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21 Feb 2024 05:50

📔 A hard nut to crack




📋Meaning

(1) a problem or situation that's difficult to solve or deal with;

(2) a person who is difficult to understand or know;

(3) a group, place or opportunity that's difficult to join or gain entry.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 This algebra equation sure is a hard nut to crack.

🗣Congratulations on restoring your antique car—I'll bet that was a hard nut to crack. 
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20 Feb 2024 08:47

📔 apple of someone's eye




📋Meaning

someone or something that is very important to someone

someone or something that someone likes very much


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 Joan’s husband is the apple of her eye.


🗣My father is an avid gardener and these orchids are the apples of his eye.

🗣I used to be the apple of my teacher's eye until he caught me cheating on a quiz.
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19 Feb 2024 06:14

📔 one’s name in lights




📋Meaning
to be famous for one's accomplishments, especially as a performer.




🤔For example ⬇️

🗣  Every actor's dream is to see his or her name in lights on Broadway.

🗣 Let me guess. You're dreaming of seeing your name in lights again.

🗣 I know you don't believe me but you're so talented I know that one day I'm going to see your name in lights.
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18 Feb 2024 10:51

📔 bird’s-eye view (of something)




📋Meaning
as seen from above
a broad view of a situation


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣    I recommend that you go up to the top floor so you can get a bird’s-eye view of the city.

🗣 The introduction of the report gives an excellent bird’s-eye view of the new project.

🗣 When we flew into Washington DC, we saw a gorgeous bird's-eye view of the monuments and US Capitol.
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17 Feb 2024 08:26

📔 Burn the candle at both ends




📋Meaning
To become exhausted from staying up very late and getting up very early because you're busy doing many things or working a lot.


✍Note
You can say "burn the candle at both ends" or "burn the candle from both ends."

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 My wife's been burning the candle from both ends for two months now and she about to get seriously ill as a result.

🗣 I quit my job at the law firm because I developed high blood pressure from always burning the candle at both ends.   

🗣 My boyfriend was working from 8am–10pm for eight months and finally I told him if he continued to burn the candle at both ends I'd have to break-up with him. 😒 
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15 Feb 2024 20:28

📔 be not short of a penny (or two)



📋Meaning
To be exceptionally wealthy; to have no concerns regarding money.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣A: "I just heard Sarah just lost her job!" B: "Well, her husband's family isn't short of a penny, so I think they'll be just fine."

🗣I once dated a guy who, though he was never short of a penny or two, was the most miserly person I'd ever met. He wouldn't even tip when we went out to eat!
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14 Feb 2024 20:18

📔 (as) sick as a parrot



📋Meaning
Thoroughly displeased, disappointed, or dejected (about something). Primarily heard in UK.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Tim was as sick as a parrot when he learned that he had been passed over for the promotion.

🗣I'm delighted that my children have such wonderful opportunities abroad, but I must say I feel sick as a parrot at the thought of being separated from them for so long.
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13 Feb 2024 20:28

📔 pound sand



📋Meaning
To engage in pointless, menial efforts or labor. Used especially as an imperative to express disdain, contempt, or dismissal.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I can't believe Sam told his teacher to go pound sand. Where does that kid get such attitude?

🗣Charles, why don't you pound sand instead of coming around here hassling me about my business?
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12 Feb 2024 18:26

📔in virtue of (something)

📋Due to something; because of something; by reason of something.

🗣In virtue of your years of hard work and experience in the company, we think you would be well-suited to a managerial role within the company.
🗣I know that you feel the need to intervene in virtue of your role as a father, but you need to allow your children a greater degree of independence.
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11 Feb 2024 19:19

💠honorable mention

✍🏾A recognition or citation of merit given to a contestant, exhibition, entry, etc., in a competition despite that person or thing not being awarded a prize or top honor. Primarily heard in US.

My short story did not win a top place in the writing competition, but being given an honorable mention still gives me great pride.
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10 Feb 2024 18:27

📔the knacker's yard

📋A state of ruin or failure due to having become useless or obsolete. Refers to a slaughterhouse for old or injured horses.

🗣Once a booming industry before the age of the Internet, home video rental has largely ended up in the knacker's yard these days.
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08 Feb 2024 21:57

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08 Feb 2024 08:10

📔 Open a can of worms




📋Meaning
  a situation or issue that becomes even more complicated as you try to deal with it or solve the problem.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 Commenting on my wife's appearance always opens a can of worms so I never say anything anymore.

🗣 The investigation of donations made to the winning candidate during the election has really opened a can of worms.
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07 Feb 2024 09:33

📔 look down on someone




📋Meaning
  to see something or someone as inferior

to disapprove of someone or something


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This is also frequently used as look down one’s nose at someone / something


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣   I hate to say this but my father looks down on anyone who doesn’t come from a wealthy background.

🗣 Don’t look down on these jeans just because they don’t have a designer label on them. If you like them, buy them.
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06 Feb 2024 10:34

📔 As cool as a cucumber





📋Meaning
  calm and relaxed (especially in a difficult or stressful situation).


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🗣 My boss is as cool as a cucumber even when he speaks in front of hundreds of people.

🗣 Even though she'd just lost her job, she came to the party as cool as a cucumber.   
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20 Feb 2024 20:29

📔 not get a wink of sleep



📋Meaning
To not get any sleep.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Our newborn son is rather colicky, so my wife and I haven't gotten a wink of sleep the last few nights.
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19 Feb 2024 18:40

📔 be tied (up) in knots


📋Meaning
To be confused, anxious, worried, and/or upset (about something).


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🗣I've been tied up in knots trying to come up with a good topic for my term paper, but I just can't think of anything!

🗣James is tied in knots over how to break up with Danielle, but I think he needs to bite the bullet and just do it.
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18 Feb 2024 19:08

📔knick-knack

📋A trinket or bauble, typically one that is small and ornamental

🗣I loved visiting my grandmother when I was a child and examining all the various knick-knacks she'd collected around the house.
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17 Feb 2024 20:38

📔 shed a tear



📋Meaning
To cry or weep, especially from grief; to grieve or mourn in general.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Everyone in the room was shedding tears by the end of the ceremony.

🗣Their relationship had soured so much over the years that John didn't shed a tear when he heard of his brother's death.
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15 Feb 2024 10:42

📔 drive someone up the wall




📋Meaning
to really anger, bother, irritate or annoy someone



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🗣 My secretary pops her chewing gum loudly all day long and it absolutely drives me up the wall.

🗣Please don’t play your music so loud, you know that drives your father up the wall.

🗣 I know that rash is driving you up the wall but if you keep scratching it, it will never heal. 
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14 Feb 2024 08:43

📔 Jump through hoops



📋Meaning
to do a series of difficult or unpleasant things in order to get something you want or something you need to do.



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🗣   I had to jump through hoops to get to my flight. First, I took the bus, then the subway, then another bus to the airport, then a shuttle bus to the terminal and a tram to the gate!   

🗣We went through hoops to get a new hotel after our travel agent had booked us into a noisy hotel that was undergoing renovations.
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13 Feb 2024 09:31

📔 go to waste



📋Meaning
•to not be used
•to squander or miss an opportunity


🤔For example ⬇️


🗣  When the Native American Indians killed a buffalo absolutely nothing went to waste.

🗣Our new apartment has a small refrigerator so now we can't buy many groceries and nothing goes to waste.
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12 Feb 2024 08:42

📔 keep a close watch on/over someone/something



📋Meaning
To carefully observe or monitor a situation for problems or changes


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You can also say "keep a watch" or "keep watch"


🤔For example ⬇️


🗣 Could you please water my plants and keep a close watch on my house while I am away?

🗣 Keep a close watch over the sauce and to make sure it simmers and doesn't boil.
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11 Feb 2024 07:27

📔 Drink like a fish


📋Meaning
to drink too much alcohol at one time.



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🗣 I'm worried about Paul—he's been drinking like a fish again.

🗣 I hate going to fraternity parties—it's not very fun when I'm sober and everyone else is drinking like a fish.
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10 Feb 2024 09:21

📔 Hold your horses


📋Meaning
1) slow down;
2) wait a moment;
3) be patient.



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🗣 Please hold your horses while you drive through this neighborhood—there are many children outside playing.

🗣 I'm sorry but you're going to have to hold your horses, there are many people in line ahead of you and we are working as fast as we can.
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08 Feb 2024 20:46

📔 put (one's) back up



📋Meaning
To be or become angry, hostile, defensive, defiant, or irritable, or to instill such a feeling in someone else.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣John put his back up when his parents brought up the subject of college.

🗣Election season always puts my dad's back up.
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07 Feb 2024 20:49

💠 the half of it

✍🏾 A portion of something, typically implied to be the most important or significant part. (Often used in the negative.)

Yes, the company is losing money, but that's only the half of it: if we don't show some improved sales soon, the bank will cut our credit line, too!
A: "I heard the meeting went pretty poorly." B: "That isn't the half of it. Now the boss wants to do a full review of my employment, so I might even lose my job!"
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06 Feb 2024 19:30

📔 born in the purple


📋Meaning
Born into royalty. Purple is a color traditionally associated with royalty.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Did you see pictures of the latest addition to the royal family? What a sweet little princess born in the purple!
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05 Feb 2024 20:14

💠 hot desking

✍🏾 The act or practice of sharing desks or workstations between employees in an office so as to cut down on the amount of office space required.

I've never worked in a company that did hot desking before; while it was strange not having my own desk at first, with everything done on laptops you barely notice it after a while!
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