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📔 Sitting on the fence 📋Meaning   a person's lack of decisiveness, neutrality or hesitance to choose between two sides in an argument or a competition, or inability to decide due to lack of courage.  🤔For example ⬇️ 🗣 “The councilman is afraid he'll lose votes if he takes sides on the zoning issue, but he can't sit on the fence forever.” ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ➠@PhrasalCards ➠@SlangWords ➠@IdiomsLand ➠@Vocabulix ➠@GrammarCards ➠@EnglishGate ➠@StoryPage

📔 banker's hours 📋Meaning A limited work schedule (as banks were once known for having short work days and being closed on holidays and weekends). 🤔For example ⬇️ 🗣You won't be able to reach her on a Saturday—she keeps banker's hours. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ➠@PhrasalCards ➠@SlangWords ➠@IdiomsLand ➠@Vocabulix ➠@GrammarCards ➠@EnglishGate ➠@StoryPage

📔 raise the roof 📋Meaning make or cause someone else to make a great deal of noise, especially through cheering.  🤔For example ⬇️ 🗣 "when I finally scored the fans raised the roof" ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ➠@PhrasalCards ➠@SlangWords ➠@IdiomsLand ➠@Vocabulix ➠@GrammarCards ➠@EnglishGate ➠@StoryPage

📔 case of the dropsy 📋Meaning A fictitious "condition" characterized by continually dropping things from one's hands. It is a play on the term "dropsy," which was formerly used to denote the condition now known as edema (or oedema). 🤔For example ⬇️ 🗣I've broken four or five plates since I started work. I guess I've got a bad case of the dropsy today. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ➠@PhrasalCards ➠@SlangWords ➠@IdiomsLand ➠@Vocabulix ➠@GrammarCards ➠@EnglishGate ➠@StoryPage

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📔 the big picture 📋Meaning   the situation as a whole. 🤔For example ⬇️ 🗣 "he's so involved in the minutiae that he often overlooks the big picture" ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ➠@PhrasalCards ➠@SlangWords ➠@IdiomsLand ➠@Vocabulix ➠@GrammarCards ➠@EnglishGate ➠@StoryPage

📔 crushing blow 📋Meaning A major defeat or setback that is devastating to the goals of a person, group, or organization. 🤔For example ⬇️ 🗣The team's loss last Sunday was a crushing blow to their chances for a championship. 🗣Failing that test was a crushing blow to my hopes for an honors degree. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ➠@PhrasalCards ➠@SlangWords ➠@IdiomsLand ➠@Vocabulix ➠@GrammarCards ➠@EnglishGate ➠@StoryPage

📔 living on the edge 📋Meaning  To have an adventurous or perilous lifestyle; to behave in a manner which creates risks for oneself. 🤔For example ⬇️ 🗣 Despite the apparent respectability, he was a man who liked to live on the edge. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ➠@PhrasalCards ➠@SlangWords ➠@IdiomsLand ➠@Vocabulix ➠@GrammarCards ➠@EnglishGate ➠@StoryPage

📔 cushy job 📋Meaning A job that is easy, stress-free, and/or very well paid. 🤔For example ⬇️ 🗣Since I got this cushy job managing a toy store, I've gotten to sit around playing with toys all day. 🗣Since Sarah got that cushy job with the bank, she has been driving a sports car and is buying a second home! ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ➠@PhrasalCards ➠@SlangWords ➠@IdiomsLand ➠@Vocabulix ➠@GrammarCards ➠@EnglishGate ➠@StoryPage

📔 a cut above the rest 📋Meaning Better in quality than most others. 🤔For example ⬇️ 🗣This new restaurant is a cut above the rest. 🗣Trust me, Johannes is a cut above the rest. If you want the best legal advice money can buy, he's your man. 🗣An entrant's essay must be a cut above the rest for it to win our top prize. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ➠@PhrasalCards ➠@SlangWords ➠@IdiomsLand ➠@Vocabulix ➠@GrammarCards ➠@EnglishGate ➠@StoryPage