English Language

23 Dec 2022 11:40

💠 cop out 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
to not do something you should do because of fear of failure


❕For example

🔺My friend Clive could have been a great concert pianist, but he copped out and became a piano teacher instead.

🔺Brenda should have gone on the TV show to promote her new book, but she copped out because she was so nervous. She made up some excuse about feeling sick.
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21 Dec 2022 21:29

📒 It was the last straw that broke the camel's back




📖Meaning
There is a limit to everything. We can load the camel with lots of straw, but finally it will be too much and the camel's back will break. And it is only a single straw that breaks its back - the last straw. This can be applied to many things in life. People often say "That's the last straw!" when they will not accept any more of something.
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20 Dec 2022 20:22

💠 ute 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
a pickup truck


❕For example

🔺After shooting two kangaroos, Bruce threw them into the back of his ute and drove back to town.

🔺Nearly every farmer in Australia owns a ute.
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18 Dec 2022 22:02

📒 He who hesitates is lost



📖Meaning
The person who waits too long loses the opportunity; or, more seriously, delay or indecision may have disastrous results.

✍Note
hesitate (verb) = pause or wait before doing something
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17 Dec 2022 20:33

💠 mag 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
a magazine


❕For example

🔺Have you got some mags to read on the plane?

🔺Fiona loves to sit down after dinner with a nice glass of wine and a pile of fashion mags.
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16 Dec 2022 19:59

📒 Beauty is only skin deep




📖Meaning
Physical beauty is superficial. A pleasing exterior is no guide to a person's interior or character.

Note: skin (noun) = the layer of tissue covering the body of a person or animal | deep (adj.) = going far down from the surface | skin deep (adj.) = superficial; not deep; on the surface
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15 Dec 2022 08:11

💠 virus 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
a harmful computer program that can spread from one machine to another


❕For example

🔺Most viruses are spread when sent as email attachments, and they're activated when the recipient clicks on the program's icon.

🔺If you want to avoid the hassle of dealing with computer viruses, get a Mac computer. Very few viruses target Macs.
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14 Dec 2022 12:40

📒 Any port in a storm




📖Meaning
In times of danger, any shelter is better than none. In an emergency, we have to accept whatever solution presents itself (for the time being).

🔖Note
port (noun) = harbour; a place on the coast where ships can find protection from rough seas

✨Origin
For ships at sea (especially) in older days, a bad storm could be very dangerous, and at such times they had to find shelter in "any port", even one that they would not normally have entered.
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13 Dec 2022 12:46

💠 meathead 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
a stupid person


❕For example

🔺How did a meathead like that guy get elected to represent the people in his state?

🔺I was watching the tennis yesterday and some meathead yelled out just as Rafael was serving. The security guys found him and threw him out.
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11 Dec 2022 20:58

📒 Boys will be boys




📖Meaning
This somewhat humorous saying is often used to excuse male behaviour (of both boys and adult men).
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10 Dec 2022 22:11

💠 louse up 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
to spoil something or make it fail


❕For example

🔺She really wants this job, so I hope she doesn't louse up the interview.


🔺Don't worry. He won't louse it up. He's been doing these deals for years.
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09 Dec 2022 12:26

📒 If a job's worth doing it's worth doing well



📖Meaning
Don't start some work and then do it badly.
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08 Dec 2022 08:07

💠 john 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
the bathroom, toilet


❕For example

🔺Where's the john in this place?

🔺I'm going to the john, but I'll be back in a couple of minutes.
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07 Dec 2022 11:56

📒 Waste not, want not




📖Meaning
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.
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05 Dec 2022 22:14

💠 ace (1) 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
very skillful, very good at something


❕For example

🔺My little brother was never interested in sports when he was young, but now he's an ace basketball player.

🔺If you want to be an ace fighter, you should learn hand-to-hand combat skills like karate or Muay Thai.
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22 Dec 2022 21:33

📚grease someone's palm


✍🏾Meaning
If you grease someone's palm, you pay them a bribe.


❗️For example

🔸The only way to get a government contract around here is to grease someone's palm.

🔸If you want to get out of jail, grease the warden's palm and the guards will let you escape.
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21 Dec 2022 12:32

📒find out



📖Meaning
to discover a fact or information about something

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 Could you find out how much it costs to fly to Japan?

💬 I love going to Wikipedia and finding out about all sorts of interesting subjects.
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19 Dec 2022 10:31

📚kill two birds with one stone



✍🏾Meaning
If you kill two birds with one stone, you achieve two things with the one action.


❗️For example

🔸I need to go to the bank, and if I drop the books off at the library on the way I'll be killing two birds with one stone.

🔸Jenny says that she kills two birds with one stone if she does her own housework because she gets the house clean and she gets some exercise at the same time.
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18 Dec 2022 11:15

📒line up



📖Meaning
If you line up, you join a line of people standing one behind the other, or side by side.

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 The soldiers lined up and waited for the president to come and inspect them.

💬 If you line up to get the tickets, I'll go and get some popcorn.
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17 Dec 2022 11:03

📚tie the knot



✍🏾Meaning
If you tie the knot, you get married.


❗️For example

🔸Tammy and Stevie Ray are tying the knot at the Shortside Baptist Church next Saturday, and you're all invited.

🔸Mary really wants to tie the knot, but Sam says he's not ready for marriage just yet.
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15 Dec 2022 21:12

📒make out (3)



📖Meaning
to write the details on a check or a legal document

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 Who should I make the check out to?

💬 I'm going to see my lawyer and he's going to help me make out my will.
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14 Dec 2022 22:07

📚go out on a limb




✍🏾Meaning
If you go out on a limb, you put yourself in a risky position in order to support someone or something.


❗️For example

🔸He knew it could damage his career, but Keith went out on a limb and said he supported the anti-war protesters.

🔸I don't think that saying you support gay rights means you're going out on a limb these days.
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13 Dec 2022 20:36

📒rally round




📖Meaning
If people rally round someone in need, they all do what they can to help the person.

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 After her accident, Alena's friends rallied round and helped her out by bringing food and cleaning her apartment.

💬 After her accident, Alena's friends rallied round and helped her out by bringing food and cleaning her apartment.
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12 Dec 2022 21:18

📚keep up with the Joneses




✍🏾Meaning
People who try to keep up with the Joneses are people who feel it's important to show that they're as successful as others (such as their rich neighbours, "The Joneses").


❗️For example

🔸I'm surprised that Miriam worries about keeping up with the Joneses. I thought she was more mature than that.

🔸My grandma said, "Forget about keeping up with the Joneses. The people who matter in your life will respect and love you because of who you are, not because of what you've got or what sort of car you drive."
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11 Dec 2022 12:09

📒 clean up

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📖Meaning
to make something clean and tidy

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 You're not going anywhere until you've cleaned up your bedroom. It's a mess!


💬 Could whoever dropped food on the floor please go and clean it up?
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09 Dec 2022 20:29

📚for the time being




✍🏾Meaning
If something will be the way it is "for the time being", it will be that way for a limited period of time only.


❗️For example

🔸You can stay here for the time being, but you'll have to move out when you find your own place.

🔸My car is being repaired, so for the time being I'll have to use the bus.
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08 Dec 2022 20:54

📒dish out (1)



📖Meaning
to give things to people, often without thinking about the effects or the costs of doing so

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 The college was accused of dishing out degrees to anyone who could pay for them.

💬 Drug companies want doctors to dish their drugs out to as many people as possible.
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07 Dec 2022 19:56

📚(something) escapes you




✍🏾Meaning
If you say something escapes you, it means you can't remember it.


❗️For example

🔸I'm really sorry, but your name escapes me at the moment. Could you tell me again please?

🔸Kim said he knew the song really well, but the name of the band that had recorded it escaped him.
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06 Dec 2022 09:58

📒turn into



📖Meaning
to change from one thing into another

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 Isn't it incredible how caterpillars turn into butterflies, and tadpoles turn into frogs? Nature really is amazing!

💬 This guy is a great businessman. He turned a small company into a huge global corporation.
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05 Dec 2022 12:24

📚hold the fort



✍🏾Meaning
If you hold the fort, you look after a place or a business while the person who is normally in charge is away.


❗️For example

🔸Can you hold the fort while I run down to the bank?

🔸Your job will be to serve customers, and occasionally hold the fort if I have to go out.
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