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17 May 2023 09:15

📔 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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16 May 2023 08:17

📔 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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14 May 2023 18:57

📔 squirrel away



📋Meaning
To hide, save or put things away to use in the future.
To put in a safe or secret place for future use.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 She squirreled away money each month to buy a new car. 

🗣 If you're just squirreling away various English learning materials instead of using them, you'll never improve your English.
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13 May 2023 17:30

📔 bore the pants off




📋Meaning
  to be extremely boring or uninteresting to someone else.




🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 Spending the weekend with my in-laws really bored the pants off me.

🗣 Not only do my grandfather's good-old-days stories bore the pants off me but he also tells the same stories over and over again.
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12 May 2023 05:30

📔 Gain ground



📋Meaning
  To become popular, to make progress, to advance.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “As Airbnb gains ground in many cities all over the world, many locals complain that they can no longer find a place to live. Landlords would rather rent their places out to tourists and earn more money.”
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11 May 2023 05:44

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10 May 2023 17:31

📔 sounding board



📋Meaning
A person or group with whom one discusses an idea, plan, or suggestion in order to evaluate its strengths, acceptability, feasibility, practicality, etc.


🤔For example ⬇️

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09 May 2023 17:30

📔 scream (one's) head off



📋Meaning
To scream or yell very loudly and lengthily.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Suzy screamed her head off when I told her she couldn't have an ice cream cone.

🗣The stadium was packed with fans screaming their heads off for the popular band.

🗣Don't bother listening to the crazies who stand on street corners and scream their heads off at passersby.
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07 May 2023 17:30

📔 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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06 May 2023 17:30

📔 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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05 May 2023 17:30

📔 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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04 May 2023 23:59

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04 May 2023 06:58

📔 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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03 May 2023 06:57

📔 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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02 May 2023 05:30

📔 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.



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🗣 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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16 May 2023 18:24

📔(Go) tell it/that to Sweeney!


📋Meaning
dated A scornful or incredulous response to a story or statement that one does not believe or finds ridiculous.


🤔For example ⬇️

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A: "I bet you I could eat 20 hot dogs in less than half an hour!" B: "Tell that to Sweeney, pal!"A: "I bet you I could eat 20 hot dogs in less than half an hour!" B: "Tell that to Sweeney, pal!"

🗣Yeah, right, like you're related to that famous astronaut. Tell it to Sweeney.
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15 May 2023 17:31

📔 romp home



📋Meaning
To deftly or easily win a race, contest, or competition. Primarily heard in UK.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣With her arch-rival out of commission with a pulled hamstring, the defending champion romped home at the Olympics once again.

🗣Showing their utter superiority on the pitch, the boys in blue look set to romp home to a 6–2 victory.
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14 May 2023 06:59

📔 shank's nag



📋Meaning
One's legs and feet, used for walking; travel by foot. Also "shanks' nag." A reference to the shank— the lower leg between the knee and the ankle—and the use of ponies or horses for travel.


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🗣My bicycle fell apart three miles away from home, so I had to use shank's nag to go the rest of the way.

🗣Unfortunately, with the sedentary lifestyle many lead today, shank's nag has largely become an obsolete mode of travel.
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12 May 2023 17:31

📔 curse a blue streak


📋Meaning
To use profane language with great rapidity and intensity.


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🗣My dad cursed a blue streak after he found out I'd put a dent in his car.
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11 May 2023 17:30

📔 send a shiver down (one's) spine



📋Meaning
To cause an intense feeling of excitement, exhilaration, nervousness, or fear in someone.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣The way that sonata swells always sends a shiver down my spine.

🗣It sent a shiver down my spine when Dorothy gave me such an amorous look.

🗣Can we get out of here? This creepy old house is sending a shiver down my spine!
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11 May 2023 05:30

📔 bear fruit




📋Meaning
to yield a positive result
to produce a desired result



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 You've been going to the library everyday for the past two months so I really hope your studying bears fruit this semester.

🗣  We were pleased to see that our management training program bore fruit when staff retention and productivity both increased by more than 50% over the past year.
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10 May 2023 05:30

📔 take the wind out of someone's sails


📋Meaning
frustrate someone by unexpectedly anticipating an action or remark.

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🗣I was all ready to tell him that the relationship was over when he greeted me with a big bunch of flowers - that took the wind out of my sails.
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08 May 2023 17:30

📔 better late than never


📋Meaning
doing something late is better than not doing it at all. 


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Sorry I was late for the meeting today; I got stuck in traffic.”
Answer: “That's okay; better late than never.”
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07 May 2023 05:30

📔 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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06 May 2023 05:30

📔 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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05 May 2023 05:44

📔 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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04 May 2023 17:30

📔 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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03 May 2023 17:30

📔 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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02 May 2023 17:30

📔 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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01 May 2023 17:30

📔 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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