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24 Oct 2023 20:07
📚an unknown quantity
✍🏾Meaning
If a thing or a person is an unknown quantity, not much is known about them.
❗️For example
🔸The Saints have signed a new player, but he's an unknown quantity at this stage as very few people have seen him play.
🔸We've all heard stories about a great new Ferrari engine, but it's still an unknown quantity as far as racing is concerned.
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23 Oct 2023 20:33
📒 Dying men speak true
📖Meaning
When people are about to die, they usually tell the truth.
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22 Oct 2023 18:04
📚beat the rap
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If someone beats the rap, they avoid being found guilty of a crime.
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🔸Everyone knows that Jimmy the Snitch did the robbery in Green St., but he beat the rap because he's in with the cops.
🔸Henry was charged with drunk driving, but his lawyer helped him beat the rap on some technical detail.
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21 Oct 2023 19:43
📒 Never speak ill of the dead
📖Meaning
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.
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19 Oct 2023 08:22
💠 eats 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
snacks, food
❕For example
🔺We'll have plenty to drink at the party but we need you to bring some eats.
🔺We won't have to worry about taking lunch. There'll be plenty of eats at the seminar.
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18 Oct 2023 11:30
📒model on
📖Meaning
to use something or someone as an example to copy when making something or doing something
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 The Indian legal system was modelled on the British system.
💬 Many young singers and dancers still model themselves on Michael Jackson.
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17 Oct 2023 10:38
💠 jam (2) 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
to play music informally
❕For example
🔺After the concert, we went to a jazz club and jammed all night with some old musician friends.
🔺When she was young, Judy learned how to play the drums by jamming with other musicians.
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16 Oct 2023 08:06
📒get at (2)
📖Meaning
to mean or to imply something
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 I didn't understand what she was getting at.
💬 In this song I think he was getting at the fact that we all need to take responsibility for our actions.
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15 Oct 2023 10:51
💠 axe | ax (2) 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a musical instrument, esp. a jazz musician's guitar, trumpet or saxophone
❕For example
🔺Louis grabbed his axe, stood in front of his band, and started to play.
🔺Eddie could play that ax all night long.
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14 Oct 2023 11:25
📒drop off (2)
📖Meaning
to fall asleep
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 My mum often drops off in her favourite chair in front of the TV, and we have to wake her up when it's time to go to bed.
💬 If you're driving and you start to feel sleepy, stop and rest. If you drop off behind the wheel, you could kill yourself and a lot of other people.
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12 Oct 2023 17:08
📚 leave well enough alone | let well enough alone
✍🏾Meaning
If you leave well enough alone, or let well enough alone, you don't try to improve or change something that's already good enough.
❗️For example
🔸The kids seem happy enough now so let's just leave well enough alone and forget about finding a new school for them.
🔸Unless there's a problem, I'd suggest you just let well enough alone and let your staff get on with their work.
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11 Oct 2023 20:17
📒 Money isn't everything
📖Meaning
There are other important things in this world, not just money.
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10 Oct 2023 20:45
📚 caught red-handed
✍🏾Meaning
If someone is caught red-handed, they are caught in the act of doing something wrong such as cheating or stealing.
❗️For example
🔸I used to cheat in exams until I was caught red-handed by my teacher. I stopped doing it after that.
🔸How can you say you didn't steal the book? You were caught red-handed walking out of the store after you'd hidden it under your jacket.
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09 Oct 2023 19:03
📒 If the stone fall upon the egg, alas for the egg! If the egg fall upon the stone, alas for the egg!
📖Meaning
Life just isn't fair, and this realistic Arab proverb recognizes that. The stone will always break the egg. Life's like that!
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24 Oct 2023 10:53
💠 tight-ass 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
1) sby who spends as little money as possible, a miser 2) sby who's repressed and very strict about following society's rules
❕For example
🔺Our boss is a real tight-ass; we never get a Christmas bonus.
🔺Don't be such a tight-ass, Rob. Let yourself have some fun for a change.
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23 Oct 2023 08:01
📒Look out!
📖Meaning
If someone is in immediate danger, you can warn them by shouting "Look out!".
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 "Look out! There's a car coming!"
💬 I was riding my bike when this car pulled out in front of me. Just before I hit it, I yelled "Look out!"
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22 Oct 2023 06:54
💠 up the duff 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
pregnant
❕For example
🔺Terry got his girlfriend up the duff, and then he dumped her. What a creep!
🔺Debbie's up the duff, and she doesn't know what to do about it.
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21 Oct 2023 07:30
📒refer to (1)
📖Meaning
to look at something like a book, a map, or a website, in order to get information about something
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 She had to refer to her notes quite often because she hadn't memorized the speech.
💬 You can refer to books or other information sources in your essay, but you must cite each reference you have used.
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19 Oct 2023 19:26
📚make hay while the sun shines
✍🏾Meaning
If you make hay while the sun shines, you make good use of the chance to do something while it lasts.
❗️For example
🔸We've got a few days off work so lets make hay while the sun shines and do some landscaping around the back of the house.
🔸Jim works too much, but he reckons he's just making hay while the sun shines. He says he'll slow down once he's made his fortune.
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18 Oct 2023 19:40
📒 The pen is mightier than the sword
📖Meaning
This proverb suggests that written material like books or poetry has more influence than fighting or war. We may also understand from it that ideas (as often set down in writing) are more effective than violence.
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17 Oct 2023 20:28
📚keep your nose clean
✍🏾Meaning
If you keep your nose clean, you stay out of trouble by making sure you don't do anything wrong.
❗️For example
🔸Our son Michael is in trouble with the police again. I really wish he'd learn to keep his nose clean.
🔸It's important for sport's stars to keep their noses clean because they make a lot of money for endorsing products, and they could lose this income if they got into trouble with the law.
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16 Oct 2023 19:37
📒 People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
📖Meaning
This saying warns us against hypocrisy. We should not criticize other people for things we do ourselves.
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15 Oct 2023 18:47
📚like a fish out of water
✍🏾Meaning
You feel like a fish out of water if you're surrounded by people who are different to you, and it's making you feel a little uncomfortable.
❗️For example
🔸I was the only black person in a church full of white people, and I felt like a fish out of water at first. But lots of people came up and talked to me after the service, and I soon felt quite at home.
🔸Sayoko travels to a lot of unusual places. She says feeling like a fish out of water is sometimes interesting.
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14 Oct 2023 20:56
📒 Poor men go to heaven as soon as rich
📖Meaning
God makes no distinction between people with money and people without money.
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12 Oct 2023 08:12
💠 screw (2) 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
to cheat or swindle someone
❕For example
🔺We knew we were being screwed, but what could we do? This was the only hotel around with vacant rooms, so they could charge whatever they liked.
🔺George reckons the taxation system screws people who work hard and set up small businesses.
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11 Oct 2023 10:44
📒ask out
📖Meaning
If you ask somebody out, you ask someone you like to go on a date with you.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 It took Juan a long time to build up the courage to ask Mariella out, but at last he did and she said yes. Juan was so happy he couldn't help smiling.
💬 If you like her, why don't you ask her out for dinner? The worst that can happen is that she says no or makes an excuse.
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10 Oct 2023 07:51
💠 loony 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a crazy or silly person (n.) | crazy or silly (adj.)
❕For example
🔺My new job in an advertising agency is weird. I feel like I'm working with a bunch of loonies.
🔺Harry loves those loony Japanese TV shows with people doing loony stuff like eating spiders and drinking blood.
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09 Oct 2023 10:30
📒get off (1)
📖Meaning
to leave a means of transport such as a bus or a train
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 We got off the train as soon as it stopped.
💬 You'll have to get off the bus at the railway station and then get the train.
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