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02 Sep 2017 16:35

Idiom of the Day

💥rags to riches

Ⓜ️eaning: If you go from rags to riches, you start out very poor and you become very rich.

🌀For example:

▪️My grandfather went from rags to riches when his dishwashing liquid became very popular. He started out making it at home, but in less than a year he had his own factory.

▪️Most of these young guys in professional basketball came from poor neighbourhoods and they all have the same rags-to-riches story.

☑️Note: If used as a modifier before a noun or a noun phrase, hyphens must be added, as in "a rags-to-riches story".
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30 Aug 2017 15:41

Idiom of the Day

💥an ivory tower

Ⓜ️eaning: You can say someone's in an ivory tower if they're in a place that separates them from everyday life, such as a university.

❕For example:

▪️People often complain that academics stuck in their ivory towers don't really understand the problems of the average person.

▪️Peter's dream is to get tenure in a university and spend the rest of his life hidden away in an ivory tower.
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28 Aug 2017 16:17

Idiom of the Day

💥put the brakes on

☑️Meaning: If you put the brakes on something, you stop it or slow it down.

🔺For example:

▪️Many companies are putting the brakes on new investment until the economy improves.

▪️The government has to put the brakes on the water treatment project until the corruption enquiry is over.

✔️Origin: This metaphorical idiom is based on the fact that if you're driving a car and you "put the brakes on", the car slows down and stops.
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27 Aug 2017 06:32

‍ Idiom of the Day

📚𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐆𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐈𝐒 𝐀𝐒 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐀𝐒 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐄.

𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆: You can say "your guess is as good as mine" when you don't know the answer to a question.
𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐄𝐗𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄:
⭕️Tom: "Who's going to win the World Cup?" Jerry: "Your guess is as good as mine."

⭕️I asked Jenny when the new office would be ready and she said, "Your guess is as good as mine."
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26 Aug 2017 10:41

Idiom of the Day

💥x-factor

☑️Meaning: If someone has the x-factor, they have a certain charismatic appeal and magnetic quality.

❕For example:

🔺He's not a great singer but people can't take their eyes off him, so he must have the x-factor.

🔺You can't teach anyone the x-factor; they've either got it or they haven't.
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23 Aug 2017 04:09

Idiom of the Day

💥nip it in the bud

☑️Meaning: If you nip something in the bud, you stop a problem from becoming serious by dealing with it as soon as you notice it.

〽️For example:

🔺Alan has a serious weight problem. Now he wishes he'd nipped it in the bud by eating less and exercising more when he was first starting to put on weight.

🔺I was starting to drink too much alcohol, so I nipped it in the bud and stopped drinking altogether before it became a serious problem.

🎯Origin: This is a metaphorical idiom based on the fact that if you want to stop a plant from growing bigger, you can cut off the new leaf buds or flower buds, or "nip the buds".
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22 Aug 2017 07:26

Idiom of the Day

💥" A red rag to a bull "

Meaning:
☑️A deliberate provocation.

〽️For example:

▪️Telling Putin that he is macho as a response to being small in stature was like a red rag to a bull.

🔺Where did it originate?:
Britain. An allusion to bullfighting, where the bull is provoked by a waved cloth.

🔺Where is it used?:
Worldwide.
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21 Aug 2017 03:53

Slang of the Day

💥loot

☑️Meaning: stolen money or goods

〽️For example:

🔺After robbing the store, Billy stashed the loot in his girlfriend's apartment.

🔺Des reckons many corrupt politicians deposit their loot in Swiss bank accounts.
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20 Aug 2017 18:01

Phrasal Verb of the Day

💥chop up

✔️Meaning: to cut something into pieces with an axe or a knife

〽️For example:

▪️chop up sth
🔹After we killed the lamb, we chopped up its body so we could fit the pieces into the cooking pot.

▫️chop sth up
🔸Let's chop those branches up and use them to make a fire.
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19 Aug 2017 23:21

Idiom of the Day

📗You could have knocked me over with a feather.

☑️Meaning: You can say "you could have knocked me over with a feather" to show how surprised you were when something happened, or when you heard about something.

🔺For example:

▪️You could have knocked me over with a feather when I heard that Jules and Ken were getting married. I had no idea!

▪️I saw my sister being interviewed on the news. You could have knocked me over with a feather!
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16 Aug 2017 15:50

Idiom of the Day

📗dirt cheap

☑️Meaning: You can say something is dirt cheap if it costs very little money.

🔺For example:

🔹Be careful when you buy dirt cheap clothes. They could shrink easily or the colours could run when you wash them.

🔹Kevin is very tight with his money. If he has to buy someone a present, it's always something dirt cheap.
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15 Aug 2017 03:15

Idiom of the Day

📗a recipe for disaster

☑️Meaning: Something is a recipe for disaster if it's going to cause trouble or serious problems.

🎗For example:

🔹Inviting my mother-in-law to stay for a week is a recipe for disaster. I'll end up arguing with her, and then my wife and I will quarrel and then the kids will get upset. It's a bad idea!

🔹Eating too much, not exercising enough, and being under stress is a recipe for disaster. You'll end up overweight and you'll probably die young.
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14 Aug 2017 18:11

Idiom of the Day

💥a bad hair day
❗️INFORMAL

☑️Meaning: If you're having a bad hair day, everything seems to be going wrong for you.

💧For example:

🔹Poor Sue's in a terrible mood. I think she's having a bad hair day.

🔹I knew it was going to be a bad hair day when my car wouldn't start.
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14 Aug 2017 06:17

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11 Aug 2017 23:45

Slang of the Day

🔰Mickey Finn | Mickey | mickey

☑️Meaning: a drink to which a drug has been added to make the drinker sleepy or unconscious

🔺For example:

▪️Date rape has become more common since the drugs used to make Mickey Finns have been easier to get.

▪️When I was in the Philippines, some guy slipped me a mickey and robbed me.
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02 Sep 2017 16:28

Slang of the Day

®at

Ⓜ️eaning: a horrible, nasty person

❕For example:

🔺That guy's such a rat. He'd sell his own mother if it'd help him get what he wants.

🔺When Debbie married her husband he was a nice guy, but he turned into a rat when he started drinking too much.
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30 Aug 2017 15:21

Slang of the Day

🔰cuppa
British and Australian English

Ⓜ️eaning: a hot drink, cup of tea, cup of coffee

🌀For example:

🔺As soon as I get home, I'm going to have a nice hot cuppa.

🔺Would you like to come in for a cuppa?

👁‍🗨Variety: This slang term is typically used in British and Australian English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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27 Aug 2017 15:44

Slang of the Day

💥toff
🇬🇧British English
☑️Meaning: a wealthy, upper-class person

❕For example:

🔺If you want to see a lot of toffs drinking champagne and eating caviar, go to the Royal Meeting at Ascot Racecourse.

🔺Lisa's new boyfriend is a real toff. His family's incredibly rich, and his dad's the Duke of Errey.

🎯Variety: This is typically used in British English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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26 Aug 2017 19:31

Slang of the Day

💥quid
▫️British and Australian English

☑️Meaning: one pound sterling

❕For example:

🔺We paid him five hundred quid to fix the roof.

🔺I lost ten quid on that horse Ted said was gonna win for sure.

✨Variety: This slang term is typically used in British and Australian English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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24 Aug 2017 03:42

Slang of the Day

💥rehab

☑️Meaning: place for treating addiction

❕For example:

▪️We really think it's time you went into rehab and dealt with your addiction. The longer you take drugs, the longer it takes to recover.

▪️When asked if she was going to rehab, Amy said, "No, no, no!"

✨Origin: short for "rehabilitation"
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22 Aug 2017 14:32

‍ Word of the Day

💥the evil eye /ði ˈiːvəl ˈaɪ/ noun
Learner's definition of THE EVIL EYE
☑️: a look that is thought to be able to harm someone
🔺He gave her the evil eye.

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22 Aug 2017 07:22

Slang of the Day

🏋️jock
🇺🇸American English

✅Meaning: an athlete, sportsman

〽️For example:

▪️Betty's new boyfriend is one of the jocks on the football team.

▪️In our high school, most of the guys are either jocks or geeks.

✨Origin: possibly short for "jockstrap" (an athletic support)

🎯Variety: This slang term is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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21 Aug 2017 03:52

Idiom of the Day

💥nerves of steel

☑️Meaning: If you have nerves of steel, you are very brave and not many things make you scared or nervous.

〽️For example:

▪️I could never work on one of those high-rise building sites where you walk along beams about twenty stories up. You'd need nerves of steel to do that job.

▪️Those people who sing the national anthem before one of those big sporting events must have nerves of steel.
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20 Aug 2017 17:25

Slang of the Day

💥hairy

☑️Meaning: dangerous, risky, scary

〽️For example:

🔺We went on this really hairy bus ride in the foothills of the Himalayas. The road was really narrow and there were steep cliffs down the side.

🔺Investing in films has always been a pretty hairy business, given the fact that many more movies lose money than make money.
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17 Aug 2017 23:18

Slang of the Day

🔰john
🇺🇸American English

☑️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.

🎯Note: usually used with the definite article "the"

✨Variety: This slang term is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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16 Aug 2017 06:44

Slang of the Day

💥shitfaced
Offensive

☑️Meaning: very drunk or very intoxicated

🔺For example:

▪️Just about everyone at the party was shitfaced by ten o'clock. Some of them could barely walk!

▪️My brother used to drink in order to get shitfaced, but now he has a couple of drinks and stops before he gets drunk.
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15 Aug 2017 03:13

Slang of the Day

💥armpit

☑️Meaning: a very unpleasant place

📌For example:

🔹This town is smelly, dirty, ugly and hot. No wonder it's called the armpit of America.

🔹Gerry reckons the town he was born in is the armpit of the universe, but it can't be that bad.
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14 Aug 2017 06:49

Phrasal Verb of the Day

📔opt for

✔️Meaning: If you opt for something, you choose it from a range of possible options.

〽️For example:

▪️opt for sth
🔺My husband opted for early retirement because he didn't want to work until he was 65 years old.

▫️opt for sth
🔺 Many companies now opt for outsourcing if they need something like intranet-based real-time workflow management.
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13 Aug 2017 04:06

Idiom of the Day

📗carte blanche
〽️FORMAL

☑️Meaning: If you give someone carte blanche, you give them freedom to do whatever they want in a situation.

✨For example:

▪️The boss has given us carte blanche to redecorate the offices.

▪️The president gave his generals carte blanche to fight the war however they wished.

🎯Origin: Originally borrowed from French. A literal translation would be "white (or blank) paper".
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10 Aug 2017 20:26

Idiom of the Day

📗save the day

✔️Meaning: If you save the day, you do something to ensure success or to solve a serious problem.

🔺For example:

▪️It looked like we were going to lose the game, but Ronaldo saved the day by kicking two late goals.

▪️Then a guy rides in on a white horse and saves the day by killing the bad guys and rescuing the girl.
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