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11 June 2024 22:51
📔 Mad as a hatter (UK idiom)
📋Meaning
Completely mad.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 I know some of my students think I'm as mad as a hatter because of my weird methods.
🗣 I'll be mad as a hatter if I have to deal with these screaming toddlers for much longer.
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10 June 2024 20:17
📔 cut corners
📋Meaning
do something perfunctorily so as to save time or money.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 "there is always a temptation to cut corners when time is short"
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09 June 2024 21:08
📔 as high as a kite
📋Meaning
intoxicated with drugs or alcohol.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 I tried to talk to her after the party, but she was as high as a kite.
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08 June 2024 20:26
📔 picturesque
📋Meaning
visually attractive, especially in a quaint or pretty style.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 the picturesque covered bridges of New England
🗣 the picturesque narrow street s of the old city.
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05 June 2024 22:08
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05 June 2024 09:08
📔 burn up the road
📋Meaning
To travel very fast. Often used to describe driving.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Have you seen my new sports car? Man, I can't wait to take it out and burn up the road!
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04 June 2024 12:57
📔 busy little beaver
📋Meaning
A very busy, assiduous, or hardworking person. Taken from the phrase "busy as a beaver," referring to beavers' reputation for being extremely industrious.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Between working two part-time jobs, volunteering on the weekends, and looking after his brother, Sam's been a busy little beaver this summer.
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03 June 2024 09:18
📔 by stealth
📋Meaning
In an undetected way; silently and secretly.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣The cat burglar entered the office by stealth, and the only evidence he was there was the missing document.
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02 June 2024 11:22
📔 cast a sheep's eye
📋Meaning
To give a sideways glance or a suspicious look.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣When I tried to feed the baby something new, she cast a sheep's eye at it and then tried to smack it out of my hand.
🗣Miss Stevens cast a sheep's eye at me when I complimented her outfit, but I really did think that she looked nice!
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01 June 2024 12:56
📔 castle in the air
📋Meaning
A hope or wish, especially for one's life, that is unlikely to come true. A daydream.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣I really want to become a famous Hollywood actor, but I realize that it's just a castle in the air and that I shouldn't quit my day job.
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30 May 2024 23:52
📔 Pour oil on troubled waters
📋Meaning
To try to make people feel better and become friendly again after an argument.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “She hated seeing her two best friends arguing, so she got them together and poured oil on troubled waters.”
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29 May 2024 20:32
📔 Make waves
📋Meaning
To cause trouble, to change things in a dramatic way.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “She likes to make waves with her creative marketing campaigns. They get a lot of attention from customers.”
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28 May 2024 20:37
📔 Go with the flow
📋Meaning
To relax and go along with whatever’s happening.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “Quite often in life, good things happen when you don’t make plans. Just go with the flow and see what happens!”
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11 June 2024 10:17
📔 harrowing experience
📋Meaning
An experience that is frightening, chilling, or disturbing, either due to an implied or actual element of danger, or from being physically or emotionally unpleasant.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣With so much traffic, cycling in this city can be a harrowing experience.
🗣Walking through that graveyard last night was quite the harrowing experience.
🗣The film is very good, but it's a bit of a harrowing experience; it doesn't shy away from intense subject matter.
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10 June 2024 13:06
📔 against the collar
📋Meaning
Difficult, exhausting, or problematic. The phrase originates from the collar on a horse's harness, which tightens on the horse's neck when it travels uphill. Primarily heard in UK.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣I was doing fine in the marathon, but it was a bit against the collar for the last couple miles.
🗣I don't think I have time to meet you today. Work has been a bit against the collar recently.
🗣against the collar recently.Getting this late-breaking story finished in time for tomorrow's newspaper was somewhat against the collar, but it's done now, thankfully.
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09 June 2024 10:12
📔 alarm bell
📋Meaning
A sudden warning or intimation of danger, risk, or ill fortune. (Often pluralized.)
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Alarm bells were going off in my head when I saw the panicked expression on her face.
🗣The new report set alarm bells ringing among the board members because it forecasts a large decrease in enrollment.
🗣A: "Her new boyfriend's anger management issues don't seem to be setting off an alarm bell for her." B: "Yikes, the situation is worse than I thought."
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08 June 2024 10:47
📔 an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
📋Meaning
proverb Compensation or retribution that is (or should be) of an equal amount or degree to the injury or offense that was originally dealt. The saying comes from various passages in the Bible, including in Exodus, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣I cannot be placated by paltry excuses of reparation! An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth—this I demand from all who have wronged me.
🗣Some countries have laws that punish crimes with an eye for an eye, most often that killing someone will result in one's death.
🗣The world would be a safer place if more people in power would discourage the practice of an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
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06 June 2024 20:26
📔 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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06 June 2024 11:27
📔 bump heads with
📋Meaning
To clash with another person on a particular issue.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Monica and I are always bumping heads with each other about how to go about these reports because she wants to start writing, while I think we should research first.
🗣I just know I'm going to have to bump heads with Ted again about this budget—we always want to cut different things.
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05 June 2024 21:49
📔 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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04 June 2024 20:39
📔 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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03 June 2024 20:29
📔 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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02 June 2024 22:08
📔 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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01 June 2024 21:13
📔 Get into deep water
📋Meaning
To be in trouble. Very similar to the idiom in hot water that we discussed above.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “He got into deep water when he borrowed a lot of money from a loan shark.”
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30 May 2024 11:05
📔 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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29 May 2024 09:58
📔 chum up
📋Meaning
To be friendly with someone.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Why is Patrick chumming up to me all of a sudden? He's usually so distant.
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28 May 2024 10:09
📔 close as the bark to the tree
📋Meaning
As connected as is possible. Often used to describe a particularly intimate relationship or friendship.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Jenna and Elise are as close as the bark to the tree—I rarely see one without the other!
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