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📔 in the thick of things


📋Meaning
Very busy; in the middle of or preoccupied with something or several things.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Sorry I couldn't make it to your birthday lunch on Wednesday—I'm afraid I'm really in the thick of things at the moment.

🗣Even when you find yourself in the thick of things, try to take a moment each day and take a deep, calming breath.
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📔 shotgun house



📋Meaning
slang A one-story house in which each room is in a straight alignment with the others, connected by a continuous hallway running from the front to the back of the residence. Chiefly used in the Southern United States.


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📔 that ship has sailed


📋Meaning
used in reference to an opportunity that has passed or a situation that can no longer be changed.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣"we're good friends but I don't think we'll ever be anything more to each other—that ship has sailed"
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📔 Go back to the drawing board


📋Meaning
  Start over


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣The current system just isn’t working – we need to go back to the drawing board and start afresh.
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📔 Wrap your head around something


📋Meaning
Understand something complicated

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Kate is willing to pay full price for an expensive handbag, but I just can't wrap my head around that.
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📔 Cut to the chase


📋Meaning
When somebody tells you to cut to the chase, it means that you’ve been talking too long and you need to get to the point. Be careful how you use this idiom; it could be rude or disrespectful if used with someone like a boss or teacher.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Hi, guys. We don’t have much time here, so I’m going to cut to the chase.
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📔 bent out of shape


📋Meaning
angry or agitated.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣"it was just a mistake, nothing to get bent out of shape about"
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📔 down-to-earth


📋Meaning
with no illusions or pretensions; practical and realistic.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣"a down-to-earth view of marriage"
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📔 A man of his words


📋Meaning
A man who keeps promises, who can be trusted

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣If you were a man of your word, you would be on time.
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📔 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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📔 go out with the girls


📋Meaning
To go and socialize somewhere with a group of exclusively female friends.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I love my boyfriend and all, but sometimes, I just need to go out with the girls!
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📔 backpedal


📋Meaning
To quickly and often abruptly reverse or retreat from one's position or opinion on a given subject. Refers to pedaling backwards on a bicycle (done to apply the brakes on fixed-gear bikes), or to taking quick, backward steps, as in football or boxing.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣The actor had to backpedal when he let slip a racist remark during the press conference.
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📔 not utter a word


📋Meaning
To be completely silent; to remain discreet (about something); to not tell anyone (about something).


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣All the while our father was shouting at us, my sister and I didn't utter a word.

🗣Tom, don't you dare utter a word about this! I would die of embarrassment if anyone were to find out.
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📔 sleep like a baby



📋Meaning
To experience a very deep and restful sleep; to sleep soundly.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I can't believe you finished a triathlon! You're going to sleep like a baby tonight.

🗣I have to set numerous alarms for the morning because I sleep like a baby every night!
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📔 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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📔 ignorance is bliss


📋Meaning
if you do not know about something, you do not worry about it.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣What's the point in knowing about all these problems if we can't do anything about them? Sometimes ignorance is bliss, you know.
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📔 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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📔 take ill



📋Meaning
To be or become sick or unwell.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I heard your sister has taken ill recently. I hope that it isn't anything too serious?
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📔 break into a smile


📋Meaning
To start smiling.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Even though she scolded me for disrupting class, I'm pretty sure I saw Ms. Miller break into a smile for a second.
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📔 tickle (one's) funny bone


📋Meaning
To make one laugh; to be humorous or amusing to one.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣There's this silly statue on campus that never fails to tickle my funny bone when I walk past it.

🗣David has such wit that he can tickle the funny bone of anyone he meets.
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📔 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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📔 shotgun house



📋Meaning
slang A one-story house in which each room is in a straight alignment with the others, connected by a continuous hallway running from the front to the back of the residence. Chiefly used in the Southern United States.


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📔 go-getter


📋Meaning
If someone is a go-getter, they are very energetic and eager to succeed.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣"they went to great lengths to select a team of go-getters willing to learn about the latest in high-tech manufacturing"
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📔 a ballpark figure | a ballpark estimate


📋Meaning
If you give a ballpark figure or a ballpark estimate, you give a number which you think is fairly close to the actual one.

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🗣We don't know the exact cost, but a ballpark figure would be around six million dollars.
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📔 At the drop of a hat (part of a sentence)



📋Meaning
  To do something without any hesitation.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 If Tara hears her favorite song, she’ll belt out the lyrics at the drop of a hat.
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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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📔 Down in the dumps 



📋Meaning
  sad, unhappy, discouraged and/or depressed.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I've been down in the dumps since I realized my boyfriend is not in love with me.🥺💔

🗣I've been down in the dumps since my cat died.

🗣Every winter I feel down in the dumps when it gets dark really early in the evening.

🗣She's been down in the dumps since her parents announced they are getting divorced.
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