Know your onions 🧅🇬🇧

Meaning:
To be very knowledgeable or skilled at something. (British English, informal)

Example sentence:
Ask her about digital marketing—she really knows her onions.

LAMENT 😔

Meaning:
To express deep sadness or regret about something.

Example sentence:
She lamented the loss of her childhood home.

Word of the day - Mire

Phrase of the day - In the weeds

Strike while the iron is hot 🔥⚒️

Meaning:
Act quickly at the right moment, before the opportunity is lost.

Example sentence:
He applied for the job immediately, striking while the iron was hot.

CLAMMY 🥶💧

Meaning:
Unpleasantly damp, cold, or sweaty to the touch.

Example sentence:
His hands were clammy before the interview.

CORNERSTONE 🧱

Meaning:
A basic and essential part of something; the foundation on which everything else is built.

Example sentence:
Trust is the cornerstone of any strong relationship.

Make hay while the sun shines ☀️🌾

Meaning:
Take advantage of a good situation or opportunity while it lasts.

Example sentence:
Business is slow now, but during the festival season we must make hay while the sun shines.

Add insult to injury 🤕🔥

Meaning:
To make a bad situation even worse by adding another problem, mistake, or rude action.

Example sentence:
He lost his phone, and to add insult to injury, it started raining heavily.

Idiom: Cut the mustard

Meaning:
To meet or exceed expectations, to be up to standard.

Example Sentence:
"After months of training, she was finally able to cut the mustard at her new job."

Word of the day: Duplicitous 🎭 (adjective)

Meaning:
Deceitful or dishonest; saying one thing and meaning another.

Example:
He appeared friendly, but his duplicitous behaviour soon became clear.

✨ PHRASE OF THE DAY ✨

💡 Come as a revelation

📘 Meaning:
To be a surprising or enlightening discovery, often something unexpected that changes how people think or feel.

📝 Example:
The update on her condition came as a revelation to everyone in the room.

Idiom - Hand in glove 🧤

Meaning: working together, often to do something dishonest

Example:
It was rumoured at the time that some of the gangs were working hand in glove with the police.

AS… AS… EXPRESSIONS

EXPRESSION | MEANING

as white as snow → very white
as black as night → very black
as old as time → very old
as drunk as a lord → very drunk
as busy as a bee → very busy
as easy as pie → very easy
as sick as a dog → very sick
as happy as Larry → very happy
as hard as nails → very hard

Informal 🆚 Formal English

Upgrade your English by replacing everyday words with more formal alternatives ⬇️

1️⃣ Ask → Inquire
2️⃣ Help → Assist
3️⃣ Buy → Purchase
4️⃣ Show → Demonstrate
5️⃣ Tell → Inform
6️⃣ Need → Require
7️⃣ Get → Obtain
8️⃣ Give → Provide
9️⃣ Start → Commence
🔟 End → Terminate

📌 Use formal words in emails, exams, interviews & professional writing.

🚑 Injury Vocabulary (Quick English Lesson)

1️⃣ Bruise
👉 A dark mark on the skin after being hit
📝 He got a bruise on his arm after the fall.

2️⃣ Cut
👉 An injury made by something sharp
📝 She cut her finger while cooking.

3️⃣ Sprain
👉 A twisted or stretched joint (ankle, wrist)
📝 He sprained his ankle during the match.

4️⃣ Fracture
👉 A crack or break in a bone
📝 The X-ray showed a small fracture.

5️⃣ Burn
👉 Injury caused by heat or fire
📝 She burned her hand on the stove.

6️⃣ Swelling
👉 When a body part becomes bigger due to injury
📝 There was swelling around his knee.