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Idioms Flashcards

1
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No longer able to do something well because of age

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To be over the hill

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2
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Be ungrateful

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To bite the hand that feeds you

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3
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= pisar em ovos

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To be skating on thin ice

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4
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= queimar o filme de alguém

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To salt one’s game

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5
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Don’t talk about a bad situation that most people have forgotten about

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Let sleeping dogs lie

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6
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A person who gets up or arrives early

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An early bird

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A person who prefers to be awake and active at night

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A night owl

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8
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Completely unexpected

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Out of the blue

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9
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Unusual

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Once in a blue moon

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10
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Never

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When pigs fly

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11
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Used for wishing someone good luck

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Break a leg

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12
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When the person you were talking about appears unexpectedly

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Speak of the devil

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13
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Tell a secret

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Let the cat out of the bag

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14
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When you want to know what the other person is thinking, usually because they have been quiet for a while

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A penny for your thoughts

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15
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Trying to do something in a way that will not work

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Barking up the wrong tree

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16
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Very expensive

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It costs an arm and a leg

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17
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Succeed in achieving two things in a single action

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To kill two birds with one stone

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18
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When you feel ill

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To feel under the weather

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19
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To do something in the easiest, cheapest or fastest way

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To cut corners

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20
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To make an argument or bad situation worse

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Add fuel to the fire

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21
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Agree with each othee

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See eye to eye

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22
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A situation in which you can enjoy the advantages of two very different things at the same time

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The best of both worlds

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23
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Show that you cannot know what something or someone is like by looking only at their appearance

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Can’t judge a book by it’s cover

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24
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Describe exactly what is causing a situation or problem

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Hit the nail on the head

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25
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Really easy

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Piece of cake / A walk in the park

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26
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A misfortune that eventually results in something good happening later on

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A blessing in disguise

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27
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Stop working on something

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To call it a day

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28
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To allow someone, who have been caught, to not be punished

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Let someone of the hook

29
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You have to work hard for something you want

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No pain no gain

30
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Decide to do something unpleasant that tou have been avoiding doing

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Bite the bullet

31
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Being treated the same unpleasant way you have treated others

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Getting a taste of your own medicine

32
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To ignore someone

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Giving someone the cold shoulder

33
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The final source of irritation for someone to finally lose patience

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The last straw

34
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Matter or problem that is obvious of great importance but that is not discussed openly

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The elephant in the room

35
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Taking credit for someone else’s achievements

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Stealing someone’s thunder

36
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Is only attracted to

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Only has eyes for

37
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Loves very much

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Loves to bits

38
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Fell deeply in love

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Fell head over heels

39
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Get on very well

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Get on like a house on fire

40
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To be fond of

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To have a soft spot

41
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Annoys me (4)

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Gets up my nose / Gets on my wick / Gets on my nerves / Gets my back up

42
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To be an expert in it’s field

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Knows their stuff

43
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The most intelligent person somewhere

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The brains behind…

44
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A rich source of information

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A mine of information

45
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Intelligence, brains

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Grey matter

46
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Is very clever

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Nobody’s fool

47
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Have no idea

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Haven’t a clue/the foggiest (idea)

48
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Talks well and persuasively

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Has the gift of the gab

49
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Able to talk for hours

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Can talk the hind legs off a donkey

50
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Someone who shows off their cleverness in an irritating way

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Know-all / Smart aleck

51
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Extremely stupid (2)

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Has got nothing between the ears / To be as thick as two short planks

52
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When you have to explain things to the person several times

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To be slow on the uptake

53
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Deceive someone

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Pull the wool over someone’s eyes

54
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Can’t understand

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Can’t make head or tail of

55
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Stupid

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To be one sandwich short of a picnic / One cell short of a battery / One slice short of a loaf / Several bricks short of a load

56
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To be extremely happy (4)

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To be on top of the world / To be on cloud nine / To be in seventh heaven / Over the moon

57
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To be ideally suited for (2)

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To be in (your) element / To be made for

58
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To be enthusiastic about

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To rave about

59
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To look irritatingly pleased with yourself

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To look like the cat that got the cream

60
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To be depressed (2)

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To be down in the dumps / Down in the mouth

61
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To be lost in a daydream

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To be in a world of her own

62
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A good person with an abrupt manner

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Rough diamond

63
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Always says exactly what they thinks without trying to be diplomatic

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Never minces their words

64
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Behaves in a way that does not help itself

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To be your own worst enemy

65
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Is not influenced by other

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Is very much it’s own person

66
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Can easily be persuaded

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To have a soft touch

67
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Someone who hides their skills

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A dark horse

68
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Gain a full understanding of

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Get the measure of

69
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Very miserable

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As miserable as sin

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