Idioms Flashcards

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Leave high and dry

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Leave smb in difficult situation without any help

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Word to the wise

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Used to say when giving some advise or a warning

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Get on your high horse

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Start talking angrily about something bad that someone else has done as if you feel you are better or more clever than they are. Showing arrogance and conceit.

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To rub off on

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To be transferred to: if a feeling, quality or habit rubs off on you, you start to have it because you are with another person who has it on

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Wing it

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To do something without preparation or plans, to improvise

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Bust a gut

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1) To work very hard to make a big effort
2) To laugh in an uncontrolled way

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Break a sweat

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Вкладывать большое количество энергии и усилий в выполнение задачи

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Wolf down

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Съесть что-то быстро или жадно

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To get off on smth

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to find something exciting, especially in a sexual way

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10
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Bring to fruision

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Приносит плоды

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Pay the piper

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Bear the consequences of an action or activity that one has enjoyed

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