💨Avalanche

 a mass of snow, ice and rock that falls down the side of a mountain

Little is known about where this word came from. It has been used since the late 18th century and comes from the French word lavanche, whose origins are unclear.

To Take Somebody Under Your Wing

💡 Meaning —

📢 To start taking care of or protecting somebody.


🌼Sentences —

🌸He is every inch an empathetic person; whenever someone is in danger, he takes that person under his wing. (Starts taking care of or protecting somebody)

📣Every inch — entirely.

🌸She is thankful to her friend for taking her wing; everyone else treats her with a high hand. (Starting to take care of or protect her)

📣With a high hand — in a dominating way.

🌸Do not thrust your nose into her matters; she has taken her nephew under her wing. (Has started taking care of or protecting her nephew)

📣Thrust your nose into something — to interfere in someone's matters.

🌸Everybody bullied her by saying that she was a barrel of laughs; her aunt took her under her wing and loved her deeply. (Started taking care of or protecting her)

📣Barrel of laughs — a funny person.


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