English idioms/expressions (mastered 22.10) Flashcards
To talk abt the important matter, w/out wasting time w/ irrelevances
Synonym
To cut to the chase
With no further ado
To avoid/delay taking sides or making a decision
To sit/be on the fence (when it comes to…)
To finally do sth which you really don’t want to
To bite the bullet
The final event that forces you to lose patience so that you can’t continue in that situation anymore
The last straw/ the straw that broke the camel’s back
To become so satisfied w/ what you achieved that you stop making efforts
To rest on one’s laurels
Controversial issue nby wants to deal w/
Hot potato
Big/obvious issue nby wants to talk abt
Elephant in the room (We need to adress the elephant in the room which is the fact that…)
To be so involved in the details of a situation that you can’t understand it clearly.
Can’t see the wood for the tree.
To convince sby to do sth
To twist someone’s arm
(To agree w/ sby)…
100 per cent
When your interlocutor made at just the right moment a precise, particular point. 2
Spot on!, you’ve hit the nail on the head
Whatever I choose, it’s going to be negative
A catch-22 situation
Sth common
A household world
Être en piteux état.
To be in a sorry state.
Être un point de discorde
To be a bone of contention
