Idioms Flashcards by BoYi Chan | Brainscape

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Calm down

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Pull yourself together

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Confused, undecided on something

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On the fence

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Wait

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Sit tight

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Get rid of negative emotions

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Shake it off/ Blow off steam

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Do something more than necessary

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Go the extra mile

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End badly

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Go down in flames

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No motivation

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Running on fumes

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Critical time to take action

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Crunch time

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Easy decision

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No-brainer

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Confront with the consequences of your action

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Face the music

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Two situations go well

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Best of both worlds

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Stop thinking

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Get (something) out of my head/ Get over it

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Work harder

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Step your game up

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Be impressed or amazed

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Blow me away

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Study hard or diligently

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Hit the books

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Be positive

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Keep your chin up

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能力越大，責任越大

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Greater power comes with greater responsibility

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自助者天助也

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God helps those who help themselves

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No one is self-sufficient. Everyone relies on others

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No man is an island

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A person who helps at a difficult time is a person who you can really rely on

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A friend in need is a friend indeed

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過去的就讓他過去

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Let bygones be bygones

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Be careful and not take risk

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Just to play safe/ Dun put all your eggs in one basket

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你的樣貌決定了你的命運

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Your face your fate

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Every situation has two opposing points of view

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A coin has two sides

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一石二鳥

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Killing two birds with one stone

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Good luck

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Break a leg

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劃清界線

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Draw the line

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超過了底線

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Cross the line

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一帆風順

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All plain sailing

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失敗乃成功之母

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Every success comes from trial-and-error

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Get out of control

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Get out of hand

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Go to bed

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Hit the sack

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It’s not complicated

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It’s not rocket science

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Tell something briefly

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Make a long story short

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Doing a good job

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On the ball

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You don’t notice how long something lasts when it’s fun

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Time flies when you’re having fun

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Let’s not talk about the problem right now

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We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it

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That’s true, I agree

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You can say that again

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Tell me what you’re thinking

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A penny for your thoughts

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The worst possible situation

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A perfect storm

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Better to show than tell

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A picture is worth one thousand words

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Believe what people do but not what they say

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Actions speak louder than words

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Make a bad situation worse

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Add insult to injury

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Take on a project you cannot finish

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Bite off more than you can chew

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Comparing two things that can’t be compared

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Comparing apples to oranges

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Very expensive

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Costs an arm and a leg

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Do something without planning

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Do something at the drop of a hat

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己所不欲勿施於人

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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you

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Don’t complain on something can’t be fixed

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Don’t cry over split milk

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Rarely

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Once in a blue moon

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No matter what

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Come rain or shine

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Agree completely

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See eye to eye with somebody

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Follow a trend

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Jump on the bandwagon

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Perfect

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As right as rain

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just barely

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By the skin of your teeth

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It’s too late

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Miss the boat

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Easy

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A piece of cake

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人不可貌相

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You can’t judge a book by its cover

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To do something rather than not doing

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Better late than never

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冰山一角

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Tip of the iceberg

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防患於未然

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Nip it in the bud

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透過勞動來獲取利益

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Put in hard work to reap the benefits