📚dig your own grave
✍🏾to do something that causes you harm, sometimes serious harm:
🔺She dug her own grave when she made fun of the boss.
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✅Most common American idioms ( part 7 )
❗️Keep your nose clean.
▪️Be honest and ethical.
❗️It's nothing to sneeze at.
▪️It is a good offer.
❗️It's under your nose.
▪️It's right there in front of you.
❗️She won by a hair.
▪️She won by just a tiny bit.
❗️I'm all ears.
▪️I am listening with great interest.
❗️It was an ear-splitting sound.
▪️The noise hurt my ears.
❗️It goes in one ear and out the other.
▪️He doesn't listen to anyone.
❗️Keep your ear to the ground.
▪️Listen everywhere to find what is going on.
❗️You'd better prick up your ears.
▪️Pay attention to what is happening.
❗️She can wind him around her little finger.
▪️She can manipulate him to do what she wants.
❗️He's got a finger in every pie.
▪️He is trying every possible way.
❗️My hands are tied.
▪️There is nothing I can do because of regulations.
❗️Please lend me a hand.
▪️Help me with this.
❗️Give him a hand.
▪️Clap your hand in appreciation.
❗️Give him a hand.
▪️Help him.
❗️He's got a green thumb.
▪️He is good at gardening.
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✍🏾(also add fuel to the flames) to make a problem worse; to say or do something that makes a bad situation worse.
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💥 Liking and disliking
🔺 Juliet "only has eyes for" Romeo. [...is only attracted to]
🔺 Damian "loves" Anne "to bits". [loves very much]
🔺 She is "the woman of his dreams". He is "the man of her dreams". [the perfect partner]
🔺 They immediately "fell head over heels in love". [fell deeply in love]
🔺 They hadn't met before that holiday but they "got on like a house on fire". [got on very well]
🔺 I "have a soft spot for" Kevin- he was always very kind to my grandma. [I am fond of...]
🔺 His rude behavior really "gets up my nose/ gets on my wick/ gets on my nerves/ gets my back up. [informal: annoys me]
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▪️ Jack's been in the business so long that he really "knows what's what. [...is an expert]
▪️ The new prof certainly "knows his stuff". [is an expert in his field]
▪️ Although Sam is the manager, his wife is really "the brains behind" the company. [the most intelligen person in the company]
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▪️ You won't solve the problem if you don't use your "gray matter". [intelligence, brains]
▪️ Milly is "nobody's fool" - she'll never believe such a poor excuse. [is very clever]
▪️ We don't "have a clue/ the foggiest idea" what the bosses are planning. [have no idea]
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▪️ I can't stand Mark - he's such a "know all/ smart aleck". [someone who shows off their cleverness in an irritating way]
▪️ Although his parents are both very bright, Neil "has got nothing between the ears/ is as thick as two short pkanks". [is extremely stupid]
▪️ Hugh is a bit "slow on the uptake" - you have to explain things to him several times.
▪️ Tim's dad "wasn't born yesterday". [is not stupid] - Tim won't be able to " pull the wool over his eyes". [deceive him]
▪️ I "can't make head or tail of" what you're trying to say. [can't understand]
▪️ Rita is "one sandwich short of a picnic". [stupid]
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▪️ He's "one cell short of a battery/ one slice short of a loaf/ several bricks short of a load.
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📚 To be in (your) element/ to be made for: to be ideally suited for
📚 To rave about: to be enthusiastic about
📚 To look like the cat that got the cream: to look irritatingly pleased with yourself
📚 To be down in the dumps/ down in the mouth: to be depressed
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💥at a loss for words /ˈæt ə ˈlɑːs fɚ ˈwɚdz/
✍🏾: unable to think of anything to say
🔺The woman is at a loss for words.
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🔰hard to come by
✍🏾Meaning: If something is hard to come by, it is difficult to find.
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🔺A good cheap hotel is hard to come by in London these days.
🔺Good jobs in the airline industy have been hard to come by recently.
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✅Most common American idioms ( part 4 )
❗️He ratted on me.
▪️He informed others about my secrets.
❗️She is a stool pigeon.
▪️She informs on everybody.
❗️I can't make heads or tails of it.
▪️I can't understand what you are talking about.
❗️She's no spring chicken.
▪️She is a tough old lady.
❗️She lost her head.
▪️She did something crazy.
❗️He can't keep his head above water.
▪️He's too busy with many things.
❗️That's just off the top of my head.
▪️Here's an idea without too much thought.
❗️She'll got her head in the clouds.
▪️Her ideas are not practical.
❗️She's levelheaded.
▪️She's always has good practical ideas.
❗️I've got a lump in my throat.
▪️I am emotionally involved and distressed.
❗️You'd better save your neck.
▪️You must survive this situation.
❗️You better turn the other cheek.
▪️ Don't let what they say bother you!
❗️Just swallow your pride.
▪️Forget your pride and solve the problem.
❗️My lips are sealed.
▪️I will never reveal the secret.
❗️It's a slap in the face.
▪️That is an insult.
❗️You can talk until you're blue in the face.
▪️They aren't listening to you.
❗️You must face the music.
▪️Admit your error solve it and go on.
❗️She's got a big mouth.
▪️She talks too much and says the wrong things.
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◾️act one's age
☑️To be mature and not childish.
🔺Stop being childish and act your age.
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💥on the off-chance
✍🏾Meaning: You can say you're doing something "on the off-chance" if you're doing it because it might lead to something that you want, even though it's not definite.
📌For example:
🔺Photographers follow celebrities around on the off-chance that they can get a good photograph of them and sell it.
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💥affinity for
✍🏾said about you have attraction , preference or sympathy for something or someone.
🔺He has an affinty for classical music.
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💥by a nose
✍🏾If a person or animal wins a race or competition by a nose, he, she, or it wins it by very little:
🔺It was a very exciting race. My horse won but only by a nose.
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💥take the bull by the horns /ˈteɪk ðə ˈbʊl ˈbaɪ ðə ˈhoɚnz/
✍🏾: to deal with a difficult situation in a very direct or confident way
❗️For example:
🔺She decided to take the bull by the horns and try to solve the problem without any further delay.
🔺The woman is taking the bull by the horns and fixing the sink herself.
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📚take a liking to /ˈteɪk ə ˈlaɪkɪŋ tu/
✍🏾: to begin to like (someone or something)
🔺He took a liking to his new neighbor.
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💥get the hang of /ˈgɛt ðə ˈhæŋ əv/
❗️informal
✍🏾: to learn the skills that are needed to do (something)
🔺He was finally getting the hang of his job. [=he was finally beginning to understand and become skillful in his job]
🔺She's getting the hang of driving.
🔺The girl is getting the hang of driving.
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✅Most common American idioms ( part 6 )
❗️She's tongue-tied.
▪️She's so excited she can't speak.
❗️I only have eyes for you.
▪️You are the object of my affection.
❗️I never want to lay eyes on you.
▪️Go! I never want to see you again.
❗️I've got my eye on you.
▪️I'm watching you - one mistake and you're gone.
❗️He's making eyes at her.
▪️He is flirting with her.
❗️That'll make your eyes pop.
▪️You will be really surprised when this happens.
❗️I can't believe my eyes.
▪️What I am seeing is hard to believe.
❗️There's more than meets the eye.
▪️You are not telling me all the facts.
❗️She's a sight for sore eyes.
▪️We're very happy to see her - we need her.
❗️You need to catch his eye.
▪️You must get his attention.
❗️His eyes are bigger than his stomach.
▪️He takes more food than he can eat.
❗️Feast your eyes on that.
▪️Isn't that a wonderful thing we have here?
❗️She will pull the wool over his eyes.
▪️She will fool him every time.
❗️It's a highbrow place.
▪️It is a very high-class place.
❗️You'll pay through the nose.
▪️It's extremely costly to do that.
❗️Don't turn up your nose at me.
▪️Don't think you are better than I am.
❗️She's got a nose for news.
▪️She can get a story from almost nothing.
❗️She won by a nose.
▪️It was a very close race.
❗️You need to lead them by the nose.
▪️You have to tell them every single detail.
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✅Most common American idioms ( part 5 )
❗️It's just hand to mouth.
▪️It is a very low cost project.
❗️Keep a stiff upper lip.
▪️Keep trying and you can succeed.
❗️It makes my mouth water.
▪️I think that is a very attractive idea.
❗️It was by word of mouth.
▪️I was told in person.
❗️It leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
▪️I don't feel comfortable with that idea.
❗️It will melt in your mouth.
▪️You will like this idea.
❗️You can save your breath.
▪️They don't listen - they're not open to anything.
❗️She takes my breath away.
▪️She's the most wonderful creature I've ever seen.
❗️I did it by the skin of my teeth.
▪️I just barely got the job done.
❗️It's on the tip of my tongue.
▪️I know it - I just can't say it now.
❗️You'll eat your words.
▪️Any thing you say may come back to haunt you.
❗️She's got a sharp tongue.
▪️Her words are like a sword - they can hurt.
❗️It's my mother tongue.
▪️It is my native language.
❗️It was a slip of the tongue.
▪️I didn't intend to say that.
❗️He said it tongue in cheek.
▪️He was kidding when he said that.
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adam's ale
(old-fashioned) water.
Take a glass of adam's ale if you are thirsty.
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💥A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN
✍🏾Meaning:
It means two people who are perfect for each other.
❗️Example:
🔺Tim and Lily are truly a match made in heaven. They have bonded with their common love for diving, gardening and even rock-climbing!
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💥state-of-the-art
✍🏾Meaning: If something is state-of-the-art, it's the latest and best example of something, or it shows the most recent developments in its field.
❗️For example:
🔺Have you seen Ian's new phone? He says it's got state-of-the-art technology you can only get in that model.
🔺I never buy state-of-the-art products because they're always so expensive. I just wait six months and get the same thing for a lot less.
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