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📔 be the butt of someone's jokes
📋Meaning
to be a person who is joked about or laughed at
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣He was sick of being the butt of their jokes.
🗣No one wants to be the butt of a joke.
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📔 A blessing in disguise
📋Meaning
an apparent misfortune that eventually has good results.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣"being omitted from the World Cup squad was a blessing in disguise"
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📔 Go back to the drawing board
📋Meaning
Start over
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣The current system just isn’t working – we need to go back to the drawing board and start afresh.
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📔 call it a day
📋Meaning
decide or agree to stop doing something.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣"after three marriages, many men would have been more than ready to call it a day"
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📔 the last straw
📋Meaning
a further difficulty or annoyance, typically minor in itself but coming on top of a series of difficulties, that makes a situation unbearable.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣"his affair was the last straw"
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📔 take a powder
📋Meaning
depart quickly, especially in order to avoid a difficult situation.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣When he saw the police coming, the thief decided to take a powder.”
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📔 raise Cain
📋Meaning
Behave in a rowdy or disruptive way
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣He'll raise Cain when he finds out I lost his watch.
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📔 beat the rush
📋Meaning
to get there first
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣I always do my shopping early to beat the rush.
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📔 pull someone's leg
📋Meaning
deceive someone playfully; tease someone.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣"getting married—are you pulling my leg?"
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📔 take the wind out of someone's sails
📋Meaning
frustrate someone by unexpectedly anticipating an action or remark.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣I was all ready to tell him that the relationship was over when he greeted me with a big bunch of flowers - that took the wind out of my sails.
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📔 go with the flow
📋Meaning
be relaxed and accept a situation, rather than trying to alter or control it.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Just relax and go with the flow!
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📔 go-getter
📋Meaning
If someone is a go-getter, they are very energetic and eager to succeed.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣"they went to great lengths to select a team of go-getters willing to learn about the latest in high-tech manufacturing"
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📔 down-to-earth
📋Meaning
with no illusions or pretensions; practical and realistic.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣"a down-to-earth view of marriage"
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📔 knock one's socks off
📋Meaning
to impress someone
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣This song will knock your socks off.
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📔 Give someone the benefit of the doubt
📋Meaning
Trust what someone says
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣I didn't know whether his story was true or not, but I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt.
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📔 Pull yourself together
📋Meaning
recover control of one's emotions./ Calm down.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣"you've got to pull yourself together and find a job"
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📔 A dime a dozen
📋Meaning
very common and of no particular value.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣"experts in this field are a dime a dozen"
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📔 It's not rocket science
📋Meaning
It is easy to understand or is not difficult to do/understand
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣My coach always said, "Basketball is not rocket science. It's about putting the ball in the basket."
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📔 Wrap your head around something
📋Meaning
Understand something complicated
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣I just couldn't wrap my head around what had happened.
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📔 wet behind the ears
📋Meaning
lacking experience; immature.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣"he's a nice young fellow but a bit wet behind the ears"
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📔 break a leg!
📋Meaning
good luck!
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣"Remember, the show must go on! Good luck and break a leg!"
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📔 raise Cain
📋Meaning
Behave in a rowdy or disruptive way
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣He'll raise Cain when he finds out I lost his watch.
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📔 turn a blind eye
📋Meaning
pretend not to notice.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣"please, don't turn a blind eye to what is happening"
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📔 better late than never
📋Meaning
doing something late is better than not doing it at all.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Sorry I was late for the meeting today; I got stuck in traffic.”
Answer: “That's okay; better late than never.”
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📔 a ballpark figure | a ballpark estimate
📋Meaning
If you give a ballpark figure or a ballpark estimate, you give a number which you think is fairly close to the actual one.
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🗣We don't know the exact cost, but a ballpark figure would be around six million dollars.
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📔 A man of his words
📋Meaning
A man who keeps promises, who can be trusted
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🗣If you were a man of your word, you would be on time.
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📔 bent out of shape
📋Meaning
angry or agitated.
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🗣"it was just a mistake, nothing to get bent out of shape about"
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