Idiom: Throw someone under the bus
Meaning:
to do something harmful to someone else in order to gain an advantage for yourself
Example:
“Don’t throw your teammates under the bus — take responsibility and fix it together.”
Meaning:
to do something harmful to someone else in order to gain an advantage for yourself
Example:
“Don’t throw your teammates under the bus — take responsibility and fix it together.”
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🧠 Idiom: Put their heads together
👉 Meaning:
If two or more people put their heads together, they plan something together.
💡 Example:
If we put our heads together, we can think of a solution.
👉 Meaning:
If two or more people put their heads together, they plan something together.
💡 Example:
If we put our heads together, we can think of a solution.
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Idiom: Move the goalposts 🎯
Meaning:
To unfairly change the rules or conditions of something while it’s in progress, making it harder for others to succeed.
Example:
Every time I think I’ve met their demands, they move the goalposts again! 😤
Meaning:
To unfairly change the rules or conditions of something while it’s in progress, making it harder for others to succeed.
Example:
Every time I think I’ve met their demands, they move the goalposts again! 😤
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🔹 Word: Confidant (noun)
🔹 Meaning:
A person you trust deeply and share your secrets, feelings, or private matters with. 🤫💬
🔹 Example:
“Sarah is my closest confidant — I can tell her anything.” 👭
💡 Tip:
Don’t confuse confidant with confident!
👉 Confidant = trusted friend
👉 Confident = self-assured
🔹 Meaning:
A person you trust deeply and share your secrets, feelings, or private matters with. 🤫💬
🔹 Example:
“Sarah is my closest confidant — I can tell her anything.” 👭
💡 Tip:
Don’t confuse confidant with confident!
👉 Confidant = trusted friend
👉 Confident = self-assured
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Word: Agelast (noun) 😐
🔹 Meaning:
A person who never laughs — someone with no sense of humor.
🔹 Example:
“Don’t be such an agelast — it’s just a joke!” 😄
🔹 Meaning:
A person who never laughs — someone with no sense of humor.
🔹 Example:
“Don’t be such an agelast — it’s just a joke!” 😄
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Do you also wear many hats at work or in life? 👒💼
Idiom: Wear many hats 🎩
Meaning:
To have many different roles or responsibilities.
Example:
“As a small business owner, I wear many hats — from marketing to accounting to customer service!”
Idiom: Wear many hats 🎩
Meaning:
To have many different roles or responsibilities.
Example:
“As a small business owner, I wear many hats — from marketing to accounting to customer service!”
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Idiom: At the helm ⚓
Meaning:
In charge or in control of a situation, organization, or project.
Example:
“With a new CEO at the helm, the company is heading toward success.”
Meaning:
In charge or in control of a situation, organization, or project.
Example:
“With a new CEO at the helm, the company is heading toward success.”
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🛑 Idiom: Hit a snag
📜 Meaning:
To encounter an unexpected problem or obstacle that slows you down.
💬 Example:
“We were almost done with the project, but we hit a snag when the software crashed.”
📜 Meaning:
To encounter an unexpected problem or obstacle that slows you down.
💬 Example:
“We were almost done with the project, but we hit a snag when the software crashed.”
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Naked Quitting
📘 Meaning:
When someone suddenly resigns from their job without having another job lined up, often due to burnout or frustration.
✍️ Example:
“After months of being overworked, she went for naked quitting — no backup plan, just peace.”
📘 Meaning:
When someone suddenly resigns from their job without having another job lined up, often due to burnout or frustration.
✍️ Example:
“After months of being overworked, she went for naked quitting — no backup plan, just peace.”
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🔥 Idiom: Put out fires
✨ Meaning:
To deal with urgent, unexpected problems that need immediate attention.
📍Example:
“At work, I spend most of my day putting out fires instead of focusing on long-term projects.”
✨ Meaning:
To deal with urgent, unexpected problems that need immediate attention.
📍Example:
“At work, I spend most of my day putting out fires instead of focusing on long-term projects.”
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🕛 Idiom: Witching Hour 🧙♀️
✨ Meaning: A time late at night—usually around midnight—when strange or mysterious things are believed to happen.
📘 Example: She felt a chill run down her spine as the clock struck twelve during the witching hour.
(Make a chill/shiver run up/down someone's spine - idiom
Meaning: to make someone feel very thrilled, frightened, etc.
Examples:
Her superb singing made a shiver run up my spine.
The very thought of the horror those people caused makes a chill run down my spine.)
✨ Meaning: A time late at night—usually around midnight—when strange or mysterious things are believed to happen.
📘 Example: She felt a chill run down her spine as the clock struck twelve during the witching hour.
(Make a chill/shiver run up/down someone's spine - idiom
Meaning: to make someone feel very thrilled, frightened, etc.
Examples:
Her superb singing made a shiver run up my spine.
The very thought of the horror those people caused makes a chill run down my spine.)
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Idiom: Take something with a pinch of salt 🧂
Meaning:
To not completely believe something because it might be exaggerated or untrue.
Example:
She tends to exaggerate, so take her stories with a pinch of salt.
Meaning:
To not completely believe something because it might be exaggerated or untrue.
Example:
She tends to exaggerate, so take her stories with a pinch of salt.
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Idiom: Ghost Town 👻🏙️
Meaning:
A place where there are very few or no people; it feels empty and deserted.
Examples:
The mall turned into a ghost town after the new one opened nearby.
During the lockdown, the streets looked like a ghost town.
Meaning:
A place where there are very few or no people; it feels empty and deserted.
Examples:
The mall turned into a ghost town after the new one opened nearby.
During the lockdown, the streets looked like a ghost town.
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Idiom: Nest egg 🥚💰
Meaning:
Money that has been saved or set aside for the future — often for retirement or a big goal.
Example:
She’s been saving a little every month to build a nest egg for her retirement.
Meaning:
Money that has been saved or set aside for the future — often for retirement or a big goal.
Example:
She’s been saving a little every month to build a nest egg for her retirement.
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Idiom: Loose cannon 💣
Meaning:
Someone who behaves unpredictably and can cause unintentional damage or trouble.
Example:
He’s a talented player, but a bit of a loose cannon on the field.
Meaning:
Someone who behaves unpredictably and can cause unintentional damage or trouble.
Example:
He’s a talented player, but a bit of a loose cannon on the field.
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Idiom: Fair-weather friend 🌤️
Meaning:
Someone who is only your friend when things are going well, but disappears when times get tough.
Example:
I realized he was just a fair-weather friend when he stopped talking to me after I lost my job.
Idiom: Better half 💍❤️
Meaning:
A person’s husband, wife, or romantic partner — the one considered as their other (and often better) half.
Example:
I’m bringing my better half to the party tonight.
Meaning:
Someone who is only your friend when things are going well, but disappears when times get tough.
Example:
I realized he was just a fair-weather friend when he stopped talking to me after I lost my job.
Idiom: Better half 💍❤️
Meaning:
A person’s husband, wife, or romantic partner — the one considered as their other (and often better) half.
Example:
I’m bringing my better half to the party tonight.
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✨Phrasal Verb: Carry (something) off
📕Meaning:
To succeed in doing or achieving something difficult.
💬Example:
She was nervous about giving a talk to her colleagues, but she carried it off very well.
📕Meaning:
To succeed in doing or achieving something difficult.
💬Example:
She was nervous about giving a talk to her colleagues, but she carried it off very well.
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🔹Phrase: Narrow down
📘Meaning:
To reduce the number of options, possibilities, or choices to make something more specific or easier to decide.
💬Example:
We need to narrow down the list of candidates to just three finalists.
📘Meaning:
To reduce the number of options, possibilities, or choices to make something more specific or easier to decide.
💬Example:
We need to narrow down the list of candidates to just three finalists.
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🎻 Idiom: Play second fiddle
📘 Meaning:
To take a subordinate role or be less important than someone else.
💬 Example:
She didn’t want to play second fiddle to her more famous sister anymore.
✨ In short:
👉 Being in a supporting, not leading, position.
📘 Meaning:
To take a subordinate role or be less important than someone else.
💬 Example:
She didn’t want to play second fiddle to her more famous sister anymore.
✨ In short:
👉 Being in a supporting, not leading, position.
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✨ Idiom: Golden Goose 🪙🐦
📘 Meaning:
Something or someone that consistently brings in profit or benefits — a valuable source of ongoing success.
💬 Example:
Their popular app turned out to be the company’s golden goose, earning millions every month.
📘 Meaning:
Something or someone that consistently brings in profit or benefits — a valuable source of ongoing success.
💬 Example:
Their popular app turned out to be the company’s golden goose, earning millions every month.
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🔥Old flame: A person you had a romantic relationship with in the past.
💬 Example:
I bumped into an old flame at the café yesterday—it brought back so many memories! ❤️🔥
💬 Example:
I bumped into an old flame at the café yesterday—it brought back so many memories! ❤️🔥
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