Lesson One Flashcards
Cost an arm and a leg
To be very expensive
All of the furniture at honest abe’s costs an arm and a leg
About to
Ready to_ on the verge of
He was about to throw a dining room chair at him
After all
Despite everything _the fact is
📚:you’d better invite Ed to your party.after all,he is a good friend.
At least
Anyway_the good thing is that
📚they can’t afford to buy a car but at least she has a good bicycle 🚴
Break the news
To make sth known
📚yo would better break the news to your father carefully.After all,you don’t want him to have a heart attack
Dead-end job
A job that won’t lead to anything else
📚 Jim worked many dead-end jobs before finally deciding to start his own business 🧑💼
Let’s face it
Accept a difficult reality
📚let’s face it if you don’t have a college degree,it can be difficult to find a high-paying job
Give one the creeps
To create a feeling of disgust or horror
📚he was giving me the creeps
Go back to the drawing board
To start a task over because the last try failed-to start again from the beginning
📚 Frank’s new business failed,so he had to go back to the drawing board
Go belly-up
To go bankrupt
📚 my company lost $3 million last year. We might go belly-up
Give someone the ax
To fire someone
📚Mary used to talk to her friend on the phone all day at work,until one day her boss finally gave her the ax
Lose one’s temper
To become very angry 😡
📚Bob always loses his temper when his kids start talking on the telephone during dinner
Make up one’s mind
To rich a decision- to decide
📚Do you want an omelette or fried eggs 🍳 ? You will need to make up your mind quickly because the waitress is coming.
No point in
No reason to - it’s not worth
📚there is no point in worrying about things you can’t change.
Put up with
To endure without complaint
📚i don’t know how Len puts up with his mean boss every day
