Idioms Flashcards
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My eyes are bigger than my stomach
When you want or ask for more food than you actually can eat
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The peak of the iceberg
Just the surface of some matter. The suggestion of a hidden information or issue about something or someone
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Blood is thicker than water
Said to emphasize that you believe that family connections are always more important than other types of relationship. Family loyalties and relationships are stronger than all others.
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A friend in need is a friend indeed (also in deed)
This means that a friend who helps you when you really need help is a true friend.
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Like father, like son
Esp. in like father like son (also daughter) and variants: A child’s character or behaviour usually resembles that of his or her father.
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No man is an island
All of us need someone near
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Such is life
used to refer to an event that has happened and that you must accept, because you know that this is the way life is:
* So here I am, without a girlfriend again. Oh well, such is life.
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Have ants in your pants
To not be able to keep still because you are very excited or worried about something
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As a whole
When considered as a group and not in parts:
* The population as a whole is getting healthier.
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For granted
Assume it should be like this
* They take this new wealth for granted
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Wich way to turn
What to do
* They don’t know which way to turn
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Means de world to
To be extremely important to someone.
* Her children mean the world to her.
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Keeping tabs on (sthg)
Konwing where something is
* You need to learn a ting or two about keeping tabs on bags
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Rags-to-riches
Used to describe what happens to a person who was poor but becomes rich:
* A rags-to-riches story
