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🇬🇧 Daily English Leassons
🇬🇧 let down
to release the air from something like a tyre or a blow-up mattress
🇬🇧 cop
a policeman or a policewoman
🇬🇧 Where there's a will there's a way
If we have the determination to do something, we can always find the path or method to do it.
🇬🇧 hang with
to spend time with
🇬🇧 floozy | floozie | floosie
a girl or woman with a reputation for sleeping with many people
🇬🇧 a sight for sore eyes
If something or someone is a sight for sore eyes, you are glad to see them.
🇬🇧 fall in
If a roof or a ceiling falls in, it falls to the floor because it's been weakened or damaged.
🇬🇧 wedgie | wedgy
The pulling of someone's pants up sharply from behind to wedge them in the crack of the buttocks.
🇬🇧 Crime doesn't pay
If you engage in illegal activities, you will not make money in the long run.
🇬🇧 stick at
If you stick at something, you continue to do it even if it's difficult or it's taking a long time.
🇬🇧 Beware of a silent man and still water
A large expanse of water that is still and does not move is often deep and dangerous. We should be careful of it. In the same way, we should be careful with a person who does not talk much.
🇬🇧 beat the rap
If someone beats the rap, they avoid being found guilty of a crime.
🇬🇧 come off
to result in the intended outcome
🇬🇧 damn
an expression of anger or annoyance
🇬🇧 work your socks off | work your tail off
If you work your socks off, or work your tail off, you work very hard.
🇬🇧 pinkie | pinky
the little finger
🇬🇧 You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink
You can show people the way to find something or to do something, but you cannot force them to act after that.
🇬🇧 fall from grace
If you fall from grace, you do something that results in a loss of respect and support, especially among those who influence your life or career.
🇬🇧 look into
If you look into something, you investigate it or you try to find out more about it.
🇬🇧 Out of office, out of danger
The implication is that people in high government or official jobs are not safe. They will be safe only when they leave their job.
🇬🇧 above the law
If someone is above the law, they are not subject to the laws of a society.
🇬🇧 pan out
If you see how a situation pans out, you see how it develops over time.
🇬🇧 bloody
an intensifying expletive used before an adjective, adverb or noun; very, really; total, complete
🇬🇧 Would you buy a used car from this man?
Do you trust this man? I don't.
🇬🇧 a drop in the ocean
If an amount is a drop in the ocean, it's a very small portion of the amount that's needed.
🇬🇧 go with
If one thing goes with another, they look good together or seems to work well together.
🇬🇧 You can't tell a book by its cover
You cannot judge what something or someone is like by looking at the exterior.
🇬🇧 run into
If you run into something, you accidentally hit it while you are driving.
🇬🇧 cheesy | cheesey
of very low quality; not stylish or tasteful
🇬🇧 Dead men tell no tales
People who are no longer living cannot give evidence.
🇬🇧 go for broke
If you go for broke, you risk everything, or use all your resources and energy, in order to achieve something.
🇬🇧 come along
to arrive or to appear
🇬🇧 Better safe than sorry
We should be careful in a dangerous situation. It is better to stay safe than to have an accident (and be sorry about it). The full "grammatical" sentence would be: "It is better to be safe than to be sorry."
🇬🇧 a drop in the bucket
If an amount is a drop in the bucket, it's a very small portion of the amount that's needed.
🇬🇧 come to
If a thought or an idea comes to you, you remember it or you think of it
🇬🇧 learn your lesson
If you learn your lesson, you learn something about life from making a mistake.
🇬🇧 nut out
If you nut something out, you solve a problem or you calculate something.
🇬🇧 Zip it!
If someone says "Zip it!", they're telling you to shut up or stop talking about something.
🇬🇧 eat out
If you eat out, you eat in a restaurant instead of at home.
🇬🇧 geezer
an old person
🇬🇧 Variety is the spice of life
Monotony is bad for us. We need plenty of change. It adds interest to our lives, just as spice adds interest to food.
🇬🇧 fill out
If you fill out a form, you complete it by writing in the spaces provided.
🇬🇧 blast
a great experience, a very enjoyable time
🇬🇧 Waste not, want not
If we do not waste things we will not be short of things. If we use our resources carefully, we shall never be in need.
🇬🇧 Mind your own business!
If you say "Mind your own business!" to someone, you're telling them to stop interfering in things that don't concern them, or to stop asking personal questions.
🇬🇧 take on
If you take on something like a job, a responsibility, or anything involving a challenge, you agree to do it.
🇬🇧 narc | nark
a narcotics officer, a police officer working in drug trade suppression
🇬🇧 Marry in haste, and repent at leisure
If we get married quickly, without thinking carefully, we may be sorry later. And we will have plenty of time to be sorry.
🇬🇧 (your) heart goes out to (someone)
If your heart goes out to someone, you feel great sympathy for them.
🇬🇧 juice up
to make something more exciting, more impressive, or more powerful
🇬🇧 tight
fairly drunk, moderately inebriated
🇬🇧 jump in
If people are talking and you jump in, you interrupt someone who's talking, or you say something without being asked to speak.
🇬🇧 a ray of sunshine
Something is a ray of sunshine if it brings happiness to someone.
🇬🇧 fall behind
If you have fallen behind other people, they have advanced faster than you and they are ahead of you.
🇬🇧 coke
cocaine
🇬🇧 The best things in life are free
We don't have to pay for the things that are really valuable, like love, friendship and good health.
🇬🇧 You can't win them all.
Something you can say after you, or someone else, loses a contest or fails to achieve something (said to make losing seem not so bad).
🇬🇧 hold up
to cause a delay, or make someone or something later than expected
🇬🇧 hold your head high | hold your head up high
You can hold your head high, or hold your head up high, if you feel proud of something.
🇬🇧 base on
to use something as source material
🇬🇧 balls
courage, fortitude
🇬🇧 The end justifies the means
If our objective is good, then it doesn't matter if the way we achieve it is bad or wrong or evil.
🇬🇧 the upper hand
If you have the upper hand, you have the advantage or you're in the stronger position in a contest or a conflict.
🇬🇧 gaffer
the manager, the boss
🇬🇧 Never speak ill of the dead
Show respect to people who have died by not saying anything bad about them. Since dead people can no longer hurt us, or defend themselves, it is better to forget their bad actions and remember only their good ones.
🇬🇧 run-of-the-mill
Something is run-of-the-mill if it is ordinary and nothing special.
🇬🇧 fill in
If you fill somebody in, you give them the details about something.
🇬🇧 on the take
to be receiving illegal payments or bribes
🇬🇧 He that complies against his will, is of his own opinion still
If you force someone to do something or agree with something, it doesn't mean that they really agree.
🇬🇧 hard to swallow
Something that someone has said is hard to swallow if it's difficult to believe.
🇬🇧 do away with
to kill or to murder somebody
🇬🇧 beef
a conflict with someone; a complaint against someone
🇬🇧 Count your blessings
Instead of worrying about the problems that we may have, we should think about the good things that we have. We should be grateful for what we have.
🇬🇧 give in
If somebody gives in, they stop trying to do something like win a game, a fight or an argument.
🇬🇧 break
an opportunity for advancement in one's career, a lucky turn of events
🇬🇧 Nobody is indispensable
No person is totally essential. Anyone can become unnecessary, not needed. Anyone can lose their job.
🇬🇧 bear the brunt
If you bear the brunt of something, you suffer the worst of its impact or its effects.
🇬🇧 point out
to tell someone something you think they should know
🇬🇧 ute
a pickup truck
🇬🇧 Every dog has his day
1) Even the lowest of us at some time has a chance to get revenge on an oppressor, no matter how powerful that oppressor may be. 2) We will all have good luck or success at some point in our lives.
🇬🇧 (something) escapes you
If you say something escapes you, it means you can't remember it.
🇬🇧 resort to
to do something you'd rather not do only because better options or solutions are not possible
🇬🇧 con
to persuade someone to do something in order to cheat them
🇬🇧 We must learn to walk before we can run
We have to be patient when learning. Babies crawl before they walk. And children walk before they run. We cannot do difficult tasks before we can do easy tasks.
🇬🇧 make a mountain out of a molehill
If you make a mountain out of a molehill, you make a small problem seem to be a much bigger problem.
🇬🇧 cut up
to cut something into small pieces
🇬🇧 psycho
crazy, insane
🇬🇧 Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
I will help you if you will help me. If you do me a favour I'll do one for you in return.
🇬🇧 kick the bucket
If someone kicks the bucket, they die.
🇬🇧 under wraps
being kept secret, esp. a plan or new products
🇬🇧 Empty vessels make the most noise
Stupid people speak loudest.
🇬🇧 (it's) raining cats and dogs
You can say "it's raining cats and dogs" if it's raining very hard.
🇬🇧 keep out of
If you keep out of something, you don't get involved in it.
🇬🇧 Even the prayers of an ant reach to Heaven
God hears all living beings.