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Idiom of the Day 📚nothing to write home about ✍🏾Meaning: If you say something is nothing to write home about, you mean it isn't very important or it isn't...

Idiom of the Day 📚a red-letter day ✍🏾Meaning: A red-letter day is a day that is very important for some reason. ❕For example: 🔺The day Tatiana graduated...

Idiom of the Day 📚take into account ✍🏾Meaning: If you take something or someone into account, you consider them when making a decision or making plans. ❕For...

Idiom of the Day 📚a knuckle sandwich INFORMAL ✍🏾Meaning: If you give someone a knuckle sandwich, you punch them. ❕For example: 🔺If you say that again you'll...

Idiom of the Day 📚now or never ✍🏾Meaning: If you say it's now or never, you mean that something has to be done now or it can't be done at all. ❕For example: 🔺The...

Idiom of the Day 📚pick somebody's brains ✍🏾Meaning: If you pick somebody's brains, you ask them for detailed information or ideas about something. ❕For...

Idiom of the Day 📚earn your stripes ✍🏾Meaning: If you earn your stripes, you do something to prove that you have the skills or ability for a particular...

Idiom of the Day 📚drink like a fish INFORMAL ✍🏾Meaning: If someone drinks like a fish, they drink a lot of alcohol. For example: 🔺Since he got back from...

Idiom of the Day 📚a shot in the arm INFORMAL ✍🏾Meaning: You can say something is a shot in the arm if it gives a person or an organisation renewed energy...

Idiom of the Day 📚quick on the uptake ✍🏾Meaning: If you are quick on the uptake, you're smart and you can understand things quickly. For example: 🔺Jamal's...

Idiom of the Day 📚get off on the wrong foot ✍🏾Meaning: If you get off on the wrong foot, you start something poorly, or begin with a mistake. For example: 🔺I...

Idiom of the Day 📚cost the earth charge the earth ✍🏽Meaning: If something costs the earth, or they charge the earth for it, it's very expensive. For example: 🔺Just...

Idiom of the Day 📚behind the times ✍🏾Meaning: If someone is behind the times, they are old-fashioned and their ideas are out of date. For example: 🔺How...

Idiom of the Day 📚(your) heart is in the right place ✍🏾Meaning: If your heart is in the right place, you try to do the right thing, even if things don't...

Idiom of the Day 💢a nest egg ✍🏾Meaning: If you have a nest egg, you have money put away for the future. ❕For example: 🔺When Indira inherited some money...

Idiom of the Day 💢hard to swallow ✍🏾Meaning: Something that someone has said is hard to swallow if it's difficult to believe. ❕For example: 🔺His excuse...

Idiom of the Day 📚red light district ✍🏾Meaning: A red light district is the area of a town or city in which prostitutes work. ❕For example: 🔺Mark told...

Idiom of the Day 📚dig up dirt ✍🏾Meaning: If you dig up dirt on someone, you try to find details from their past to make them look bad in the present. ❕For...

Idiom of the Day 📚keep something in mind ✍🏾Meaning: If you keep something in mind, you remember some information or advice and consider it at some time...

Idiom of the Day 💥set your sights on ✍🏾Meaning: If you set your sights on something, or set your sights on doing something, it becomes the target of your...

Idiom of the Day 🇺🇸zero tolerance ✍🏾Meaning: If something is given zero tolerance, it won't be accepted even once. ❕For example: ▪️Because of the school's...

Idiom of the Day 📚above board ✍🏾Meaning: If something is above board, it's been done in a legal and honest way. ❕For example: 🔺I'm sure the deal was completely...

Idiom of the Day 📚a couch potato ✍🏾Meaning: You can say someone's a couch potato if they're very lazy and they spend a lot of time sitting around watching...

Idiom of the Day 🇺🇸an even break ✍🏾Meaning: If you get an even break, you get a fair opportunity to succeed in your ambition or to achieve your goals. ❕For...

Idiom of the Day 📚caught red-handed ✍🏾Meaning: If someone is caught red-handed, they are caught in the act of doing something wrong such as cheating or...

Idiom of the Day 📚keep your word ✍🏾Meaning: If you keep your word, you do what you promised to do. For example: 🔺You can trust Bashir. If he's made a promise,...

Idiom of the Day 📚teething problems teething troubles ✍🏾Meaning: If someone or something is having teething problems, or teething troubles, they're having...

Idiom of the Day 📚under wraps ✍🏾Meaning: If something is under wraps, it's being kept secret. ❕For example: 🔺The organisers keep the name of the winner...

Idiom of the Day 📚pay through the nose ❗️INFORMAL ☑️Meaning: If you pay through the nose for something, you pay more than the usual price for it. ❕For...

Idiom of the Day 📚go over your head ✍🏾Meaning: If someone goes over your head, they go to someone with more authority than you in order to get something...

Idiom of the Day 📚carte blanche FORMAL ✍🏾Meaning: If you give someone carte blanche, you give them freedom to do whatever they want in a situation. ❕For...

Idiom of the Day rack your brains rack you brain ✍🏾Meaning: If you rack your brains, or rack you brain, you try hard to remember something or think of...

Idiom of the Day 📚keep it under your hat ✍🏾Meaning: If someone tells you a secret and you keep it under your hat, you don't tell anyone. ❕For example: 🔺I'll...

Idiom of the Day 📚par for the course ❗️INFORMAL ✍🏾Meaning: If something is par for the course, it's what you'd expect it to be. ❕For example: 🔺Bill hasn't...

Idiom of the Day 📚the rat race ✍🏾Meaning: The rat race is the highly competitive and stressful world of work and business. ❕For example: 🔺Sally is sick...

Idiom of the Day 🔰(something) occurs to you ✍🏾Meaning: If something occurs to you, you think of it. ❕For example: 🔺I was surprised when I heard that Anne...

Idiom of the Day 🔰(something) occurs to you ✍🏾Meaning: If something occurs to you, you think of it. ❕For example: 🔺I was surprised when I heard that Anne...

Idiom of the Day 📚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...

Slang of the Day 🔰queeny Meaning: effeminate ❕For example: 🔺Have you noticed how queeny Frank can get when he's had a few drinks? Seems he only lets the...

Idiom of the Day 📚dead in the water Meaning: ✍🏾If something is dead in the water, it has no chance of succeeding or of making any progress. ❕For example: 🔺I'm...

Idiom of the Day 📚around the clock Meaning: ✍🏾If something occurs around the clock, it goes on all day and all night. ❕For example: 🔺I have to finish this...

Idiom of the Day 📚quick off the mark ✍🏿Meaning: If you are quick off the mark, you are quick to react to an event or an opportunity. ❕For example: 🔺Steven...

Idiom of the Day 📚keep abreast of ✍🏾Meaning: If you keep abreast of something, you always know about the latest news and developments in relation to it. ❕For...

Idiom of the day 📚Get To The Bottom Of ✍🏾Meaning & Usage -to discover the truth about a situation 🔺-I'm not sure what is causing the problem, but I'm determined...

Idiom of the day 📚IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO ✍🏾Meaning: This is used to suggest that when things go wrong, both sides are involved and neither party is completely...

Idiom of the Day 📚Old hand ✍🏾Meaning: a person with a lot of experience in something ❕For example: 🔺Our boss is an old hand in the car business, you can’t...

Idiom of the Day 📚 Bear with sore head ✍🏾Meaning: If someone is behaving like a bear with a sore head, they are very irritable and bad-tempered. ❕For example: 🔺When...

Idiom of the Day 📚make hay while the sun shines ✍🏾Meaning: If you make hay while the sun shines, you make good use of the chance to do something while...

Idiom of the Day 📚kill the goose that lays the golden egg ✍🏾Meaning: If you kill the goose that lays the golden egg, you destroy something that has made...

Idiom of the Day 📚take the plunge ✍🏾Meaning: If you take the plunge, you decide to do something you really want to do even though it's risky and possibly...

Idiom of the Day 📚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...

Idiom of the Day 📚recharge your batteries ✍🏾Meaning: You recharge your batteries if you do something to regain your energy after a period of hard work. ❗️For...

Idiom of the Day 📚zebra crossing 🇬🇧 ✍🏾Meaning: A zebra crossing is a pedestrian crossing that is marked on the road with painted black and white stripes. ❗️For...

Idiom of the Day 📚in the long run ✍🏾Meaning: If you talk about something "in the long run", you mean over a long period of time. ❕For example: 🔺We might...

Idiom of the Day 📚a whale of a time ✍🏾Meaning: If you have a whale of a time, you have a great time and really enjoy yourself. ▫️For example: 🔺I went to...

Idiom of the Day 📚Easy does it! ❗️INFORMAL ✍🏾Meaning: You can say "Easy does it!" when you want someone to do something more carefully or more slowly. ❕For...

Idiom of the Day 💥meet your match ✍🏾Meaning: If you meet your match, you meet someone who can do as well as you, or better than you, in something that...

Idiom of the Day 🇦🇺up a gum tree ✍🏾Meaning: If you're up a gum tree, you're in trouble or have a serious problem. ❕For example: 🔺The company is up a gum...

Idiom of the Day 📚the jewel in the crown ✍🏾Meaning: If something is the jewel in the crown, it's part of a group or set of similar things, and it's the...

Idiom of the Day 💥on exhibit /ˈɑːn ɪgˈzɪbət / idiom ✍🏾Meaning: being publicly shown in an exhibition ❕For example: 🔺The photographs are on exhibit in the...

Idiom of the Day 📚cook the books cook the accounts ✍🏾Meaning: If someone cooks the books, or cooks the accounts, they keep inaccurate accounts for a business,...

Idiom of the Day 📚just what the doctor ordered ❗️INFORMAL ✍🏾Meaning: You can say something was just what the doctor ordered when it was exactly what was...

Idiom of the Day 📚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...

Idiom of the Day 💥half-baked ❗️INFORMAL ✍🏾Meaning: If something is half-baked, it hasn't been properly thought out or planned. 📍For example: 🔺The trouble...

Idiom of the Day 💢dot the i's and cross the t's ✍🏾Meaning: If you dot the i's and cross the t's, you do something very carefully to make sure you haven't...

Idiom of the Day 📚ill at ease ✍🏾Meaning: If you're ill at ease, you feel tense or you can't relax in a situation. ▫️For example: 🔺Liam always looks ill...

Idiom of the Day 💥feel the pinch ✍🏾Meaning: If you are feeling the pinch, you're finding it harder to survive on your income. ▫️For example: 🔺Since the...

Idiom of the Day 💥call it a day ❗️INFORMAL ✍🏾Meaning: If you call it a day, you stop doing something that's usually related to work. ▫️For example: 🔺We...

Idiom of the Day 💥above the law ✍🏾Meaning: If someone is above the law, they are not subject to the laws of a society. ▫️For example: 🔺Just because his...

Idiom of the Day 💥a close shave ✍🏾Meaning: a near accident or disaster ▪️For example: 🔺I had a close shave driving home last night. A deer ran across the...

Idiom of the Day 🔰To have a lot on your plate ✍🏾Meaning: Having a lot on your plate is, quite simply, having too much to do. You might have lots of reports...

Idiom of the Day 📚get your act together ✍🏾Meaning: If you get your act together, you greatly improve your attitude and performance in relation to something...

Idiom of the Day 🔰off the cuff ✍🏾Meaning: If you speak off the cuff, you speak without planning what you will say beforehand. 🔹For example: 🔺She wasn't...

Idiom of the Day 💥the upper hand ✍🏾Meaning: If you have the upper hand, you have the advantage or you're in the stronger position in a contest or a conflict....

Idiom of the Day 📚kill time ✍🏾Meaning: You kill time when you do something to amuse yourself while waiting for something. ❗️For example: 🔺I had to kill...

Idiom of the Day 📚back to the drawing board ✍🏾Meaning: You can say "back to the drawing board" when a plan or a design has failed, and you decide to begin...

Idiom of the Day 🔰year dot year one ✍🏾Meaning: You can say "the year dot", or "the year one", when you're talking about a very, very long time ago. ❗️For...

Idiom of the Day 🔰tighten your belt ✍🏾Meaning: If you tighten your belt, you try to spend less money. ❗️For example: 🔺I'll have to tighten my belt for...

Idiom of the Day 📚a hidden agenda ✍🏾Meaning: If someone has a hidden agenda, they have a secret plan or motive for doing something. 🔺For example: ▪️Some...

Idiom of the Day 💥a ballpark figure a ballpark estimate 🇺🇸American English ✍🏾Meaning: If you give a ballpark figure or a ballpark estimate, you give a...

Idiom of the Day 📚a gut feeling ✍🏾Meaning: If you have a gut feeling, you sense something about a person or a situation, without knowing why, but you're...

Idiom of the Day 🔰a roller coaster a roller-coaster ride ✍🏾Meaning: You can say an experience is a roller coaster, or a roller-coaster ride, if it involves...

Idiom of the Day 🔰wet behind the ears ❗️INFORMAL ✍🏾Meaning: If someone is wet behind the ears, they don't have much experience of life. ❕For example: 🔺He's...

Idiom of the Day 💥make it big or hit it big or hit big ✍🏾: to become very successful 🔺He always dreamed of making it big in the movie industry. ━━━━━━━━━ #Idiom_of_the_Day 🌀...

Idiom of the Day 💥once in a blue moon ✍🏾Meaning: If something happens once in a blue moon, it happens very rarely. ❗️For example: 🔺We hardly ever go out...