📔 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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📔 pitch a fit
📋Meaning
To become very or unreasonably angry or upset; to have an outburst of rage, frustration, or ill temper.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣My mom's going to pitch a fit when she sees what happened to the car!
🗣I was so embarrassed when Danny started pitching a fit in the grocery store.
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📔 salt in the/(one's) wound(s)
📋Meaning
An aggravation that makes something unpleasant, difficult, or painful even worse.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣I can't believe Sally broke up with John the day after his team lost the championship match. Talk about salt in the wounds!
🗣My pride was already hurting when I didn't get the job, but it was like salt in my wound to hear that they gave it to Dave instead.
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📔 A rising tide lifts all boats
📋Meaning
When an economy is performing well, all of the people involved will benefit from it.
🤔For example ⬇️
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📔 the world is your oyster
📋Meaning
used to say that you can do anything or go anywhere you want in life.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 That's awesome you're learning English. With English, the world is your oyster!
🗣 You're young and beautiful. Don't be sad, the world is your oyster.
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📔 On thin ice
📋Meaning
1 ) in a dangerous position where you could fall or have an unfavorable result;
2) in a risky or uncertain situation.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 If you keep charging things you can't afford on your credit cards you'll be treading on thin ice in a very short period of time.
🗣 I'm on thin ice with my teacher because I haven't turned in my homework three times this week.
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📔 Find your feet
📋Meaning
means that you’re still adjusting and getting used to the new environment.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “Lee, how’s your son doing in America?”
“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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📔 pull someone's leg
📋Meaning
deceive someone playfully; tease someone.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣"getting married—are you pulling my leg?"
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📔be not worth a brass farthing
📋Meaning
To be completely worthless or useless; to have little or no value. Refers to farthings (obsolete British units of currency, worth one-quarter of a penny), formerly made from a copper alloy (brass). Primarily heard in UK.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣I was so excited when my grandfather said he'd give me his car, but this old clunker isn't worth a brass farthing.
🗣Over the years working here, I've come to realize that the boss's word isn't worth a brass farthing.
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📔 be the pits
📋Meaning
To be particularly bad, unfortunate, or awful, especially of a situation or outcome.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Well, this is the pits. I absolutely cannot believe such a huge thunderstorm came through just as we were getting our picnic set up.
🗣I was so excited about this job when I first started. I wish I would have known it'd be the pits.
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📔 turn a blind eye
📋Meaning
pretend not to notice.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣"please, don't turn a blind eye to what is happening"
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📔 beat the rush
📋Meaning
to get there first
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣I always do my shopping early to beat the rush.
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📔 raise Cain
📋Meaning
Behave in a rowdy or disruptive way
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣He'll raise Cain when he finds out I lost his watch.
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📔 break a leg!
📋Meaning
good luck!
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣"Remember, the show must go on! Good luck and break a leg!"
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📔 bad hair day
📋Meaning
a bad day in general; a day when many things seem to go wrong
a day when you can't style your hair well and this makes you feel unattractive
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 Yesterday, my mom was having a bad hair day so I decided to show her my report card this evening.
🗣 Avoid the boss if you can. He's having yet another bad hair day and is taking his frustrations out on everyone.
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📔 Drink like a fish
📋Meaning
to drink too much alcohol at one time.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 I'm worried about Paul—he's been drinking like a fish again.
🗣 I hate going to fraternity parties—it's not very fun when I'm sober and everyone else is drinking like a fish.
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📔 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.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣 “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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📔 a sore loser
📋Meaning
Someone who complains, becomes upset, or otherwise reacts very negatively when they fail or lose at something competitive.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Don't be such a sore loser, Jim. I know you pride yourself on your racquetball skills, but I beat you fair and square.You know how much of a sore loser he is, so why would you keep reminding him that he lost the match? Of course he's going to go off and pout.
🗣We didn't want to be sore losers, so we went and congratulated the other team after they won.
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📔 bounce off the walls
📋Meaning
To be very active and energetic to the point of hyperactivity.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣How much sugar did you give the kids? They're bouncing off the walls!
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📔 tell (someone's) fortune
📋Meaning
To (profess to) anticipate and inform someone about certain outcomes or events in their near or distant future.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣This old lady in the apartment next to mine offered to tell my fortune for ten bucks. I never go in for stuff like that, but I'll admit that I'm a bit curious.
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📔 bone-idle
📋Meaning
Extremely lazy.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Can you please get Billy to go to the playground or something? He's just laying around all day, being bone-idle.
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📔 shed a tear
📋Meaning
To cry or weep, especially from grief; to grieve or mourn in general.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Everyone in the room was shedding tears by the end of the ceremony.
🗣Their relationship had soured so much over the years that John didn't shed a tear when he heard of his brother's death.
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📔 take a piece out of (one)
📋Meaning
To harshly reprimand one.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣My parents are going to take a piece out of me when they find out I crashed the car.
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📔 leave a bad taste in mouth
📋Meaning
To give one a negative impression (based on something that has already happened).
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣I don't know, man, the fact that he lied to you just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
🗣The way they conducted the interview left a bad taste in my mouth. I don't think I'd accept the job even if they offered it.
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📔 one-up (someone)
📋Meaning
To make a point of outdoing, outperforming, outclassing, etc., someone.
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📔 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."
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🗣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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📔 the toast of (the town)
📋Meaning
Someone who is especially well-liked, regarded, or admired in a certain place.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣The young entrepreneur's new tech innovation has made him the toast of the town in Silicon Valley.
🗣I hope you enjoy being the toast of London now, because such fame is always fleeting.
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📔 talk to the hand
📋Meaning
A rude interjection meant to interrupt and dismiss what another person is saying. (Sometimes written or spoken in longer forms, such as, "talk to the hand, because the face isn't listening," or the like.)
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Dad: "Sarah, would you mind cleaning up the—" Sarah: "Talk to the hand, Dad! I've got too much going on to be dealing with chores around the house!"
🗣All of us were aghast when Jonathan turned to the police officer and said, "Talk to the hand, 'cause the face ain't interested!"
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