.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣If congress doesn't vote to extend the debt limit, a government shutdown will only be the tip of the iceberg.

🗣The flooding is bad, but we're dealing with just the tip of the iceberg—a huge spate of environmental disasters are on the horizon because of climate change.
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08 April 2024 13:13

📔 Have a sweet tooth



📋Meaning
  Do you like eating cakes, candy and other sweet-tasting food? If you do, then you can say you have a sweet tooth.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “Yes, I definitely have a sweet tooth. I can never walk past a bakery and not stop to buy myself a slice of chocolate cake.”
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07 April 2024 13:06

📔 A storm is brewing




📋Meaning
  There will be trouble or emotional upset in the near future.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “She decided to go ahead with their wedding, even though all they’ve been doing lately is arguing. I can sense a storm is brewing.”
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06 April 2024 13:37

📔 Calm before the storm



📋Meaning
  An unusually quiet period before a period of upheaval (problems, chaos).



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “The strange quietness in town made her feel peaceful. Little did she know, it was just the calm before the storm.”
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04 April 2024 20:43

📔 bad omen


📋Meaning
A sign, either real or imagined, of ill fortune or catastrophe in the future.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣It was a bad omen when my girlfriend broke up with me the day before my final exams.

🗣All of the recent natural disasters are a bad omen for the future of the planet.
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03 April 2024 11:10

📔 Weather a storm



📋Meaning
  To survive a dangerous event or effectively deal with a difficult situation.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “Last year, they had some financial difficulties when her husband was fired. Together, they weathered the storm and figured out how to keep going.”
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02 April 2024 13:15

📔 When it rains, it pours



📋Meaning
  Bad things occur in large numbers, but many big things happen all at once.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “First he was laid off, then his wife got into a car accident. When it rains, it pours.“
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31 March 2024 21:13

📔 Chasing rainbows



📋Meaning
  Following dreams, trying to do something that can’t be achieved.



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🗣 “His paintings have neither style nor imagination, but he insists on being a professional painter. He’s always chasing rainbows.”
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30 March 2024 14:55

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29 March 2024 12:46

📔 a cut above the rest


📋Meaning
Better in quality than most others.

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📔 a cut above the rest


📋Meaning
Better in quality than most others.

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27 March 2024 14:44

📔 a cut below


📋Meaning
Of lower quality than or inferior to someone or something else, especially that of the expected norm.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣This waiter is really a cut below what I would expect from this restaurant.

🗣Your essay was a cut below, honestly. That's why it didn't win the contest.

🗣I haven't been that impressed with any of the candidates for the sales position—they've just been a cut below.
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26 March 2024 12:18

📔 freak of nature


📋Meaning
Something or someone that is unusual, rare, or abnormal in some way; beyond or outside the natural world.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣The goat they have at the circus sideshow is a real freak of nature, it was born with two heads!

🗣He can lift over 500 pounds in the gym, he's like some freak of nature.
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25 March 2024 09:58

📔 a free bit of advice


📋Meaning
A suggestion, opinion, or piece of advice that was unrequested or unsolicited by the recipient.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Allow me to give you a free bit of advice, my friend: don't say something you'll end up regretting later.

🗣I know you're worried about your kids, but here's a free bit of advice—you can't protect them from every little thing.

🗣Hey, here's a free bit of advice for you during your internship—always be kind and polite. People remember if you treat them well.
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24 March 2024 10:35

📔 funny feeling


📋Meaning
An intuition or premonition about something; a sense of foreknowledge about a situation, condition, or set of circumstances.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I have a funny feeling that this meeting isn't going to end in our favor.

🗣 I have this funny feeling that I've met this person before.

🗣I'm worried about our relationship. I got this funny feeling when I was talking to her last night.
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21 March 2024 22:16

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