Fixed Expressions Flashcards
To pull someone’s leg
To play a prank on somebod
Do somebody a good/bad turn
Do something that is helpful/unhelpful to someone
No Mean Feat
Something is No Mean Feat=
A great achievement
There’s no room to swing a cat
A house/room which is cramped
Room and board
Free accommodation + meals
To move up the ladder
Career progression
To go the extra mile
To do more than you need to impress
To something at your own expense
To do something and pay it all yourself
To pop down (somewhere)
To quickly go somewhere and do only what you have to do.
E. to pop down to the supermarked
To be hooked on (something)
Addicted to
(Something) slips your mind
Forget to do something
At dusk
The time the day first begins to disappear
To look a million dollars
Look expensive
To look amazing
To patronise somebody
To talk down to someone
-( talk looking down)
Feel like a child
To talk as if they were stupid
To talk down to somebody
To patronise, talk as if you are better than them
