📔 be the butt of someone's jokes


📋Meaning
  to be a person who is joked about or laughed at


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣He was sick of being the butt of their jokes.

🗣No one wants to be the butt of a joke.
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📔 safe and sound


📋Meaning
  not hurt or injured.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣My cat disappeared for two days and I was so worried but today she showed up safe and sound.

🗣Drive safely, and when you get home don’t forget to call us to let us know you’ve arrived safe and sound.
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📔 ahead of the game


📋Meaning
  doing well in a situation and making progress.


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🗣 I’m always taking training courses so that I can get ahead of the game.
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📔 back in the saddle



📋Meaning
  doing something that you had stopped doing for a while.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 I started working out at the gym again and it feels great to be back in the saddle.

🗣 Don’t worry, it’s just an ankle sprain—you’ll be back in the saddle playing tennis in a couple of weeks.
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📔 back away from (something/someone)


📋Meaning
  to move away from something or stop supporting something.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 Our supervisor wanted us to start working on Sundays but after everyone complained he backed away from the idea.

🗣 The government has backed away from plans to increase taxes.
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📔 make someone sick



📋Meaning
  to make someone appalled, shocked or disgusted.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 I can’t believe you ate that entire bucket of fried chicken—you make me sick.

🗣 Listening to my sister talk to her boyfriend in her whiny baby voice makes me so sick.
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📔 break the ice



📋Meaning
  To do or say something to make people more relaxed in a social situation and get people talking to each other (e.g., party, business meeting, conference, first day of class).


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 At the conference will have several activities to help people break the ice.

🗣 It’s always easiest to break the ice with a few drinks.
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📔 be snowed under



📋Meaning
  To be very busy or overwhelmed with something. This phrase evokes the image of being buried under an avalanche.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 Kate's not coming tonight because she's snowed under with research for her thesis.

🗣 I'd love to go out to dinner tonight, but I'm totally snowed under at the office right now.
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📔dig your heels in



📋Meaning
to refuse to change your plans or ideas, especially when someone is trying to persuade you to do so.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 Even though the developer offered them more than their houses were worth, the owners dug their heels in and refused to sell up and make way for the office block.

🗣When their record company told the band to change their style and make more commercial music, the band dug their heels in and refused to change.
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📔 Cut the mustard



📋Meaning
  To meet acceptable standards.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 Unless you raise the stair treads up, this project won’t cut the mustard. 

🗣 "I didn't cut the mustard as a hockey player"
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📔 Better late than never



📋Meaning
  It is better to be late than to never arrive or never complete a task.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 "it took them the majority of the campaign to come to that conclusion, but better late than never"

🗣 It's been a long time coming but better late than never. 
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📔 Beat around the bush



📋Meaning
  To avoid the difficult part of the conversation.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 Quit beating around the bush.
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📔 At the drop of a hat (part of a sentence)



📋Meaning
  To do something without any hesitation.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 If Tara hears her favorite song, she’ll belt out the lyrics at the drop of a hat.
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📔 Add insult to injury (part of a sentence)



📋Meaning
  To add another bad situation on top of an existing one.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 To add insult to injury, it started to rain after I locked my keys in my car.
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📔 steady as she goes



📋Meaning
  Describing an activity or situation that is progressing in a stable manner. This nautical phrase was originally used in reference to a ship that was sailing steadily. (Ships were traditionally referred to as female.)


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 A: "How's your new business coming along?" B: "Steady as she goes! We expect to break even the first year before we start making a profit."

🗣  In the midst of all this social upheaval, I hope our government can maintain a steady-as-she-goes approach.
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"I'm feeling a little peckish" - what does it mean?
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English idiom - “it’s your funeral” ⚰️

Said to warn someone that they are about to make a bad decision, and if something goes wrong, they will face the consequences alone.

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What do you mean "the cat's pyjamas"!?
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When you skip English lessons 😂 (part 18)
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Let's Burst Your Bubble! 😉
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Do you have this idiom in your language “Take a rain check”? If so let us know how you say it in the comments!
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