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09 Nov 2023 17:37

📚a done deal


✍🏾Meaning
A done deal is an agreement or a decision that is final.

❗️For example

🔸It's a done deal so we can go ahead and start planning the details.

🔸No-one knew about it, but the contract has been a done deal since the senator spoke to the minister last month.

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08 Nov 2023 19:10

📒 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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07 Nov 2023 19:01

📚make a killing


✍🏾Meaning
If you make a killing, you make a lot of money from a sale or a deal of some sort.

❗️For example

🔸My aunt made a killing when she bought some shares in a company as soon as they were issued, and sold them a few weeks later for three times what she paid.

🔸Lots of people made a killing when property values went so high back in the nineties.

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06 Nov 2023 17:24

📒 The wish is father to the thought


📖Meaning
Our opinions or beliefs are often influenced by our desires and hopes. The phrase "father to" is used in the sense of parentage: the thought is born from the wish.

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05 Nov 2023 18:56

📚an axe to grind (2)


✍🏾Meaning
If you have an axe to grind, you have a strong opinion about something and you express this opinion whenever you can.

❗️For example

🔸Billy's had this axe to grind about globalisation recently and he's always going on about it.

🔸These people always seem to have an axe to grind and whenever someone interviews them they see it as a chance to push their ideas.

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04 Nov 2023 17:13

📒 Least said soonest mended


📖Meaning
When we do or say something bad to someone, a long apology and discussion does not help. In such a case, the less we say the better.

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02 Nov 2023 19:15

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02 Nov 2023 07:27

💠funky (2)🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
having strong dance rhythms

❕For example

🔺Madonna's new single has some really funky beats.

🔺We went to a club last night and the DJ played some of the funkiest tracks we've heard in a while.

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01 Nov 2023 09:58

📒factor in


📖Meaning
to include a certain item when calculating or planning something

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 Don't forget to factor in transport costs when you make the quotation.

💬 You need to factor the political situation in when deciding on a country to invest in.

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31 Oct 2023 08:35

💠 earner 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
a good source of money

❕For example

🔺Renting out their houses for a couple of weeks in summer became a nice little earner for families on many Greek islands.

🔺Frank though that buying and selling shares would be a good little earner for him, but unfortunately it didn't work out that way.

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30 Oct 2023 11:13

📒pull out (1)


📖Meaning
If you pull out of something you're participating in, like a competition or a deal, you stop participating.

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 Phil was leading the tournament, but he had to pull out after injuring his knee.

💬 Chuck was forced to pull out of the race for President when his campaign funds ran out.

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29 Oct 2023 08:02

💠 dickhead 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
an unpleasant or annoying person

❕For example

🔺Why does Mary go out with that guy Richard? He's such a dickhead.

🔺Hey dickhead! That's my taxi. I was here first!

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28 Oct 2023 09:16

📒iron out


📖Meaning
If you iron out the last details of a deal, you sort out the final problems or issues.

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 If we have any differences or issues, we'll have to iron them out before we sign a deal.

💬 Ronaldo's manager and the club are ironing out a couple of final issues, but they should have everything sorted out soon.

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26 Oct 2023 19:47

📚worth its weight in gold


✍🏾Meaning
If something is worth its weight in gold, it is extremely valuable or extremely useful.

❗️For example

🔸Your grandmother's stories are worth their weight in gold, so you should try to record them or write them down.

🔸A personal recommendation from someone like Professor Clark is worth its weight in gold. You'll be able to get a job anywhere you like with that

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25 Oct 2023 20:47

📒 Garbage in, garbage out | GIGO


📖Meaning
Incorrect or bad input results in incorrect or bad output.

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09 Nov 2023 07:25

💠lousy🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
very bad, of very poor quality

❕For example

🔺We saw a really lousy movie last night. It was a total waste of time.

🔺I felt lousy all morning, but after lunch I felt a bit better.

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08 Nov 2023 09:27

💠bull dyke🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
a lesbian (see note below) who is very manly in appearance and behaviour

❕For example

🔺My sister is a bull dyke and she's in a gang of women who ride big motorbikes and wear leather jackets.

🔺We saw all sorts of interesting people in the Gay Mardi Gras parade, including drag queens, leather guys and bull dykes.

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07 Nov 2023 10:10

💠indie🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
rock music not released by major music labels

❕For example

🔺The indie scene began back in the late 70's and early 80's with bands like Joy Division and The Slits.

🔺Steve reckons the best indie band of all time is Radiohead.

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06 Nov 2023 08:04

📒fall apart


📖Meaning
If something falls apart, it breaks into pieces or parts start falling off.

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 My old shoes are falling apart, so I'll have to get some new ones.

💬 If the model plane falls apart, get some stronger glue and put it together again.

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05 Nov 2023 09:33

💠once-over🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
a quick inspection or search

❕For example

🔺Before paying for the car, I had a mechanic give it a quick once-over to make sure it was in good condition.

🔺The army recruits were given the once-over by a doctor. He checked their heart, lungs, eyesight, hearing, reflexes and their private parts.

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04 Nov 2023 08:41

📒shoot up


📖Meaning
to quickly increase in size, number or level

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 Oil prices shot up by nearly forty percent when war was declared.

💬 When news of the oil strike got out, the company's shares shot up in value.

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02 Nov 2023 19:11

📚the icing on the cake | the frosting on the cake



✍🏾Meaning
If something is the icing on the cake, or the frosting on the cake, it makes a good situation or a good result even better.

❗️For example

🔸The fifty thousand dollars the government will give to every athlete who wins a gold medal in the Olympics will be the icing on the cake for them.

🔸I was happy just to get my book published, so winning the young writer's prize as well is the frosting on the cake.

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01 Nov 2023 19:33

📒 Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself


📖Meaning
A bad person will sooner or later be the cause of his own downfall.

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31 Oct 2023 19:11

📚from time to time



✍🏾Meaning
If you do something from time to time, you do it occasionally, but not very often.

❗️For example

🔸We usually stay home on Friday nights, though from time to time we'll go to see a movie.

🔸Most of the artists we represent these days are nothing special, but from time to time we'll get one with real talent and originality.

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30 Oct 2023 18:31

📒 Nothing is impossible to a willing heart


📖Meaning
Someone who is eager, keen and determined can achieve anything.

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29 Oct 2023 18:42

📚pay through the nose



✍🏾Meaning
If you pay through the nose for something, you pay more than the usual price for it.

❗️For example

🔸I know I pay through the nose for my dental work, but the dentist I see is supposed to be the best, so I don't mind paying more than usual.

🔸We had to pay through the nose for our room because it was a long weekend and most of the hotels were fully booked.

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28 Oct 2023 19:39

📒 The best things in life are free


📖Meaning
We don't have to pay for the things that are really valuable, like love, friendship and good health.

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26 Oct 2023 19:52

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26 Oct 2023 08:15

💠 rip-off (1) 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
charging too much for something

❕For example

🔺Ten dollars for a cup of coffee? That's a total rip-off! It's about three dollars anywhere else.

🔺Why do people pay so much? Don't they know it's a rip-off?

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25 Oct 2023 07:48

📒bring back (2)


📖Meaning
to make something from the past come back, such as a memory, a feeling, an idea, etc.

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 Hearing these old songs really brings back the old days, doesn't it?

💬 The letters she'd found brought some wonderful memories back.

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