&tc. Flashcards

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Phrase meaning, ‘fill the bathtub’.

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‘Run the bath’

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Vacationing group for a specific age group.

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18 to 30 Club.

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Phrase meaning, ‘run for election’.

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‘Stand for election’

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Murphy’s Law: what can go wrong, will go wrong.

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Sod’s Law.

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Phrase used to excuse yourself to use the restroom.

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‘Spend a penny’

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Phrase meaning ‘taking the cake’.

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‘Taking the biscuit’

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Phrase meaning ‘make fun of’.

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‘Taking the Mickey/Michael/piss’

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Phrase meaning ‘Run for it’

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‘Leg it’

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Phrase meaning ‘I’ve looked everywhere’.

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‘[I’ve looked] left, right, and center’.

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Phrase meaning ‘As different as day and night’.

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‘As different as chalk and cheese’.

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Phrase meaning someone’s pregnant.

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‘She’s up the duff’.

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Phrase meaning ‘to go belly up’.

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‘To go tits up’

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Phrase meaning ‘fire engine red’

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‘Pillar box red’

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Phrase meaning ‘I don’t care’ or ‘it doesn’t matter to me’

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‘I’m easy’

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Phrase meaning ‘you all’

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‘You lot’

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A phrase describing a stuck up person.

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‘Up himself’

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Common exclamation; mild form of “shite!”

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‘Sod!’

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Exclamation of surprise/disbelief.

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‘Blow me!’

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Phrase meaning: (1) to have a liking for; (2) to develop an ability for something –esp. quickly or easily; (3) to begin or fall into a habit of.

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‘Take/took to’

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Phrase meaning to lose interest or enthusiasm.

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‘Put off’

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Phrase meaning: getting the feeling/understanding of something.

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‘Getting the spirit of…’

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Phrase equivalent to ‘I’ll keep that in mind’.

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‘I’ll bear that in mind’

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3 terms accentuating the word ‘very’.

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Jolly; real; well

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Phrase meaning “good deal”.

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Good value

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Phrase meaning the order in which the parts of an event have been arranged to happen or to be running correctly and efficiently.

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It’s in ‘running order’.

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Equivalent phrase of ‘to get along with…’

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“…to get on with…”