Idioms

Question 1

Jog on

Answer 1

used to tell someone forcefully and rather rudely to go away:
He asked me for money but I told him to jog on.
This is me - accept it or jog on.

Question 2

On my bike

Answer 2

a rude way of telling someone to go away:
“Can you lend me some money?” “On your bike, mate!”
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Question 3

Throw shade

Answer 3

to criticize someone or something publicly and show that you do not respect them:
This isn’t the first time that the actress has thrown shade at her ex-husband.
She can throw shade like no other and has feuded with some of the biggest names in the entertainment world.
I get annoyed when people throw shade on his recent work.

hablar mal de \_\_\_\_"
"criticar a \_\_\_\_\_" o especificar "criticar a \_\_\_\_\_ a sus espaldas"
"poner verde a \_\_\_\_"
"poner a caldo a \_\_\_\_"
"poner a \_\_\_\_ a caer de un burro"

Question 4

Slip up (v)
Slip-up (n)

Answer 4

Significado de slip up en inglés
slip up
— phrasal verb with slip verb
uk
/slɪp/ us
/slɪp/
-pp-
C2
to make a mistake:
These figures don't make sense - have we slipped up somewhere?
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Making mistakes

    balls
    balls (sth) up
    blunder
    bodge
    botch
    drop
    fault
    foot
    goof
    goof up
    human
    making
    misdiagnose
    of your own making idiom
    put your foot in it idiom
    self-own
    sign your own death warrant idiom
    slip
    stumble
    trip

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slip-up
noun [ C ]
uk
/ˈslɪp.ʌp/ us
/ˈslɪp.ʌp/
a mistake or something that goes wrong
Sinónimos
mistake
slip
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(Definición de slip up del Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
“slip up” en inglés americano
slip up
— phrasal verb with slip verb
us
/slɪp/
-pp-
to make a small mistake, often as a result of not thinking carefully:
It’s easy for a journalist to slip up and use somebody else’s idea without crediting him or her.
slip-up
noun [ C ]
us
/ˈslɪpˌʌp/
a mistake that someone makes by not giving something enough attention:
That slip-up cost a lot of money.
(Definición de slip up del Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
“slip up” en inglés de negocios
slip up
— phrasal verb with slip verb
uk
/slɪp/ us
-pp-
[ I ]
to make a mistake:
We can’t afford to slip up when we’re risking so much money.
There is a solution for taxpayers who have slipped up and not paid on time.
Ver también
slip-up
slip-up
noun [ C ]
uk
us
a careless mistake:
The candidate often blamed others when he made slip-ups.
a slip-up in sth There have been several slip-ups in the handing of secret information.