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🇬🇧 Daily English Leassons
🇬🇧 zero in on
If you zero in on something, you focus your attention on it.
🇬🇧 lay out
If you lay things out, you spread them out so they're easy to see or easy to use.
🇬🇧 aggro
aggressive, violent
🇬🇧 One might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb
If you are going to be killed for stealing a lamb, then why not steal a sheep (which is bigger and more valuable)? In general, it means that if you are going to get the same punishment, you may as well commit the greater offence.
🇬🇧 just in time | just in the nick of time
If you do something just in time, or just in the nick of time, you do it just before time runs out.
🇬🇧 shades
sunglasses
🇬🇧 Speech is silver, silence is golden
Speaking is good but saying nothing is better. Discretion can be worth more than even eloquent words.
🇬🇧 give the green light
If you give something the green light, you give permission for it to be done, or allow it to happen.
🇬🇧 follow up
to do something in addition to what's already been done in order to complete or continue a process or a deal
🇬🇧 No reply is best
It is often advisable not to give any answer. Don't say no. Don't say yes. Say nothing.
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🇬🇧 chickens come home to roost
If chickens are coming home to roost, someone is suffering the unpleasant consequences of their bad actions in the past.
🇬🇧 old-timer
an old person
🇬🇧 The wages of sin is death
If we sin we die. ("Death" here refers not to physical death but to spiritual death or eternal damnation.)
🇬🇧 make a song and dance about something
If you make a song and dance about something, you make a big deal out of, or a fuss over, something that isn't very important.
🇬🇧 take up
to start doing something new like playing a sport, doing a job, or pursuing a hobby
🇬🇧 Dying men speak true
When people are about to die, they usually tell the truth.
🇬🇧 above board
If something is above board, it's been done in a legal and honest way.
🇬🇧 lose out
If you lose out, you fail to benefit from something that others are benefitting from.
🇬🇧 zip
energy, vitality
🇬🇧 All cats are grey in the dark
The implication is that beauty, or physical appearance, is unimportant.
🇬🇧 behind the eight ball
If you're behind the eight ball, you're in a difficult or dangerous position.
🇬🇧 move in
to move your belongings into a new place and start living there
🇬🇧 ivories
teeth
🇬🇧 dig one's own grave
If you dig your own grave, you do something unwise that will result in your own failure or downfall in the future.
🇬🇧 miss out
to miss the chance to get something you'd like to have, or do something you'd like to do
🇬🇧 total
to completely destroy, to wreck
🇬🇧 eyes like a hawk
If someone has eyes like a hawk, they have very good eyesight and they notice everything.
🇬🇧 run-in
a serious argument or problem with someone
🇬🇧 Discretion is the better part of valour
It may sometimes be better to avoid a dangerous situation than to confront it.
🇬🇧 half-baked
If something is half-baked, it hasn't been properly thought out or planned.
🇬🇧 go down
When the sun or the moon goes down, it gets lower and lower in the sky until it disappears below the horizon.
🇬🇧 john
the bathroom, toilet
🇬🇧 year dot | year one
You can say "the year dot", or "the year one", when you're talking about a very, very long time ago.
🇬🇧 run away from
to try to avoid problems or difficult situations
🇬🇧 ratty
in poor condition; worn or damaged because of continuous use
🇬🇧 None so deaf as those who will not hear
Nobody is deafer than the person who decides he does not want to listen. Often used in reference to prejudice and intolerance.
🇬🇧 stand for
If a person or an organisation stands for certain ideals or principles, they believe in and support those ideals or principles.
🇬🇧 weirdo
a strange, eccentric or weird person
🇬🇧 No man is an island
Human beings do not (or should not) live in isolation. All people are interconnected. A person is not like an island, standing alone and surrounded by sea.
🇬🇧 um and ah
If you "um and ah" you're having trouble deciding what to say, or you're having trouble telling somebody something.
🇬🇧 donkey
a stupid or silly person
🇬🇧 off the top of your head
If you give someone information off the top of your head, you do so from memory, without checking beforehand.
🇬🇧 honcho | head honcho
the boss, the person in charge
🇬🇧 Things are not always what they seem
Things may look like one thing but be another thing. This saying is often applied to situations, not just things or people.
🇬🇧 the moment of truth
The moment of truth is a time when the truth about something is revealed, or when an important decision is made.
🇬🇧 get through
to complete a task
🇬🇧 quitter
a person who gives up easily when faced with a difficult challenge
🇬🇧 Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself
A bad person will sooner or later be the cause of his own downfall.
🇬🇧 Achilles' heel
An Achilles' heel is a weakness that could result in failure.
🇬🇧 rehab
place for treating addiction
🇬🇧 take off
to become popular or successful in a short time
🇬🇧 ocker
a crude and obnoxious Australian
🇬🇧 go over your head
If someone goes over your head, they go to someone with more authority than you in order to get something that you would normally grant, possibly because they think you won't give it to them.
🇬🇧 come up against
to face a difficult situation or a difficult opponent
🇬🇧 dud
something that doesn't work properly
🇬🇧 Patience surpasses learning
1) The ability to wait for a long time without getting angry is even better than education. 2) the capacity to accept delay without getting upset will achieve more than study in the end
🇬🇧 get off on the wrong foot
If you get off on the wrong foot, you start something poorly, or begin with a mistake.
🇬🇧 pull out
If you pull out of something you're participating in, like a competition or a deal, you stop participating.
🇬🇧 hustler
a skilled player, esp. at pool or billiards, who cheats other players by pretending to be an average player and then challenging them to play for money
🇬🇧 burn your bridges | burn your boats
You have burned your bridges, or burned your boats, if you were in a situation and you then left it after doing something that made it impossible to go back there.
🇬🇧 burn out
to work too hard and suffer from physical and mental exhaustion
🇬🇧 funky
having strong dance rhythms
🇬🇧 Rags to rags in three generations
The first generation in a family makes money (goes from rags to riches); the second generation holds or keeps the money; and the third generation squanders or loses the money (and so goes back to rags).
🇬🇧 work like a charm
If something works like a charm, it works very well.
🇬🇧 kid around
to have fun by acting in a silly way
🇬🇧 rubbish
to make very negative comments, to strongly criticise
🇬🇧 All clouds bring not rain
We can rephrase this: "Not every cloud brings rain." And that's true. Sometimes there are many clouds in the sky, but it doesn't rain. Don't judge things by appearances.
🇬🇧 on your last legs | on its last legs
If you say you're on your last legs, it can mean you're close to exhaustion, or it can mean you're close to death. If a thing is on its last legs, it's close to breaking or wearing out.
🇬🇧 keep down
If you keep something down, you stop it from increasing in size or number.
🇬🇧 get
to punish, injure, or kill someone (as revenge)
🇬🇧 The way to a man's heart is through his stomach
Many women have won a man's love by cooking delicious meals for him. They fed his stomach and found love in his heart.
🇬🇧 have a heart-to-heart
If you have a heart-to-heart with someone, you have an honest talk and share your feelings with each other.
🇬🇧 get at
to mean or to imply something
🇬🇧 mega
very big; extremely
🇬🇧 set aside
to keep a portion of something for use in the future
🇬🇧 a jam session
If musicians play in a jam session, they play whatever they feel like playing in an informal setting.
🇬🇧 hold up
to steal from someone while threatening them with a gun or a similar weapon
🇬🇧 verge on
to be close to reaching a certain state or condition
🇬🇧 wrecked
very drunk, very intoxicated
🇬🇧 make over
to officially transfer ownership of something to someone
🇬🇧 fib
a small, harmless lie (n.) | to tell a small, harmless lie (v.)
🇬🇧 at loose ends
If you're at loose ends, you feel restless and unsettled because you don't have anything to do.
🇬🇧 throw out
to discard something you don't want, usually by putting it in a rubbish bin or a garbage can
🇬🇧 zap
to control an appliance like a TV with a hand-held device
🇬🇧 live on your wits | live by your wits
If you live on your wits, or live by your wits, you don't have a regular job but you survive by cleverly manipulating people or situations.
🇬🇧 let up
to become weaker or to become less intense
🇬🇧 out
to be openly gay
🇬🇧 Many a true word is spoken in jest
Something said as a joke may often contain wisdom and truth.