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16 December 2022 20:05

📔 drive (one's) pigs to market


📋Meaning
To snore.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I can't get any sleep with Will driving his pigs to market every night—I think it's time for him to see a doctor about his snoring.
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15 December 2022 08:10

📔 out of humour


📋Meaning
In an irritable, grouchy, or unhappy mood; not feeling well or in good spirits. Primarily heard in UK.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I think something is bugging John because he's been rather out of humour lately.

🗣After living in Gibraltar for so long, these awful London winters leave me feeling me out of humour.
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14 December 2022 13:11

📔 catch the sun


📋Meaning
To get sunburned.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I caught the sun at the beach last weekend, and now my back hurts so much that I have to sleep on my side!

🗣I made sure to pack you some extra sunscreen so that you don't catch the sun on your trip.
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13 December 2022 12:45

📔 not say boo to a goose


📋Meaning
To be particularly shy, diffident, or timid by nature. Primarily heard in UK.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣My brother is a very sweet, warm-hearted man who can't say boo to a goose. How can you suspect that he committed this crime?

🗣The neighbour's daughter is just the cutest little thing, but she won't say boo to a goose.
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11 December 2022 21:05

📔 not as black as (one) is painted


📋Meaning
Not as evil, malicious, or malignant as one is described or believed to be.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Everyone is afraid of the old hermit who lives on the edge of town, but after having a few conversations with him, he's not nearly as black as he's painted.

🗣The biker gang plays up its tough demeanor and hellish reputation, but they're really just a bunch of regular guys and not as black as they're painted.
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10 December 2022 22:13

📔 work the room


📋Meaning
To interact with many people at an event or function. Often, but not always, applied to business situations.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣At networking events, Ben totally works the room, with the goal of meeting as many people as he possibly can.

🗣At parties, my dad always works the room and chats with everyone, but I'm too shy for that.
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09 December 2022 12:32

📔 (the) man/woman of the hour


📋Meaning
A person currently being celebrated, honored, or admired by others, especially for a recent victory, accomplishment, or other cause for celebration.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 Janet was woman of the hour at the office after securing the biggest customer their business had ever had.

🗣 Ruth: "Hey, what's going on here?" Dave: "It's a surprise birthday party for you, Ruth! You're the woman of the hour!"

🗣 After writing that bombshell exposé about corruption in Washington, Jake was the man of the hour.
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08 December 2022 08:05

📔 teensy-weensy



📋Meaning
Particularly small or tiny.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I'm not hungry myself, but I'd love to try just a teensy-weensy bite of your meal, if you don't mind.

🗣Be sure to appreciate the time when your children are teensy-weensy, because they grow up very fast!
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07 December 2022 11:56

📔 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 December 2022 22:13

📔on the hush-hush


📋Meaning
In a state of secrecy or minimal public knowledge; being known only by a select few people.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I need to tell you some important news, but you have to keep it on the hush-hush, OK?

🗣Apparently it's on the hush-hush, but I just found out John and Tracey are getting married soon!
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04 December 2022 21:21

📔 weep (one's) heart out


📋Meaning
To weep copiously; to cry intensely and for a long time.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Lauren wept her heart out at the news of her father's sudden death.

🗣What did you say to upset your brother? He's been weeping his heart out upstairs for the last half hour!
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03 December 2022 22:38

📔 talk a mile a minute



📋Meaning
To speak in a very quick or hurried manner; to talk very fast.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣When the boss gets excited, she starts talking a mile a minute, and I can never follow everything she's trying to say!
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02 December 2022 20:38

📔 run a temperature



📋Meaning
To have an abnormally high body temperature (a fever), which is indicative of or caused by illness.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Dan: "How's Pete feeling?" Marshall: "Well, he ran a temperature last night, but he seemed a lot better this morning after some rest."

🗣I think I've started running a temperature. Maybe I should go lie down.
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01 December 2022 22:12

📔 shaken up



📋Meaning
Greatly startled, shocked, or upset.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I was very shaken up after the car accident. I couldn't even speak properly to the police for about an hour.

🗣I remained shaken up for most of the day after hearing about my grandfather's death.
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30 November 2022 19:48

📔 be tipping (it) down


📋Meaning
To be raining very heavily. Primarily heard in UK.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣We have a football match scheduled for tomorrow, but if it keeps tipping down like it is today, I'm sure that it will be cancelled.

🗣Looks like it's tipping it down outside again. I guess I won't be cycling to work this morning.
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15 December 2022 21:09

📔A dead-end job

📋Meaning
a job that has no prospect and will mean that one does the same kind of ( low_grade) work for ever

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣She was worried she was stuck in a dead-end job.

🗣"Unless we boost opportunities and pay we risk losing a generation of young workers to dead-end jobs."
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14 December 2022 22:06

📔 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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13 December 2022 20:33

📔 Up to one's eyeballs




📋Meaning
  to have a very large amount of something to do or be very busy with something

to emphasize the extreme degree of some undesirable or unwanted thing



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 We've been using our credit cards so much we're now up to our eyes in debt.

🗣 If you don't wash your clothes again this weekend you'll be up to your eyeballs in laundry.
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12 December 2022 21:17

📔 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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11 December 2022 12:07

📔 Cut to the chase



📋Meaning
  If you’re speaking to a group of people, like your employees, and say I’m going to cut to the chase, it means that there are a few things that need to be said but there’s very little time, so you’ll skip to the important parts so everyone understands.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “Hi guys, as we don’t have much time here, so I’m going to cut to the chase. We’ve been having some major problems in the office lately.”

🗣 "cut to the chase—what is it you want us to do?"
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09 December 2022 20:31

📔 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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08 December 2022 20:52

📔 a race against time




📋Meaning
  A situation where someone has to finish something quickly, in a short or limited amount of time.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 Last night we were racing against time to put the packets together before the conference started today.

🗣  It's a real race against the clock to prevent the spread of the Zika virus.
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07 December 2022 19:57

📔 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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06 December 2022 09:59

📔 Keep your chin up



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



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “Hey, Keiren, have you had any luck finding work yet?”

“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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05 December 2022 12:21

📔 Castle in the sky



📋Meaning
  A daydream, a hope, especially for one’s life, that’s unlikely to come true.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “World traveling used to be a castle in the sky for most people a few decades ago, but with cheap flight tickets and the global use of English, many youngsters are living that dream.”
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04 December 2022 04:56

📔be at a crossroads

📋Meaning
to be at a stage in your life when you have to make a very important decision

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣After earning my degree, I'm at a crossroads. I need to figure out which direction my life should take.

🗣As a company, we're at a crossroads. We can continue business as usual, or we can take a risk and try to grow.
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03 December 2022 11:26

📔 walk someone through something




📋Meaning
  to explain how to do something in detail

to guide someone carefully or step-by-step about how to do something



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 I wish you would've walked Samantha through the budget process. Now we need to go back and fix some of the coding.

🗣 I've walked Karen through QuickBooks at least seven times in the past two weeks and she's not grasping anything.
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02 December 2022 15:08

📔 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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01 December 2022 07:51

📔 At a snail's pace



📋Meaning
Very slowly.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 I'm never coming to this restaurant again. They serve the food at a snail's pace.      

🗣I recommend you bring a book when you go to the post office. It's the holidays and they always work at a snail's pace this time of year.     

🗣  Traffic was moving at a snail's pace so I arrived 45 minutes late for work.
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29 November 2022 20:59

📔 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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