English Language

📚under the table ✍🏾Meaning If something is done under the table, it's done secretly, usually because it's illegal or unethical. ❗️For example 🔸If I do any overtime, can you pay me under the table so I won't have pay tax on it. 🔸If you make under-the-table payments to customs officials, you can get goods through the port without having them inspected. #Idiom_of_the_Day ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ➠@PhrasalCards ➠@SlangWords ➠@IdiomsLand ➠@Vocabulix ➠@GrammarCards ➠@EnglishGate ➠@StoryPage

💠 kook 🇺🇸 ✍🏾Meaning a strange or eccentric person ❕For example 🔺There's this kook in my apartment building with snake tattoos on his face and he keeps these giant pythons as pets. 🔺Why did Margaret marry a kook like that guy Jim? He thinks he's some sort of Indian holy man or something. #Slang_of_the_Day ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ➠@PhrasalCards ➠@SlangWords ➠@IdiomsLand ➠@Vocabulix ➠@GrammarCards ➠@EnglishGate ➠@StoryPage

📒 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder 📖Meaning Different people see beauty in different ways. What one person finds beautiful may not appeal to another person. #Saying_of_the_Day ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ➠@PhrasalCards ➠@SlangWords ➠@IdiomsLand ➠@Vocabulix ➠@GrammarCards ➠@EnglishGate ➠@StoryPage

📒cross out 📖Meaning If you cross something out, you draw a line through it with a pen or a pencil, usually because it's wrong or is no longer necessary. 🤓For example ⤵️ 💬 If you make a mistake, cross it out and write down what you think is correct instead. 💬 When guests arrive, cross out their names on the guest list so that we know they're here. #Phrasal_Verb_of_the_Day ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ➠@PhrasalCards ➠@SlangWords ➠@IdiomsLand ➠@Vocabulix ➠@GrammarCards ➠@EnglishGate ➠@StoryPage

📚easy as pie | easy as abc ✍🏾Meaning If something's as easy as pie, or easy as abc, it's very easy. ❗️For example 🔸Setting up the printer was as easy as pie. 🔸You'll have no trouble finding your way around the website. It's easy as abc. #Idiom_of_the_Day ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ➠@PhrasalCards ➠@SlangWords ➠@IdiomsLand ➠@Vocabulix ➠@GrammarCards ➠@EnglishGate ➠@StoryPage

💠 fix (1) 🇺🇸 ✍🏾Meaning to influence the result of a contest, a vote, or a race by illegal or unethical means ❕For example 🔺The result of the football game was fixed by a group of gamblers who bribed the referee to make decisions that favoured one team. 🔺The fixing of matches, or match-fixing, has been a problem in sports such as boxing and soccer. #Slang_of_the_Day ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ➠@PhrasalCards ➠@SlangWords ➠@IdiomsLand ➠@Vocabulix ➠@GrammarCards ➠@EnglishGate ➠@StoryPage

📒 A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse 📖Meaning A very small hint is enough to convey our meaning. It is not always necessary to say what we want explicitly. #Saying_of_the_Day ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ➠@PhrasalCards ➠@SlangWords ➠@IdiomsLand ➠@Vocabulix ➠@GrammarCards ➠@EnglishGate ➠@StoryPage

📒pack up (2) 📖Meaning If something packs up, it stops working and needs to be fixed. 🤓For example ⤵️ 💬 Why does my air conditioner have to pack up on Friday? I can't get it fixed til Monday, and it's going to be a really hot weekend! 💬 Stan's printer has packed up again! Why doesn't he just get a new one? #Phrasal_Verb_of_the_Day ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ➠@PhrasalCards ➠@SlangWords ➠@IdiomsLand ➠@Vocabulix ➠@GrammarCards ➠@EnglishGate ➠@StoryPage

📚answer the call of nature ✍🏾Meaning If you answer the call of nature, you go to the toilet. ❗️For example 🔸Could we stop somewhere? I need to answer the call of nature. 🔸Does anyone need to answer the call of nature before we set off? #Idiom_of_the_Day ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ➠@PhrasalCards ➠@SlangWords ➠@IdiomsLand ➠@Vocabulix ➠@GrammarCards ➠@EnglishGate ➠@StoryPage

💠 juicy 🇺🇸 ✍🏾Meaning very interesting in a scandalous or lurid way ❕For example 🔺I love reading Lucy's blog about Hollywood movie stars. It's full of juicy gossip about the private lives of all the biggest stars. 🔺Harry writes a newspaper column about juicy scandals in Washington. There's corruption and crime and drugs and sex, and it's great fun to read, of course. #Slang_of_the_Day ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ➠@PhrasalCards ➠@SlangWords ➠@IdiomsLand ➠@Vocabulix ➠@GrammarCards ➠@EnglishGate ➠@StoryPage