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11 Aug 2024 22:02
💠 yakuza 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a Japanese criminal organisation, or a member of such an organisation
❕For example
🔺Many members of the yakuza have amazing tattoos that cover nearly every part of their body.
🔺Everyone knew Hideki was a yakuza because the tip of his left little finger had been cut off.
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10 Aug 2024 21:48
📒Strike while the iron is hot
📖Meaning
Seize the opportunity! When we have the chance to do something, we should do it immediately. Otherwise it will be too late.
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07 Aug 2024 23:11
📒follow through
📖Meaning
to continue something to the next stage, or to complete something
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 We saw hundreds of protesters marching on government house.
💬 Why don't you come and join us as we march on the headquarters of the World Bank?
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06 Aug 2024 21:28
📚jobs for the boys
✍🏾Meaning
If you say "jobs for the boys" you're referring to the fact that people in positions of power sometimes use their power to give jobs to their friends or family members.
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🔸Henry deserved the position, but it was a case of jobs for the boys, as usual, and one of the boss's old school friends got it instead of Henry.
🔸 The new government has promised to stop the old system of jobs for the boys when it comes to appointing departmental heads.
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05 Aug 2024 21:17
📒march on
📖Meaning
to walk in a group towards a place in order to protest against something or to demand something
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💬 Why don't you come and join us as we march on the headquarters of the World Bank?
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04 Aug 2024 21:50
📚all the rage
✍🏾Meaning
If something is all the rage, it's very popular or it's in fashion at the moment.
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🔸Can you remember when disco was all the rage and we'd go dancing all night in the clubs?
🔸 When Hans was a kid, skate boards were all the rage.
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03 Aug 2024 19:31
📒bite off
📖Meaning
to separate something from whatever it's attached to by biting it
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Did you hear about the surfer who had his foot bitten off by a shark?
💬 A guy in Sydney was arrested for biting off the head of a live pigeon.
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31 Jul 2024 21:03
💠 intro 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
introduction
❕For example
🔺When you read the book, don't skip the intro. It gives a lot of useful background information.
🔺 What did you think of the intro to the song? Do you think it went on too long, or was it just about right?
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30 Jul 2024 22:23
📒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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29 Jul 2024 21:11
💠 admin 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
administrator, administration, person or department that runs an organisation
❕For example
🔺If you're having trouble logging on, contact your service provider's admin staff.
🔺 Why does this dumbass forum's admin dork keep deleting my excellent posts? Is it coz of my slang?
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28 Jul 2024 19:50
📒None so deaf as those who will not hear
📖Meaning
Nobody is deafer than the person who decides he does not want to listen. Often used in reference to prejudice and intolerance.
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27 Jul 2024 20:52
💠 queer 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
homosexual, gay
❕For example
🔺I had an uncle who was queer, though he only came out and told us he was gay when he was in his sixties.
🔺 Did you know there are queer sheep? They are male sheep who only have sex with other male sheep, and they show no interest at all in female sheep.
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11 Aug 2024 09:22
📒pass on
📖Meaning
If you pass something on, you give it to another person after receiving it yourself.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 You should wear a mask over your mouth so that you don't pass on the disease.
💬 After taking your piece of cake, pass the plate on to the next person.
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10 Aug 2024 08:35
📚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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08 Aug 2024 07:45
💠 zit 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
pimple
❕For example
🔺The teenagers in our family are all in crisis. They are trying desperately to come to terms with the horror of ... zits!
🔺 One of the best ways to prevent zits is to eat good, healthy food and avoid sugary drinks and sweets.
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07 Aug 2024 08:25
📒Out of debt, out of danger
📖Meaning
When we no longer owe money to anyone, we are safe and secure. The implication is that it is dangerous to owe anyone.
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06 Aug 2024 13:18
💠 psycho 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
crazy, insane
❕For example
🔺This boxer went totally psycho after the referee said he'd lost the fight. He tried to punch the referee and then he was punching anyone who came near him.
🔺 Lots of people get crazy thoughts and fears after smoking marijuana. Anyone who gets these fears shouldn't use it, or it could make them go psycho for real.
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05 Aug 2024 07:44
📒If you can't beat 'em, join 'em
📖Meaning
If you cannot win against someone or something, it may be easier or better to join forces with them.
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04 Aug 2024 12:23
💠 yob | yobbo 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
an aggressive, impolite, crude person
❕For example
🔺Be careful if you go to a pub on Friday or Saturday night. The yobs will be out and lots of them will be looking for a fight.
🔺 Lots of yobbos travel to places like Spain and Greece and get drunk, behave badly, and damage the image of Britain and the British.
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03 Aug 2024 11:18
📒Patience surpasses learning
📖Meaning
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
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01 Aug 2024 11:37
📚itchy feet
✍🏾Meaning
If you have itchy feet, you feel the need to go somewhere different or do something different.
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🔸It's no wonder Ken's got itchy feet. He's been doing the same job, in the same office, for nearly twenty years.
🔸 Thanks to low-cost airlines, people with itchy feet who couldn't afford air fares in the past can now travel.
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31 Jul 2024 10:28
📒knock out (1)
📖Meaning
If you are knocked out, you are hit so hard that you lose consciousness.
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💬 Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the eighth round and won the fight.
💬 He slipped over in the bathroom and knocked himself out.
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30 Jul 2024 10:24
📚yellow journalism
✍🏾Meaning
Journalism in which sensational stories are used to boost sales, or biased reporting is used to change the reader's views on an issue. Both of these are unethical.
❗️For example
🔸 Have you noticed how, during a war, normally trustworthy professionals start writing the worst sort of yellow journalism to justify their government's actions?
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29 Jul 2024 12:35
📒run off with
📖Meaning
If you run off with somebody, you leave home secretly in order to be with them.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Anna ran off with her sweetheart Lucas after their parents had tried to stop them from seeing each other.
💬 Can you believe it? Stan has run off with his secretary and they're living in Hawaii.
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28 Jul 2024 09:35
📚hit the hay | hit the sack
✍🏾Meaning
If you hit the hay, or hit the sack, you go to bed.
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🔸 It's after midnight so it's time I hit the hay.
🔸You look really tired. What time did you hit the sack last night?
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27 Jul 2024 10:19
📒hold up (2)
📖Meaning
to support something and stop it from falling down
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Miyoko was so tired after climbing the mountain that I had to hold her up.
💬 There are several strong beams holding up the roof.
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25 Jul 2024 11:33
📒Never spur a willing horse
📖Meaning
Don't urge someone who is already working well to work harder and faster. If you do, he may work less hard or be less eager.
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