Idioms&Phrases

Example: 🗣: He has lost his job recently, he is barely making ends meet. @English_idioms_phrases

📔laze about 📋To relax or spend time idly; to do nothing or very little. 🗣I can't wait to go on my vacation and laze about the beach for two weeks! 🗣It's a gorgeous day outside, so you kids get off your butts and quit lazing about! @English_idioms_phrases

📔day to day 📋Meaning If something happens day to day, it's part of your usual daily routine. 🤔For example ⬇️ 🗣While you're away you'll have to pay for all your day-to-day expenses yourself, except for the hotel. 🗣She can deal with the small problems she faces day to day, but if there's a major crisis she usually panics. ❕This idiom is written as "day-to-day" if it's used as an adjective in front of a noun. https://t.me/English_idioms_phrases

📔lash out ⚖️ Synonym: hit out 📖Meaning to verbally or physically attack someone or something 🤓For example ⤵️ 🗣: An angry politician lashed out in parliament today and tried to hit one of his colleagues. 🗣:I told my girlfriend I thought her new hairstyle wasn't as nice as her old one, and she lashed out and said I was ignorant and didn't know anything about style or fashion. https://t.me/English_idioms_phrases

📔Highways and byways 📋Meaning Both major and minor or lesser-traveled roads. (Often used figuratively to describe paths taken in life.) 🤔For example ⬇️ 🗣I'm taking the summer to travel across the Midwest, driving through highways and byways to find all sorts of unique places. 🗣By highways and byways, he ended up making a life for himself in a small village in India. https://t.me/English_idioms_phrases

​​During his school years, Bill Gates changed his high school's program codes so he was placed in class with mostly female students. https://t.me/English_idioms_phrases #people

Get the best of someone — to overwhelm, take control, or gain an advantage over someone: Don't let him get the best of you — just ignore him! @USA_idioms

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📔burn your bridges | burn your boats 📋Meaning You have burned your bridges, or burned your boats, if you were in a situation and you then left it after doing something that made it impossible to go back there. 🤔For example ⬇️ 🗣I knew I'd be burning my boats if I dropped out of school, but I didn't care because I was determined to be a photographer. 🗣If you insult the boss when you leave, you'll be burning your bridges and you'll never be able to go back to work there again. 🌟@English_idioms_phrases🌟

📔lay (oneself) out 📋To put in a great deal of effort; to inconvenience oneself or go through a lot of trouble. 🗣I don't know why I always lay myself out to impress your parents—they never appreciate what I do anyway. 🗣Your brother and sister really laid themselves out to make your party special, so it would be nice if you showed a little appreciation. 🌟@English_idioms_phrases🌟

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📔 in deep ✍🏾Meaning If someone is "in deep", they are deeply involved in a situation. ❕For example 🗣Candy knew that she was in deep when she realised she was spending more time in Steven's apartment than she was in her own. 🗣 Before I knew it, I was in deep. I'd already invested fifty thousand dollars in the project, and I was thinking of investing even more. @English_idioms_phrases

📔a chip off the old block ✍🏾Meaning Someone can be described as a chip off the old block if they are very similar in character to one of their parents, usually their father. ❗️For example 🗣Everyone says I'm a chip off the old block, but I think I'm very different to my dad. 🗣Jenny's a real chip off the old block. She must have been very close to her father when she was young. @English_idioms_phrases

📔from now on 📋Meaning If you do something "from now on", you do it from now until some unknown time in the future. 🤔For example ⬇️ 🗣From now on you can wear casual clothes to work every Friday. 🗣I was lucky to escape from the accident with just a few minor injuries, so from now on I'm going to be much more careful when I drive. @English_idioms_phrases

📔 freak ✍🏾Meaning a strange person ❕For example 🗣There were a lot of weird-looking freaks at the music festival. Some even had green or purple hair! 🗣 My cousin Dave looked like a real freak when he was a teenager, but he looks totally normal now. @English_idioms_phrases

📔last chance (for/at/to do something) 📋The last or final opportunity to get, have, do, or achieve something. 🗣Hurry and book your flights today—this is your last chance for the cheapest tickets in town! 🗣I'm giving you one last chance to surrender. 🗣:This fight is my last chance at a championship boxing title. @English_idioms_phrases

📔labour of love | labor of love 📋Meaning A labour of love is work that's done for pleasure or for someone's benefit rather than for money. 🤔For example ⬇️ 🗣Bill would never waste his time on a labor of love. He's only interested in making money. 🗣Hiroko's website was a labour of love that he made so that people could learn about jazz and blues music. ✏️Note "Labour" is the British spelling and "labor" is the American spelling. @English_idioms_phrases

📔(your) hands are tied 📋Meaning You can say your hands are tied if you're prevented from doing something that you'd normally have the power or the authority to do. For example:📝 🗣The president says he'd like to spend more on schools in poor districts, but says his hands are tied by what he calls "budgetary restrictions". 🗣:I'd really like to give you the contract, Mr Ali , but my hands are tied because of those laws on giving contracts to people with criminal records. @English_idioms_phrases

Good wishes to Navruz May your pure heart be your companion! I wish you new joys, May your heart be full of joy and dreams !!! Happy NAVRUZ holiday! @English_idioms_phrases

📔the lady of the house 📋A woman who looks after and runs the house; the matriarch of a family or household. 🗣:I'm afraid you'll have to ask the lady of the house, as she's the one who makes those sorts of decisions around here. @English_idioms_phrases

📔 iron out ⚖️Synonym: sort out 📖Meaning If you iron out the last details of a deal, you sort out the final problems or issues. 🤓For example ⤵️ 💬:If we have any differences or issues, we'll have to iron them out before we sign a deal. 💬: Ronaldo's manager and the club are ironing out a couple of final issues, but they should have everything sorted out soon. ✏️Note Nouns often used as objects with iron out: differences, disagreements, issues, problems, hitches, misunderstandings. @English_idioms_phrases

📔make yourself at home ✍🏾Meaning If you make yourself at home, you relax and feel comfortable in someone else's home. ❗️For example 💬:When we arrived at my apartment, I showed my guests the sofa and said, "Make yourself at home." 💬:Bill certainly knows how to make himself at home. Within five minutes of arriving he'd turned on my TV and helped himself to a beer from my fridge. @English_idioms_phrases

📔on a whim 📋Meaning Based on a sudden, impulsive urge, desire, or idea; without careful planning or because of a capricious inclination. 🤔For example ⬇️ 🗣On a whim, we drove to the beach for the weekend. 🗣Major governmental policies cannot be decided on a whim; they have to be carefully and rationally thought through. @English_idioms_phrases

📔a ray of sunshine ✍🏾Meaning Something is a ray of sunshine if it brings happiness to someone. ❗️For example 🗣The birth of Debra's first grandchild less than a year after her husband died came as a much-needed ray of sunshine in her life. 🗣After years of struggling to get established as a writer, the publication of her first short story was a ray of sunshine for Ruth. ✏️Note This idiom is most often used when talking about something that has brought happiness to someone who's been having trouble in their life. @English_idioms_phrases

I congratulate all the girls and women on such a beautiful day. May affection and attention accompany with you all the time in your life Happy 8th March🥳🥳🥳 Every Home, Every Heart, Every Feeling, Every Moment Of happiness is incomplete without you Only you can complete this world... W-wonderful,  O-outstanding,  M-marvellous,  A-amazing,  N-nice!  Today you deserve our most beautiful flowers and poetry! Happy women and girls' day

📔 a slap on the wrist ✍🏾Meaning If someone gives you a slap on the wrist, they give you a mild punishment for making a mistake or doing something wrong. ❗️For example 🗣The tribunal didn't think it was a serious offence, so they just gave him a slap on the wrist. All he got was a warning. 🗣Some of our players got a slap on the wrist for getting to the training session late. The coach warned them not to be late again and then made them do twenty push-ups. @English_idioms_phrases

📔knick-knack 📋A trinket or bauble, typically one that is small and ornamental 🗣I loved visiting my grandfather when I was a child and examining all the various knick-knacks he'd collected around the house. @English_idioms_phrases

📔bark up the wrong tree 📋Meaning If you're barking up the wrong tree, you're looking for something in the wrong place or going about something in the wrong way 🤔For example ⬇️ 🗣The police think the drugs are being brought in by the mafia, but they're barking up the wrong tree. They should be looking much closer to home. 🗣He's barking up the wrong tree if he is interested in Jane. Doesn't he know she's married? @English_idioms_phrases

📔paint the town red 📋Meaning If you paint the town red, you visit bars, nightclubs and other nightspots to have a good time. 🤔For example ⬇️ 🗣It's my's birthday today so I'm going out with some friends tonight to paint the town red. 🗣Going out and painting the town red is great fun, but you can't do it every night. @English_idioms_phrases

📔beat it ✍🏾Meaning go away ❕For example 🗣Some kids were smoking in the carpark, but when one of them saw a teacher coming they grabbed their stuff and beat it. 🗣When Peter came back from the bathroom, some guy was talking to Leanne. Peter said, "Beat it, pal! She's with me." @English_idioms_phrases

📔don't hand me that story 📋Meaning Don't tell me that lie; don't try to pass that off as the truth; don't tell me that familiar story. 🤔For example ⬇️ 🗣I want to know why you're so late coming home. And don't hand me that story about wanting to catch up with friends! @English_idioms_phrases

📔keep a sharp lookout (for something or someone) 📋To remain vigilant or carefully watchful (for something or someone). 🗣Keep a sharp lookout for the health inspector, we heard he'll be doing a surprise inspection someday soon. 🗣They should be arriving any minute, so keep a sharp lookout.Keep a sharp lookout for a Christmas present we could give your mother. @English_idioms_phrases

📔on a lark 📋On a whim or fancy; for fun or as a joke. 🗣On a lark, we all decided to ditch our Friday classes at university and drive to Tashkent City for the weekend. @English_idioms_phrases

📔cross that bridge when we come to it 📋Meaning You can say "we'll cross that bridge when we come to it" if someone mentions a problem that might occur in the future, but you want them to think about what's happening now instead. 🤔For example ⬇️ 🗣Jenny worries too much about things that might happen in the future, so people are always saying "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it" to her. 🗣Martin asked what we'd do if our new company couldn't find good staff when we needed to expand, and I said we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. @English_idioms_phrases

📔change your tune ✍🏾Meaning If you change your tune, you change your opinion about something or your attitude towards someone. ❗️For example 🗣At first Timur was against selling the rights to his book, but he changed his tune when he realized how much money he could make. 🗣Kamila was quite rude to me at first, but she changed her tune when someone mentioned how wealthy I was. @English_idioms_phrases

📔grease someone's palm 📋Meaning If you grease someone's palm, you pay them a bribe 🤔For example ⬇️ 🗣The only way to get a government contract around here is to grease someone's palm. 🗣If you want to get out of jail, grease the warden's palm and the guards will let you escape. @English_idioms_phrases

📔Idiom: To bring out: 🤔Means: 📌To show or introduce (to the public) (S); to make available (S) ✅Examples: 🗣Most automobile companies bring out new models each year. 🗣My mother brought some snacks out for my friends and me to have. @English_idioms_phrases