• Idioms

Posted: **Fri Sep 04, 2020 9:05 am**

can't see the forest for the trees.
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Focus only on small details and fail to understand larger plans or principles.

Posted: **Fri Sep 04, 2020 9:06 am**

Holy Grail
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An object or goal that is sought after for its great significance.

Posted: **Fri Sep 04, 2020 9:08 am**

take the bull by the horns
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To deal with a difficult situation in a very direct or confident way.

Posted: **Fri Sep 04, 2020 9:11 am**

a piece of cake
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Something that is very easy to do.

Posted: **Fri Sep 04, 2020 9:14 am**

you turkey
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A person who does something thoughtless or annoying.

Posted: **Fri Sep 04, 2020 4:47 pm**

shooting sparrows with cannons
kill a mosquito with a bazooka
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Applying too drastic measures to small problems

Posted: **Mon Sep 07, 2020 12:04 pm**

making a mountain out of a molehill
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A person makes too much of a minor issue

Posted: **Wed Sep 16, 2020 4:43 am**

joking apart
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Said to indicate that one is being serious, especially after making a joke.

Posted: **Mon Sep 28, 2020 10:11 pm**

take it with a pinch of salt
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Used to say that you should not always completely believe what a particular person says.

Posted: **Tue Sep 29, 2020 1:12 pm**

don’t count your chickens before they hatch
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You should not make plans that depend on something good happening before you know that it has actually happened.

Posted: **Sat Dec 05, 2020 9:09 am**

strike when the iron’s hot
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The phrase comes from a profession where a blacksmith strikes iron while it is hot to be able to mould it to his advantage.
to take advantage of a situation
to make the most of a heated situation
to get benefit from an existing condition or situation by strategizing
to get benefit of a chance

Posted: **Sat Dec 05, 2020 9:15 am**

hold your horses
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The idiom is often used to tell someone to wait and think about something before taking action.

Posted: **Sun Dec 27, 2020 5:08 pm**

like a fish out of water
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If someone feels like a fish out of water, they are very uncomfortable in the situation they are in.

Posted: **Sun Dec 27, 2020 5:10 pm**

like a fish needs a bicycle
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If someone needs something like a Fish Needs a Bicycle, they don't need it at all.

Posted: **Sun Dec 27, 2020 5:47 pm**

brb
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BRB (Be Right Back) is one of the more polite online abbreviations; respectfully letting fellow chatters know that you'll be taking a brief vacation from your keyboard.

Posted: **Sun Dec 27, 2020 5:50 pm**

bbl
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be back later

Posted: **Sun Dec 27, 2020 5:51 pm**

afk
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afk means away from keyboard, a phrase that lets others know that you won't be at your computer for a while.

Posted: **Sun Dec 27, 2020 5:52 pm**

lol
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Lol is an acronym of laugh out loud.

Posted: **Sun Dec 27, 2020 5:53 pm**

lulz
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Alteration of lol. (Nonstandard spelling of the plural suffix -s.)

Posted: **Sun Dec 27, 2020 5:54 pm**

rofl
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ROFL is an internet accronmym for Rolling On Floor Laughing.

Posted: **Sun Dec 27, 2020 6:06 pm**

Yah-boo
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Used to express dislike or disrespect for someone, or to make fun of them

Posted: **Fri Jan 01, 2021 12:31 am**

stand on own two feet
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To support oneself without help from other people

Posted: **Fri Jan 01, 2021 12:33 am**

saving face
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To avoid having other people lose respect for oneself

Posted: **Fri Jan 01, 2021 12:35 am**

getting in the last word
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If someone has the last word or the final word in a discussion, argument, or disagreement, they are the one who wins it or who makes the final decision

Posted: **Wed Jan 06, 2021 5:36 pm**

shed light on
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To reveal information or details about something; to clarify or help people understand something.

Posted: **Thu Jan 07, 2021 9:55 pm**

people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
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Used to say that people who have faults should not criticize other people for having the same faults.

Posted: **Fri Jan 08, 2021 5:44 am**

better late than never
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It is better to do something after it was supposed to have been done than not to do it at all.

Posted: **Fri Jan 08, 2021 5:50 am**

to drive me nuts
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To make someone go crazy

Posted: **Sat Jan 09, 2021 3:25 am**

to catch someone out
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Means to cause them to make a mistake that reveals that they are lying about something, do not know something, or cannot do something.

Posted: **Mon Jan 11, 2021 1:10 am**

small world
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Used to show surprise when one meets someone one knows at an unexpected place or finds out that one shares a friend, acquaintance, etc., with another person.

Posted: **Mon Jan 11, 2021 7:59 am**

the blind leading the blind
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Used informally to describe a situation in which someone who is not sure about how to do something is helping another person who also is not sure about how to do.

Posted: **Wed Jan 13, 2021 12:18 am**

ta-da
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Used when something appears or happens in a way that is impressive, surprising, or pleasing.

Posted: **Wed Jan 13, 2021 12:19 am**

whoa
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Used to express surprise, interest, or alarm, or to command attention.

Posted: **Wed Jan 13, 2021 5:11 am**

voila
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Used to call attention, to express satisfaction or approval, or to suggest an appearance as if by magic.

Posted: **Mon Jan 18, 2021 7:14 am**

all ears
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Ready to pay attention to someone.

Posted: **Mon Feb 01, 2021 11:30 am**

do unto others as you would have them do unto you
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To treat others as one would wish to be treated.

Posted: **Sat Feb 06, 2021 6:27 am**

don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
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Means don't find fault with something that has been received as a gift or favor. Basically, the longer the teeth, the older the horse. Thus, looking a gift horse in the mouth could be considered rude because the person is essentially examining the horse to see if it measures up to their standards.

Posted: **Sun Feb 07, 2021 8:51 am**

hope life is treating you well
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A respectful sign showing genuine care and regard. In this case it would be best to reciprocate what the other person has said, to show that you accept their sentiments.

Posted: **Fri Feb 12, 2021 11:10 am**

hit me
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It refers to something that had a big emotional impact on you. For example, if you watch a very upsetting story on the news, you might say to a friend “That really hit me hard”. It means that you felt strongly affected by something.

Posted: **Fri Feb 26, 2021 9:22 am**

be on board with
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To be in agreement with or be willing to do something

Posted: **Fri Mar 12, 2021 4:03 pm**

low-key
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If you say that something is low-key, you mean that it is on a small scale rather than involving a lot of activity or being made to seem impressive or important.

Posted: **Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:10 am**

all roads lead to Rome
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All paths or activities lead to the center of things.

Posted: **Mon Apr 19, 2021 2:43 pm**

too many cooks spoil the broth
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If too many people are involved in a task or activity, it will not be done well.

Posted: **Mon Apr 19, 2021 2:46 pm**

put in my two cents
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A phrase used to preface an opinion on an issue. The longer phrase “put my 2 cents in” is taken from the English idiom “to put in my two-penny worth.”

Posted: **Mon Apr 19, 2021 2:57 pm**

hand over heart
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A sign of respect.

Posted: **Mon Apr 19, 2021 3:23 pm**

two sides of the same coin
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Every coin has two sides–heads and tails. “Two sides of the same coin” means to see two people or things with opposing views. While they are closely related, they still seem very different.

Posted: **Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:14 pm**

where the rubber meets road
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Where the important facts or realities lie;
Where theory is put into practice.

Posted: **Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:30 pm**

cash cow
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Cash cow, in business jargon, is a venture that generates a steady return of profits that far exceed the outlay of cash required to acquire or start it.

Posted: **Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:32 pm**

a wolf in sheep's clothing
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A wolf in sheep's clothing means someone who hides malicious intent under the guise of kindliness.

Posted: **Mon Jun 21, 2021 12:04 am**

the lesser of two evils
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Something that is bad, but not as bad as something else.

Posted: **Mon Jun 21, 2021 12:27 am**

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
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The proverb 'A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush' means that it's better to hold onto something you have rather than take the risk of getting something better which may come to nothing.

Posted: **Thu Jul 08, 2021 7:55 am**

someone's word is law
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Said to mean that everyone in an organization or group has to obey someone, even if this is unreasonable.

Posted: **Thu Jul 08, 2021 7:56 am**

eat like a horse
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If someone eats like a horse, they eat a lot because they have a large appetite.

Posted: **Thu Jul 08, 2021 7:58 am**

armchair expert
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Someone who claims to know all the answers to a problem, situation or scenario but has little or no experience or real understanding of it.

Posted: **Thu Jul 08, 2021 7:59 am**

ty
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thank you

Posted: **Thu Jul 08, 2021 8:00 am**

gtg
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got to go

Posted: **Sat Jul 10, 2021 1:07 pm**

high five
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A greeting or an expression of admiration in which two people each raise a hand above their shoulder and bring the fronts of their hands together with force.

Posted: **Sat Jul 10, 2021 1:09 pm**

handshake
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An act of shaking a person's hand with one's own, used as a greeting or to finalize an agreement.

Posted: **Sat Jul 10, 2021 1:14 pm**

when pigs have wings
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The idiom is traditionally used to mean that the specified event will never occur.

Posted: **Sat Jul 10, 2021 1:29 pm**

don't put all your eggs in one basket
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What you're doing is too risky

Posted: **Sat Jul 10, 2021 1:29 pm**

kill two birds with one stone
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Get two things done with a single action

Posted: **Sat Jul 10, 2021 1:30 pm**

once in a blue moon
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Do things rarely

Posted: **Sat Jul 10, 2021 1:31 pm**

don't cry over spilt milk
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There's no reason to complain about something that can't be fixed

Posted: **Sat Jul 10, 2021 1:37 pm**

pull yourself together
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Calm down

Posted: **Sat Jul 10, 2021 1:38 pm**

the best of both worlds
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An ideal situation

Posted: **Sat Jul 10, 2021 1:39 pm**

wrap your head around something
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Understand something complicated

Posted: **Mon Aug 23, 2021 12:21 am**

grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
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Other people's circumstances or belongings always seem more desirable than one's own.

Posted: **Mon Aug 23, 2021 12:24 am**

down to earth
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Down to earth means being open and honest. He or she accepts other people as equals. A down to earth person is the opposite of someone who acts important or proud.

Posted: **Mon Aug 23, 2021 12:26 am**

head in the clouds
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Spending too much time thinking about love or about ideas that are not practical

Posted: **Mon Aug 23, 2021 12:27 am**

nose in the air
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Used to describe the way someone behaves when they think they are better than other people and do not want to speak to them:

Posted: **Mon Aug 23, 2021 12:35 am**

An oink is the sound a pig makes.
The sound that a horse makes is called a neigh.
A sound of a wolf hollowing is owooooo, Oooooooooooooooowhoo.
A sound of a duck is quack.
A meow is a vocalization of cats.
Woof is a typical playful barks of dogs.
Moo is the sound of a cow.
The sound a chicken makes is a cluck.
Use the word baa to describe the sound a sheep makes.

Posted: **Wed Aug 25, 2021 9:18 am**

If wishes were fishes
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Used to express the impossibility to make a wish come true.

Posted: **Thu Aug 26, 2021 3:32 pm**

shooting in the dark
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An opinion or judgment based on little or no evidence

Posted: **Sat Sep 04, 2021 12:46 am**

spill beans
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Disclose a secret or reveal something prematurely, to spill the beans about the surprise.

Posted: **Sun Sep 05, 2021 1:32 am**

you can't teach an old dog new tricks
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People who have long been used to doing things in a particular way will not abandon their habits.

Posted: **Mon Sep 06, 2021 7:00 pm**

to shed light on, throw light on, or cast light on something
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Means to make it easier to understand, because more information is known about it. A new approach offers an answer, and may shed light on an even bigger question.

Posted: **Tue Sep 21, 2021 8:39 am**

under one's belt
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Experienced or achieved, as in "Once a medical student has anatomy under her belt, she'll have much less to memorize". This metaphoric expression likens food that has been consumed to an experience that has been digested.

Posted: **Sun Sep 26, 2021 7:49 am**

a nail in the/someone's coffin
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Something that makes it more likely that someone or something will fail, be destroyed, etc.

Posted: **Sun Sep 26, 2021 7:52 am**

a dead person would turn in his/her grave
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You mean that he/she would be very angry or upset about something.

Posted: **Sun Sep 26, 2021 6:01 pm**

to breathe down someone's neck
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to watch someone carefully and constantly,
watching someone very closely and checking everything he/she does.

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