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29 Nov 2023 17:33
📒 He that complies against his will, is of his own opinion still
📖Meaning
If you force someone to do something or agree with something, it doesn't mean that they really agree.
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28 Nov 2023 18:37
📚the last straw
✍🏾Meaning
Something is the last straw if it's the latest in a series of annoying or upsetting events, and it's the one that finally makes you do something about the situation.
❗️For example
🔸I was already close to resigning, but the last straw was being bossed around by some kid twenty years younger than me. After that, I quit the job.
🔸I saw my girlfriend flirting with another guy at the party, and that was the last straw. I told her our relationship was over and I left.
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27 Nov 2023 15:28
📒 If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
📖Meaning
An employer who pays low wages will have bad staff.
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26 Nov 2023 19:19
📚a sight for sore eyes
✍🏾Meaning
If something or someone is a sight for sore eyes, you are glad to see them.
❗️For example
🔸It's been raining here for a week, so it sure was a sight for sore eyes when we saw the sun this morning.
🔸Hey, Ozzie! You're a sight for sore eyes, man. Haven't seen you for ages.
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25 Nov 2023 18:37
📒 Pay beforehand was never well served
📖Meaning
If you pay for a service before you receive it, you will not get good service.
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23 Nov 2023 07:51
💠juicy🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
very interesting in a scandalous or lurid way
❕For example
🔺I love reading Lucy's blog about Hollywood movie stars. It's full of juicy gossip about the private lives of all the biggest stars.
🔺Harry writes a newspaper column about juicy scandals in Washington. There's corruption and crime and drugs and sex, and it's great fun to read, of course.
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22 Nov 2023 09:13
📒fob off (2)
📖Meaning
to try to make someone stop complaining or stop bothering you by telling them something that isn't true, or by giving them an excuse
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 After I complained about getting tinned peas, the manager of the restaurant tried to fob me off with some excuse about fresh peas not being in season.
💬 The workers refused to be fobbed off with a vague promise of bigger bonuses in future if profits improved.
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21 Nov 2023 06:15
💠goose (1)🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a silly or stupid person
❕For example
🔺Who was the goose who left the air conditioner on in the office all night?
🔺Some goose who works at the bank put the wrong date on my new credit card.
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20 Nov 2023 07:42
📒print out
📖Meaning
to make a printed copy of a document
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Could you print out the contract and leave it on my desk, please?
💬 Print a test copy out and let me check it before you send the file to the printers.
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19 Nov 2023 08:12
💠wasted (2)🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
to be very intoxicated from the use of alcohol or drugs
❕For example
🔺That guy is totally wasted! He can hardly stand up.
🔺Jimmy and his three best friends got in his car after Jimmy had smoked some dope and drunk some vodka. He was so wasted that he nodded off and drove into a tree, and Jimmy and his friends were killed.
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18 Nov 2023 09:26
📒inject into
📖Meaning
to add something positive in order to make something work better
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 The band had become a bit flat, but the introduction of a percussionist injected some much-needed dynamism into their sound.
💬 The government is trying to inject some confidence into the market.
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16 Nov 2023 18:26
📚jump the gun
✍🏾Meaning
If you jump the gun, you start doing something too soon.
❗️For example
🔸If you're in a debate, wait until you're invited to speak and don't jump the gun by speaking before you should.
🔸The company jumped the gun and released the product before the public was ready for it.
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15 Nov 2023 15:34
📒 Death is a remedy for all ills
📖Meaning
When we die, all our problems are solved.
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30 Nov 2023 09:49
💠 bimbo 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a pretty, but empty-headed, young lady
❕For example
🔺Linda says most of the women who marry professional golfers or footballers look like bimbos whose main interest in life is shopping.
🔺Cindy said she wasn't a bimbo, and proved it by saying the word itself reflected the oppressive stereotyping that attractive women were still subject to despite the gains made by the feminist movement.
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29 Nov 2023 09:42
📒come to (2)
📖Meaning
to add up to a particular total
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 The total cost came to over two thousand dollars.
💬 The bill comes to $140.
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28 Nov 2023 09:29
💠 rug 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a man's hairpiece, a toupee
❕For example
🔺Is that guy wearing a rug, or does he just have a really bad haircut?
🔺When Stan started to go bald, he decided to get a rug.
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27 Nov 2023 12:02
📒go after (2)
📖Meaning
to try to get something
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Are you planning to go after Alex's job when he retires?
💬 If Rupert thinks there's a chance to take over a profitable company, he'll go after it with everything he's got.
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26 Nov 2023 09:53
💠 ratty (2) 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
easily annoyed or upset, irritable
❕For example
🔺Laura got drunk last night, and now she's got a hangover and she feels a bit ratty.
🔺I had a really bad day at work today, so sorry if I seem a little ratty tonight.
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25 Nov 2023 08:58
📒drop off (1)
📖Meaning
to drive someone to a place they need to go to and leave them there
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Every morning I drop my kids off at school on my way to work.
💬 Sergio stopped at the mall and dropped off his mother, and then drove on to the golf course.
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23 Nov 2023 19:44
📚on the strength of
✍🏾Meaning
If you do something on the strength of certain advice or information, you do it because the advice or information suggests doing it.
❗️For example
🔸I saw the movie on the strength of what Rod had said. I wouldn't have seen it if he hadn't said it was good.
🔸They gave me an interview on the strength of a recommendation from my tutor at university.
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22 Nov 2023 18:24
📒 Truth needs no colours
📖Meaning
Facts are facts. What is true is true, and it does not need decoration.
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21 Nov 2023 15:47
📚upset the applecart
✍🏾Meaning
If you upset the applecart, you do something that causes trouble or upsets someone's plans.
❗️For example
🔸The Stones upset the applecart by pulling out of the music festival. They were going to be the main act.
🔸Kelly's sister really upset the applecart when she told Kelly that she'd seen her husband waiting for someone in a hotel lobby when he was supposed to be in New York.
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20 Nov 2023 19:19
📒 Still waters run deep
📖Meaning
Some rivers have rough surfaces with waves. That's usually because the water is shallow and there are rocks near the surface. But deep rivers have no rocks near the surface and the water is smooth and still. "Still waters run deep" means that people who are calm and tranquil on the outside, often have a strong, "deep" personality.
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19 Nov 2023 19:18
📚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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18 Nov 2023 19:38
📒 Out of office, out of danger
📖Meaning
The implication is that people in high government or official jobs are not safe. They will be safe only when they leave their job.
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16 Nov 2023 08:53
💠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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15 Nov 2023 08:56
📒know of
📖Meaning
If you know of something, you are aware of it.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Does anyone know of a good dentist around here? I really need to have a tooth pulled out.
💬 The police want people to tell them about anyone they know of who's selling illegal drugs to school kids.
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