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I’m on fire
You are winning or getting everything right
He’s on fire today, he already scored 3 goals
Just when you thought
Someone expectedly passed their limit
… he was finished, he played another song.
What brought that on?
What causes that to happen?
Freak out
Nervous, anxious, scared
I freaked out when I saw the big spider
Package deal
Buy st at a discount price cuz u get the whole package
I got a package deal with these toothbrushes
If it means that much to you
Will support
… i’ll go to the party
Get on board
Agree, support what u are doing
If u can’t handle this
Not comfortable
I can’t handle all the noise
Shooting out of sb/st
Come out quickly
The ketchup shot out of the bottle
I’m out $ 200
I have spent $200
My perfectly proportioned wife
Perfect body
I’m warm for your form
Sexually excited
get on
1.
perform or make progress in a specified way.
“how are you getting on?”
2.
BRITISH
have a harmonious or friendly relationship.
“they seem to get on pretty well”
hang on by (one’s) fingernails
hang on by (one’s) fingernails (redirected from hang on by fingernails)
hang on by (one’s) fingernails
1. Literally, to grasp something, such as a cliff, with one’s fingernails to avoid falling.
The stranded hiker was hanging on by her fingernails until the rescue crew arrived.
2. By extension, to narrowly avoid problems or failure.
They’re hanging on by their fingernails out there—the other team’s offensive is totally overwhelming them.
Now that I have three small children to care for, I feel as if I’m hanging on by my fingernails every day.
Sit bolt upright
to move very fast, especially as a result of being frightened:
turn someone on to something
— phrasal verb with turn verb
US /tɜrn/
turn someone on to something
— phrasal verb with turn verb
US /tɜrn/
to cause someone to be interested in something:
He turned me on to all sorts of music that I never would have heard otherwise.
onto something
Definition of onto something. : having done or discovered something important, special, etc. When the crowd responded to the show so positively, we realized we were onto something.
Very happy
Thrilled
Delighted
Very sad
Heartbroken
I’ve heartbroken about it
Very lucky
Fortunate
Very thankful
Grateful
We’re grateful for the opportunity to become a cheer leader
Really good
Exceptional
Phenomenal
Very bad
Awful
Horrible
Very dirty
Filthy
UK /ˈfɪl.θi/ US /ˈfɪl.θi/ filthy adjective (DIRTY)
C1 extremely or unpleasantly dirty: Wash your hands - they're filthy! Look at this tablecloth - it's filthy! I've never smoked - it's a filthy habit. UK figurative That girl just gave me a filthy look (= looked at me in a very unpleasant, disapproving way).
Very clean
Spotless
Her house’s always spotless
Very funny
Hilarious
Very pretty
Gorgeous
Very ugly
Hideous
Those are hideous curtains
How’d you spend your weekend?
I spent my weekend not doing anything except lying in bed, watching youtube
Quite a few
A lot
Saving grace
Something you like but not something else
Cant stand
Dont like