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14 November 2023 18:46

📔 a spring in (one's) step



📋Meaning
A happy, confident, and enthusiastic mood or manner, as indicated by the carefree way one walks.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Joe's been walking with a spring in his step ever since he found out he was getting a promotion.

🗣I bet you'll have a spring in your step after I tell you this bit of good news!

🗣You two got engaged? Well, no wonder you have a spring in your step—congratulations!
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13 November 2023 16:02

📔money pit


📋Meaning
A business, possession, or other financial commitment that requires or consumes an increasingly large amount of money, especially more than was first anticipated.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I bought this restaurant because of its prime downtown location, but with all the repairs and the huge amount of staff needed to run it, it's proven to be quite a money pit.


🗣The problem with buying used cars is that, even if they started off being cheap, they often turn into money pits as they start breaking down.
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12 November 2023 18:20

💠he-man

✍🏾A particularly strong, tough, and/or virile male, especially one who likes to flaunt his strength.

Janet's always dated these bulked up he-men, so there's no way she'd be interested in a scrawny guy like me.
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11 November 2023 18:48

📔on the fiddle


📋Meaning
Engaged in deceitful, fraudulent, or dishonest means of obtaining money.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣My career will be over if anyone ever finds out I was on the fiddle during my time as the company treasurer.

🗣There are always politicians on the fiddle, looking for ways to use their positions of power to earn a bit more money.
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09 November 2023 17:45

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09 November 2023 07:27

📔 Pay an arm and a leg for something



📋Meaning
  To pay a lot of money for something. You can also say that something “costs an arm and a leg.”



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “The price of chocolate has doubled. I nearly paid an arm and a leg for a small candy bar.”

“Chocolate costs an arm and a leg now.”
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08 November 2023 09:28

📔 To have sticky fingers



📋Meaning
  To be a thief.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “The manager fired the cashier because he had sticky fingers. He stole more than $200 in a month.”
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07 November 2023 10:12

📔 To pony up





📋Meaning
  To pay for something or settle a debt.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “Pony up and give me the $5 you owe me.”

“I told my roommate Jane to pony up her portion of the rent money.”
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06 November 2023 08:05

📔 Break the bank



📋Meaning
  To be very expensive.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “Taking a week-long vacation would break the bank. There’s no way I could afford to do it.”
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05 November 2023 09:34

📔 To be closefisted



📋Meaning
  Someone who doesn’t want to spend money. Similar to being stingy.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “Carl is so closefisted, he won’t even buy snacks for the Christmas party.”
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04 November 2023 08:43

📔 Midas touch



📋Meaning
  To be able to make money easily. This idiom comes from the story of King Midas , who turned everything he touched into gold.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “Jane really has the Midas touch. Every business she starts becomes very successful.”
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02 November 2023 19:12

📔receive (one's) just deserts

📋To receive that which one deserves, especially a punishment or unfavorable outcome. (Note: The phrase is often misspelled as "just desserts," due to the pronunciation of "deserts" and "desserts" being the same in this context.)

🗣The CEO cheated his clients out of nearly $4 million, but he received his just deserts when he was stripped of everything he owned and sent to prison.
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01 November 2023 19:33

📔 brace of shakes


📋Meaning
Instantly, quickly, or in an extremely short amount of time, as of a task or event. "Brace," taken from the old French for the arms' breadth from hand to hand, means twice; the phrase as a whole refers either to an old nautical term, meaning the time it takes the sail to shake twice as it takes up the wind, or else the short time it takes to shake a dice-box twice. Often used in the phrase "in a brace of shakes."

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I'll have that ready for you in a brace of shakes.

🗣We'll be there in a brace of shakes.
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31 October 2023 19:12

📔 catch (on) fire


📋Meaning
To begin to burn, usually after being touched by an existing fire.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Hey, keep an eye on that pan, I don't want our dinner to catch on fire.

🗣I blew out all the candles so, don't worry, the house won't catch fire!

🗣I was sitting too close to the fireplace and my sleeve caught on fire!
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30 October 2023 18:32

📔 a peg too low


📋Meaning
Dejected; in low spirits. It originally referred to pegs that were inserted into draughts to measure how much alcohol had been consumed. If the peg was low, there wasn't much alcohol left to drink.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I'm a peg too low right now, so I appreciate you coming by to cheer me up.

🗣A: "Nick seems to be a peg too low today. Is he OK?" B: "Yeah, he just found out he got rejected from his first-choice school.

🗣"Thank goodness we're going to the beach next week—I've been feeling a peg too low for a while.
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14 November 2023 07:58

📔 Get over something



📋Meaning
  Imagine having a really difficult time, like breaking up with your girlfriend or boyfriend—it’s hard. But eventually once time passes and you no longer think about your ex, it means that you’ve gotten over him/her, you no longer worry about it and it no longer affects you in a negative way. It’s also possible to get over an illness, which would mean that you’ve fully recovered.



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🗣 “How’s Paula? Has she gotten over the death of her dog yet?”

“I think so. She’s already talking about getting a new one.”
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13 November 2023 05:43

📔 Look like a million dollars/bucks



📋Meaning
 If someone tells you that you look like a million bucks, you should take it as a huge compliment because it means you look absolutely fabulous and really attractive.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “Wow, Mary, you look like a million dollars/bucks this evening. I love your dress!”
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12 November 2023 07:26

📔 Born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth



📋Meaning
  Someone who comes from a wealthy and successful family.



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🗣 “John was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. His parents bought him everything he wanted and sent him to the best private schools.”
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11 November 2023 07:51

📔 To go from rags to riches




📋Meaning
  To go from being poor to having a lot of money.



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🗣 “Actor Jim Carrey went from rags to riches. At one time, he was living in a van, but he continued to work hard and eventually became one of the highest-paid comedians in the world.”
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09 November 2023 17:39

📔if (one's) life depended on it

📋Under any circumstances; no matter what. (Used almost exclusively with a negative statement regarding something that one couldn't or wouldn't do.)

🗣No thanks, I wouldn't see that film if my life depended on it.
🗣No way am I going to karaoke night. I couldn't sing if my life depended on it!
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08 November 2023 19:10

📔 pester (someone) for (something)


📋Meaning
To continually annoy someone with requests for something.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I wish you would stop pestering me for a new bicycle; your birthday will be here soon enough!
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07 November 2023 19:07

📔 Peter Pan syndrome



📋Meaning
A psychological state or condition in which a grown person cannot or refuses to act like an adult; a stubborn and persistent immaturity found in an adult person.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I seem cursed to only find men who have some damned Peter Pan syndrome. I'm tired of going out with guys who act like children!
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06 November 2023 17:25

📔 give (someone) the stink eye



📋Meaning
To make a facial expression of unreserved disgust, contempt, disapproval, distrust, or general ill will toward someone.


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🗣Some guy across the bar has been giving me the stink eye since we came in. It must be something to do with my outfit.

🗣I must have done something wrong on Friday because the boss gave me the stink eye as soon as I came into work on Monday.
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05 November 2023 18:56

📔 give (someone) the stink eye



📋Meaning
To make a facial expression of unreserved disgust, contempt, disapproval, distrust, or general ill will toward someone.


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04 November 2023 17:13

📔not a moment too soon

📋Meaning
At the last possible moment before it is too late; just in the nick of time.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣A: "The surgeon has just arrived." B: "And not a moment too soon! This patient needs an operation immediately!"
🗣The police arrived not a moment too soon, and the would-be burglar was apprehended before anything could be stolen.
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02 November 2023 19:15

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02 November 2023 07:28

📔 To be loaded



📋Meaning
  To have a lot of money.


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01 November 2023 09:59

📔 Rule of thumb



📋Meaning
  if you hear someone say as a rule of thumb, they mean that it’s a general unwritten rule for whatever they’re talking about.
These rules of thumb are not based on science or research, and are instead just general principles. For example, there’s no written scientific rule that you must add oil to boiling water when cooking pasta, but it’s a rule of thumb and is practiced by most people so the pasta won’t stick to the bottom of the pan.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “As a rule of thumb you should always pay for your date’s dinner.”

“Why? There’s no rule stating that!”

“Yes, but it’s what all gentlemen do.”
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31 October 2023 08:37

📔 Keep your chin up



📋Meaning
  “Stay strong, you’ll get through this. Don’t let these things affect you too badly.”



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“No, nothing, it’s really depressing, there’s nothing out there!”

“Don’t worry, you’ll find something soon, keep your chin up buddy and don’t stress.”
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30 October 2023 11:16

📔 Find your feet



📋Meaning
  means that you’re still adjusting and getting used to the new environment.


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“He’s doing okay. He’s learned where the college is but is still finding his feet with everything else. I guess it’ll take time for him to get used to it all.”
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