🔥 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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🔥 Word: Ardour (🇬🇧) / Ardor (🇺🇸)
📘 Meaning:
Great enthusiasm or intense passion for something.
💬 Example:
She spoke with ardour about her dream to become a writer.
✨ Synonyms:
Passion | Zeal | Devotion
📘 Meaning:
Great enthusiasm or intense passion for something.
💬 Example:
She spoke with ardour about her dream to become a writer.
✨ Synonyms:
Passion | Zeal | Devotion
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✨ Word: Salient
📘 Meaning:
Something that is most noticeable or important.
💬 Example:
The salient features of the new phone are its long battery life and sleek design.
📘 Meaning:
Something that is most noticeable or important.
💬 Example:
The salient features of the new phone are its long battery life and sleek design.
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✨ Word: Jamboree
📘 Meaning:
A large celebration or gathering, often full of fun, music, and activities.
💬 Example:
The school held a grand jamboree to celebrate the end of the year.
📘 Meaning:
A large celebration or gathering, often full of fun, music, and activities.
💬 Example:
The school held a grand jamboree to celebrate the end of the year.
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💸 Idiom: Sticker Shock
📘 Meaning:
The surprise or shock someone feels when they see how expensive something is.
💬 Example:
I wanted to buy a new phone, but I got sticker shock when I saw the price! 😳📱
📘 Meaning:
The surprise or shock someone feels when they see how expensive something is.
💬 Example:
I wanted to buy a new phone, but I got sticker shock when I saw the price! 😳📱
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🐾 Idiom: By a whisker
Meaning:
To succeed or avoid failure by a very small margin; just barely.
Example:
She won the race by a whisker — it was almost a tie!
Meaning:
To succeed or avoid failure by a very small margin; just barely.
Example:
She won the race by a whisker — it was almost a tie!
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✨ Word: Wheedle
📘 Meaning:
To persuade or coax someone into doing something by using flattery, charm, or gentle persuasion.
💬 Example:
She tried to wheedle a free upgrade by complimenting the hotel staff. 😄
📘 Meaning:
To persuade or coax someone into doing something by using flattery, charm, or gentle persuasion.
💬 Example:
She tried to wheedle a free upgrade by complimenting the hotel staff. 😄
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Mendacious (adjective) means lying, dishonest, or not telling the truth.
It describes someone or something that is intentionally untrue.
Examples:
The politician was known for his mendacious statements.
Her mendacious excuse didn’t fool anyone.
It describes someone or something that is intentionally untrue.
Examples:
The politician was known for his mendacious statements.
Her mendacious excuse didn’t fool anyone.
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💸 Cash-strapped — Meaning
Cash-strapped means having very little money or not enough cash to meet needs or expenses.
💬 Example Sentences
I can’t go on the trip right now — I’m a bit cash-strapped.
The company is cash-strapped and looking for investors.
Students are often cash-strapped during exam season.
Cash-strapped means having very little money or not enough cash to meet needs or expenses.
💬 Example Sentences
I can’t go on the trip right now — I’m a bit cash-strapped.
The company is cash-strapped and looking for investors.
Students are often cash-strapped during exam season.
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To moonlight = to work a second job at night, often secretly.
✨ Example:
“He teaches in the morning and moonlights as a singer at night.”
✨ Example:
“He teaches in the morning and moonlights as a singer at night.”
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