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ENGLISH IDIOMS
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What is the idioms ? the idioms is an expression, word, prhase,
that has a figurative meaning conventionally understood by native speaker. This meaning is different from the literal meaning of the idiom’s individual elements. In other words, idioms don’t mean exactly what the word say, they have, however, hidden meaning.
DEFINITION
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Meaning : When one thing goes wrong, many other
things also go wrong
Example : I can't believe what happened to me last
week! My dog ate my homework, and my computer crashed. Even worse, I got sick that night! When it rains, it pours!
When it rains, it pours.
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Meaning: Live or work in a way that causes you feel
anxiety and worry
Example: Some people perform well under pressure
and some others don't.
Be under pressure
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Meaning: be working well
If something, especially a system or a machine is up and running, it is functioning.
Example: Since we got the new leader, our program
has finally been up and running.
Be up and running
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Meaning: Decide what to do or say according to a
situation as it develops. If you play it by ear, you act by responding a situation as it happens, rather than following a plan you made in advance.
Example: We can't plan for today's interview. Let's
just go and play it by ear
Play it by ear
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Meaning: Tease someone by saying something
shocking as a joke. If you pull someone's leg, you tell him/her something that is not true as a joke
Example: Don't worry. I won't tell it to anyone. I was
just pulling your leg. (It was a joke.)
Pull someone's leg
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Meaning: Die, If you say someone kicked the
bucket, you mean someone died.This is an informal expression. (a kind of slang)
Example: That old guy finally kicked the bucket last
week
Kick the bucket
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Meaning: Rarely, almost never If you say something happens once in a
blue moon, you mean it happens very rarely.A blue moon is the second of two full moons in the same month, which happens rarely.
Example: He has a very nice car, but he drives once
in a blue moon.
Once in a blue moon
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Meaning: Be in trouble. If you are in hot water, you
are in a difficult situation because you have said or done something wrong.
Example: He has been in hot water with his boss.
He might be fired.
Be in hot water
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Meaning: Cannot stop watching / looking at
something.
Example: We were glued to the television
watching the news about the accident
Be glued to something
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