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Don’t waste these three: Time, Money and EnergyFood Idioms
I love to sit around and chew the fat with old friends
chew the fat
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talk or chat
Everyone knows that our math teacher is out to lunch
is out to lunch
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behaves in a crazy manner
Blood Is Thicker Than Water
Blood Is Thicker Than Water
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Refers to family ties, and situations where loyalty to family is more important than other considerations
As High As A Kite
As High As A Kite
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This is usually a slang term in modern usage, referring to people who are drunk. In older usage it was also a term for happiness
Idioms with come
Idioms with come
Can you repeat that===؟Come again
reprimand==come down hard on
was revealed ==came to light
come up with ===discover
happened==come true
came down with == got sick with
comes down to ==is because of
coming in for ==going to go through
came out of===suddenly appeared
come to terms with ==objectively and entirely confront and understand
two
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush as they say when you have at least one definite thing in contrast to two uncertain things
It wouldn't take much for me to cancel that trip in fact for two pins I think I will
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it means that if given only the smallest reason or encouragement, you will cancel the trip
Quite honestly I really can't decide which one to choose I'm what you might say in two minds
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It means you are not able to decide
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in two shakes of a lamb's tail is an idiom which means in a very short period of time/very fast/in no time
I'll see to that in two ticks and it'll be all over in a minute
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The meaning of 'in two ticks' is clear in no time, right
You honestly can't tell one twin from another as they are like as two peas in a pod
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exactly the same in appearance, behaviour etc
I worked out the answer in the end by putting two and two together
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If you put two and two together you make a logical connection between two facts
I honestly wouldn't trust either of them. They both think the same way and they're two of a kind===================
two, three etc people or things that are very similar
there are no two ways about it
ّّّّّّّI can see you're angry and want to do the same to them but remember that two wrongs don't make a right
water
he treated it as water off a duck's back
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of no importance
He was told that the new plan he'd developed just wouldn't hold water
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wouldn't work
Every time we came up with a new proposal, he would throw cold water on it
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discourage it
After all the money that she's borrowed and also spent, she now finds herself in deep water
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in defeat
He's decided to make a fresh start and regards all his old problems as water under the bridge
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not worth worrying about
Once he's earned a bit of money he immediately spends it like water
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spends it freely
she always feels like a fish out of water
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uncomfortable
It's many years since we last met and a lot of water has passed under the bridge since then
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a lot has happened
The jewels in that showcase are clearly of the first water
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of high quality
Their job as advisers was to pour oil on troubled waters
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calm things down
straw in the wind
straw in the wind
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a sign of what might happen in the future
There have been a few straws in the wind suggesting things might be getting a little better
straw
be clutching/grasping at straws
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to be trying everything you can to succeed, even though the things you are doing are not likely to help or work
the last straw
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the last insult or mistake that one can endure and which then causes some reaction
the straw that breaks the camel's back
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the last problem in a series of problems that finally makes you give up, get angry etc
Making me work late on Friday was the last straw
a cloud on the horizon
a cloud on the horizon
a problem or difficulty which you expect to happen in the future
The only cloud on the horizon is the physics
the air
Don't worry about her, she always gives herself airs and graces
: means
She always thinks she's very important
I honestly think the time has come to clear the air
:means
to make things simpler
There's a lot of discussion in the air about it
: mean
that's not definite
I don't know about you but I feel like taking the air at the moment
: means
going for a walk
When I told him the news, he went up in the air
:means
he became angry
You know what they're like. They just talked a lot of hot air
: means
empty promises
The radio play is on the air later tonight
: means
being broadcast
As soon as they heard the news, they were walking on air
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were very happy
The concert is being played in the open air on Sunday means
outside
Act of God
An act of God is something like an earthquake or floods that human beings cannot prevent or control
a watched pot never boils
a watched pot never boils
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Some things work out in their own time, so being impatient and constantly checking will just make things seem longer.
slip one's mind
slip one's mind =go (right/clean) out of somebody's mind
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something goes out of your mind, you forget it, especially because you are very busy
I'm sorry. So much has been happening, it went clean out of my mind
I
t had completely slipped her mind that Dave still had a key to the house
eating her words
eating her words ==admitting to her untrue claims
is out to lunch
Everyone knows that our math teacher is out to lunch
is out to lunch==behaves in a crazy manner