MJ Flashcards
crooked
crooked nose /picture
TMI
Maybe , it’s TMI but…
Asap
come here ASap
AF
as fuck
derail
derail the whole conversation
cut sb off (2)
sorry to cut you off: interrupt
A guy cut me off and I flipped him off!
flip sb off
flip sb the bird
I flipped him off on both hands
reinvent the wheel
It’s like reinventing the wheel.
be asleep at the wheel
Several publishers were asleep at the switch, and missed the book’s potential.
The wheels came off
the wheels come off something
used to say that something suddenly stops being successful
Why did the wheels come off his campaign?
drone
پهباد
Drone alert
tighten your belt
informal to try to spend less money than you used to
Businesses were tightening their belts and cutting jobs.
→ tighten
Examples from the Corpus
tighten your belt
• The harsh years of the Depression were causing everyone to tighten their belts.
• Most people have to tighten their belts a little when they retire.
Take up for somebody
Support somebody
He took up for me in the meeting.
He took up for me, jumped on the man and took him off me.
plague
The same question has been plaguing me!
ما را همه شب نمیبرد خواب
ای خفته روزگار برخیز
outspoken
out‧spo‧ken /aʊtˈspəʊkən $ -ˈspoʊ-/ adjective
expressing your opinions honestly and directly, even when doing this might annoy some people OPP reticent
an outspoken critic of the education reforms
An outspoken blogger and critic
take to
people took to streets to support him
one of a kind
you re one of a kind !
happy birthday!
overjoyed
Harry n Megan r expecting a second child,they’re overjoyed
le‧ver
le‧ver1 /ˈliːvə $ ˈlevər/ ●○○ noun [countable]
1 a stick or handle on a machine or piece of equipment, that you move to operate it
Pull this lever to open the gate.
→ gear lever
2 a long thin piece of metal that you use to lift something heavy by putting one end under the object and pushing the other end down
nerve-wracking
It’always ~ to meet new people.
