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08 May 2024 22:50
📔 Between a rock and a hard place
📋Meaning
In difficulty, faced with a choice between two unsatisfactory options.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “I can understand why she couldn’t make up her mind about what to do. She’s really between a rock and a hard place.”
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07 May 2024 22:58
📔 Nip something in the bud
📋Meaning
To stop a bad situation from becoming worse by taking action at an early stage of its development.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “When the kid shows the first signs of misbehaving, you should nip that bad behavior in the bud.”
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06 May 2024 21:16
📔 Barking up the wrong tree
📋Meaning
Doing something that won’t give you the results you want.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “If you think she’s going to lend you money, you’re barking up the wrong tree. She never lends anyone anything.”
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05 May 2024 21:31
📔 Out of the woods
📋Meaning
The situation is still difficult but it’s improved or gotten easier. The hardest part of something is over.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “The surgery went very well and he just needs to recover now, so he’s officially out of the woods.”
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04 May 2024 13:58
📔 a heart of gold
📋Meaning
a kind and generous disposition
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 A woman with a heart of gold gives us lodging for the night.
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02 May 2024 12:36
📔 riffraff
📋Meaning
Undesirable, disreputable, or vulgar people, often used in a condescending manner.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣I wouldn't be seen in a place like that, there's a lot of riffraff that hang out around there.
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01 May 2024 13:07
📔 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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30 April 2024 11:28
📔 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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29 April 2024 14:07
📔 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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28 April 2024 10:31
📔 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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27 April 2024 09:56
📔 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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25 April 2024 21:26
📔 the big picture
📋Meaning
the situation as a whole.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 "he's so involved in the minutiae that he often overlooks the big picture"
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24 April 2024 22:56
📔 living on the edge
📋Meaning
To have an adventurous or perilous lifestyle; to behave in a manner which creates risks for oneself.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 Despite the apparent respectability, he was a man who liked to live on the edge.
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23 April 2024 21:41
📔 a cut above the rest
📋Meaning
Better in quality than most others.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣This new restaurant is a cut above the rest.
🗣Trust me, Johannes is a cut above the rest. If you want the best legal advice money can buy, he's your man.
🗣An entrant's essay must be a cut above the rest for it to win our top prize.
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09 May 2024 10:27
📔 (someone) is endgame
📋Meaning
slang In fandom, the idea that a particular romantic couple (or potential romantic couple) is meant to be together (and, in the context of a fictional work, that one thinks should be in a relationship when the work ends). The term is usually used by fans who are very invested in the pairing. Often, a portmanteau of the characters' names precedes the verb, which is singular (despite alluding to multiple people).
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Although Jackson and April on Grey's Anatomy had a rocky relationship over the years, Japril is still endgame for many fans.
🗣Klaine was always endgame to me, so I'm not surprised they ended up together on Glee.
🗣Really, Daenerys and Jon Snow were endgame for you? I guess I just didn't see it.
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08 May 2024 09:19
📔 cat's pajamas
📋Meaning
Something or someone highly enjoyable, desirable, or impressive, especially in a fancy or elaborate way. Primarily heard in US.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Tom's new Cadillac is really the cat's pajamas!
🗣Boy, that singer last night was the cat's pajamas, wasn't she?
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07 May 2024 12:53
📔 a feast for the eyes
📋Meaning
An especially attractive, pleasing, or remarkable sight or visual experience.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣His newest film has such lush cinematography that it is truly a feast for the eyes.
🗣He emerged from the tailor in a brand new designer suit, and I thought he was a feast for the eyes.
🗣The botanical gardens in spring are a real feast for the eyes, so I think you'll have a great time.
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06 May 2024 08:06
📔 fox guarding the henhouse
📋Meaning
A person likely to exploit the information or resources that they have been charged to protect or control.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣My sister is going to put her ex-convict brother-in-law in charge of her business, and I'm worried he'll be like a fox guarding the henhouse.
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05 May 2024 09:29
📔 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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01 May 2024 21:43
📔 go through the roof
📋Meaning
to become very angry or upset
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 When they realized he'd lied to them, his parents went through the roof.
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30 April 2024 20:52
📔 sitting duck
📋Meaning
a person or thing with no protection against an attack or other source of danger.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 Nancy knew she'd be a sitting duck when she raised the trap door.
🗣The senator was a sitting duck because of his unpopular position on school reform.
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29 April 2024 21:34
📔 Storm in a teacup (UK idiom)
📋Meaning
A small event that has been exaggerated out of proportion.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 The whole controversy turned out to be a storm in a teacup.
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28 April 2024 23:19
📔 Sitting on the fence
📋Meaning
a person's lack of decisiveness, neutrality or hesitance to choose between two sides in an argument or a competition, or inability to decide due to lack of courage.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “The councilman is afraid he'll lose votes if he takes sides on the zoning issue, but he can't sit on the fence forever.”
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27 April 2024 22:11
📔 raise the roof
📋Meaning
make or cause someone else to make a great deal of noise, especially through cheering.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 "when I finally scored the fans raised the roof"
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25 April 2024 08:44
📔 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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24 April 2024 10:02
📔 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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23 April 2024 10:33
📔 the elephant in the room
📋Meaning
a major problem or controversial issue which is obviously present but is avoided as a subject for discussion.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 "they've steadfastly ignored the elephant in the room: the ever-growing debt burden on graduates"
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