English Language
04 Sep 2024 09:14
📒 Speech is silver, silence is golden
📖Meaning
Speaking is good but saying nothing is better. Discretion can be worth more than even eloquent words.
Note: speech (noun): the act of speaking | silver (noun): a greyish-white precious metal | gold (noun): a yellow precious metal (more valuable than silver) | This proverb is also found as: "Speech is silver but silence is golden."
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03 Sep 2024 09:56
💠 airhead 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a silly, stupid person
❕For example
🔺Joel says only airheads watch the shopping channel.
🔺Just because I'm a blonde woman who likes shopping and going to the gym some people call me an airhead, and I'm not!
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02 Sep 2024 09:23
📒 Give credit where credit is due
📖Meaning
The implication is that even if we are reluctant to praise someone, we should do so if the praise is deserved.
Note: credit (noun) = public praise or acknowledgment | due (adj.) = merited; deserved
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01 Sep 2024 10:40
💠 kickback 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a payment made, often secretly or illegally, to someone who has helped to arrange a deal or a job
❕For example
🔺Several corrupt politicians were arrested for getting kickbacks from companies that were given huge government contracts.
🔺We'll have to pay a $50,000 kickback to the school's principal if we want to get the job of building their new assembly hall.
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31 Aug 2024 08:14
📒 He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea
📖Meaning
The sea is supremely powerful, and can be a terrifying and awe-inspiring place.
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29 Aug 2024 08:19
📚(have) egg on your face
✍🏾Meaning
You will have egg on your face if you've said or done something wrong, and it's made you feel embarrassed or stupid.
❗️For example
🔸 Stan had egg on his face after saying he could easily do fifty push-ups, and then giving up after doing just twenty.
🔸The police force had egg on its face because they arrested and beat up an innocent guy who had the same name as a suspect they were looking for.
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28 Aug 2024 08:24
📒embark on
📖Meaning
to begin something, usually something that will be challenging and time-consuming
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 After quitting her job as a teacher, Sam embarked on a new career as a clothes designer.
💬 We're embarking on a campaign to encourage our young people to eat healthy food.
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27 Aug 2024 09:02
📚year dot | year one
✍🏾Meaning
You can say "the year dot", or "the year one", when you're talking about a very, very long time ago.
❗️For example
🔸There have been people living in Australia since the year dot, but Europeans have only been there for about two hundred years.
🔸People have been interested in the stars and the moon since the year one.
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26 Aug 2024 07:10
📒hide away
📖Meaning
If you hide away, you go to a place where very few people can find you.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 After writing a very popular book, Paul hid away in a small town in Mexico to escape all the media attention.
💬 There was a small band of rebel soldiers hidden away in the mountains outside the city.
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25 Aug 2024 11:26
📚water under the bridge | water over the dam
✍🏾Meaning
You can say a problem or an experience is water under the bridge, or water over the dam, if it happened in the past and it no longer affects the present to a degree that is worth worrying about.
❗️For example
🔸 I wish people would stop talking about my problems with the law. It all happened a long time ago and it's water under the bridge as far as I'm concerned.
🔸Rhonda says her marriage to Mark is water over the dam and it's time to move on with her life.
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24 Aug 2024 08:23
📒enter into
📖Meaning
to become involved in something like a discussion, an agreement, or a partnership.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Before you enter into a business deal, have your lawyer check the contract.
💬 The government has entered into talks with the rebel soldiers.
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22 Aug 2024 09:31
📒 There is safety in numbers
📖Meaning
You are safer as part of a group of people than as an individual. Being in a group makes people more confident about taking action.
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21 Aug 2024 08:24
💠 grinding 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
dancing in a sexually arousing way
❕For example
🔺When Mario and Carla starting grinding on the dance floor, the others stood back and cheered them on.
🔺Pete says the thing that drives him totally wild is when a girl pulls him close and starts grinding on him.
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20 Aug 2024 09:55
📒 Keep your friends close and your enemies closer
📖Meaning
You'll be safer if you know more about your enemies than you know about your friends. Look after your enemies better than you look after your friends.
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19 Aug 2024 06:58
💠 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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03 Sep 2024 22:26
📚an end in itself
✍🏾Meaning
If something is an end in itself, it's done for its own pleasure or benefit rather than for some other purpose like making money.
❗️For example
🔸Billy says playing music in a band is an end in itself for him, but I think he does it to meet girls.
🔸People used to think education was an end in itself, but these days kids study in order to make lots of money when they graduate.
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02 Sep 2024 21:49
📒dig up
📖Meaning
If you dig up something, you get it from under the ground by digging.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 The police dug up the murder victim's body and took it away for examination.
💬 My dog loves digging up bones that I bury in the garden for him.
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01 Sep 2024 21:36
📚dressed (up) to the nines
✍🏾Meaning
If you are dressed to the nines, or dressed up to the nines, you are wearing very smart clothes for a special occasion.
❗️For example
🔸Have you seen Harry? He's dressed to the nines and he looks amazing.
🔸Everyone was dressed up to the nines for the Academy Awards, with the men in tuxedos and the women in evening gowns.
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31 Aug 2024 19:49
📒apply to
📖Meaning
If something applies to you, it is relevant to you or you are affected by it.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Some young people from rich families seem to think that the law doesn't apply to them.
💬 The company's new regulations on sexual harassment apply to everybody, from the CEO to the cleaners.
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28 Aug 2024 21:10
💠 jollies 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
fun, thrills, enjoyment
❕For example
🔺I can't see the attraction myself, but Bill says he gets his jollies from building and flying model planes and helicopters.
🔺A lot of young people get their jollies from doing adventure stuff like white-water rafting and bungee-jumping.
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27 Aug 2024 20:40
📒 Dumb dogs are dangerous
📖Meaning
People who say little or nothing are more dangerous than people who speak a lot.
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26 Aug 2024 22:28
💠 mo 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
moment
❕For example
🔺I'll be back in a mo.
🔺 Hang on a mo!
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25 Aug 2024 21:53
📒 Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear
📖Meaning
1. Speaking about the Devil may invite him to come.
2. We often say "Talk of the devil!" (or "Speak of the devil!") when somebody that we have just been speaking about suddenly appears.
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24 Aug 2024 20:59
💠 mosh pit 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
an area in front of the stage at a rock concert where people dance energetically, or "mosh"
❕For example
🔺The best concert I've ever been to was a Nirvana gig in the early nineties when Kurt Cobain jumped into the mosh pit.
🔺 Keep an eye on the kids in the mosh pit in case any of them faints or gets hurt.
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21 Aug 2024 21:46
📚quaking in your boots
✍🏾Meaning
If you're quaking in your boots, you are very frightened.
❗️For example
🔸 This big, ugly dog was growling at me and baring its teeth. I was quaking in my boots, I can tell you!
🔸Our sergeant was a scary guy. He could make a new army recruit quake in his boots just by looking at him.
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20 Aug 2024 20:59
📒set up (3)
📖Meaning
to make the necessary arrangements for an event or activity
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 We've set up a meeting with some of our biggest clients.
💬 The government agrees that a public enquiry is needed and they promised to set one up within the next few days.
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19 Aug 2024 20:02
📚young blood
✍🏾Meaning
If you say "young blood", you mean young people who have fresh, new ideas and lots of energy.
❗️For example
🔸 The company is successful because they're always bringing in young blood, and this helps them keep up with the latest fashions and ideas.
🔸The trouble with the seniority system is that it keeps young blood out of decision-making positions.
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18 Aug 2024 20:34
📒dig up
📖Meaning
If you dig up something, you get it from under the ground by digging.
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💬 My dog loves digging up bones that I bury in the garden for him.
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