Idioms "Medicine" Flashcards
1
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blood is thicker than water
A
relatives are the most important people
2
Q
a bitter pill to swallow
A
something difficult to experience
3
Q
to cough up
A
to pay money
4
Q
to feel it in one’s bones
A
to expect something, to know something before it happens
5
Q
a fly in the ointment
A
a problem
6
Q
to get burned
A
to have a bad experience, to be cheated
7
Q
to give someone a taste of his/her own medicine
A
to do something bad to a person after they have done the same thing
8
Q
to have a lot of nerve
A
to act so badly and impolitely that it takes courage to do so
9
Q
to hold one’s breath
A
to pause, to stop and think
10
Q
sick and tired
A
very annoyed
11
Q
to take pains
A
to take a lot of trouble to do something
