Expressions Flashcards
Let your hair down
To allow yourself to behave much more freely than usual and enjoy yourself:
Oh let your hair down for once !
I wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole
Non lo toccherei nemmeno con un dito
To Blow one’s own trumpets/horn
Talk boastfully about one’s achievements
Under the weather
slightly unwell or in low spirits.
On the verge (of doing something) and on the verge of something.
At the very beginning of doing something; just about to do something.
Bill was on the verge of leaving town, when he found a job.
Don’t hold your breath.
Do not stop breathing waiting for something to happen that won’t happen.
Kick the bucket
Tirare the cuoia.
Cold turkey
in a sudden and abrupt manner.
The ball is in your court
It is someone’s turn to make the decision.
Fill somebody in
Inform someone more fully of a matter (they filled me in on all the latest news from Cambridge).
To live something down.
Succeed in making others forget something embarrassing that has happened (I’d never live it down if Lily got wing of this).
To get wind of
Begin to suspect that something is happening; hear a rumour of (White House officials got wind of the plan).
To come full circle
Return to a past position or situation, especially in a way considered to be inevitable.
“the region is being forced to come full circle and repeat the errors of its tragic past”
To come to blows
Start fighting after a disagreement.
