With Love Flashcards
There are few Jokes and many Idioms. All of them are stupid or cute in some way. Enjoy.
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Question: Why do you never see pigs hiding in trees?
A
Because they’re pretty good at it.
2
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Idiom: Drive someone’s pigs to market
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To snore.
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Question: What time is it when an elephant sits on a fence?
A
Time to fix the fence.
4
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Idiom: Elephant in the room
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An important or enormous topic, question, or controversial issue that is obvious or that everyone knows about but no one mentions.
5
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Idiom: Hold your horses
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Used to tell someone to stop and consider carefully.
6
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Idiom: Get someone’s goat
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To upset, irritate or anger someone.
7
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Idiom: Bigger fish to fry
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To have more important or more interesting things to do or attend to.
8
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Idiom: Cold turkey
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To quit something (like an addiction) abruptly and without fanfare.
[bruptly and without fanfare = náhle a bez fanfár]
9
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Idiom: Having an earworm
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A catchy song or tune that you can’t seem to get out of your head.
[ear = ucho + worm = červík ==> ušní červ]
10
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Idiom: Get butterflies in stomach
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Means you are anxious and have a nervous feeling in your stomach. Could be love.
11
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Idiom: Get your ducks in a row
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Get everything organized, straightened up and accounted.
12
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Idiom: Go down the rabbit hole
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Enter a situation that is strange, confusing, or illogical ; Got sucked into spending way to long reading about some topic.
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Idiom: Let the cat out of the bag
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To reveal something secret or private , often without intending to.
14
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Idiom: Raining cats and dogs
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Used to describe particularly heavy rain.
15
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Idiom: Snug as a bug in a rug
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In an extremely comfortable position or situation.
16
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Joke: Three fish are in a tank. One asks the others:
A
“How do you drive this thing?”
17
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Question: What part of the chicken has the most feathers?
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The outside.
18
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Idiom: Wild goose chase
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A foolish and hopeless search for something unattainable.
19
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Question: Why do birds fly south in the winter?
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Because it’s too far to walk!
20
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Idiom: Break the leg
A
Good luck!
21
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Idiom: Having a sweet tooth
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To like eating things that are sugary or taste sweet.
22
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Idiom: Keep your eyes peeled
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Watch out [for something].
[peel - loupat (brambory, banán)]
23
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Idiom: It is like pulling teeth
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It is very difficult. Not enjoyable.
24
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Idiom: Pay an arm and a leg
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A very high price.
25
Idiom: Pick your brain
Tell someone to tell you his view on some project or so. His ideas or so.
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Idiom: Pull someone's leg
To trick or lie to someone in a playful way.
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Idiom: Sticky fingers
To be likely to steal.
[sticky = lepkavý]
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Idiom: To have Van Gogh’s ear for music
A person cannot understand and differentiate musical tones.
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Idiom: Twist someone's arm
To force someone to do something.
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Idiom: Wear heart on the sleeve
Openly show your feelings or emotions.
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Idiom: Buy it
To belive to something. Or get hit by a bullet.
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Idiom: A couch potato
Someone who spends most of their time watching television.
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Idiom: A hard nut to crack
A difficult problem or an opponent that is hard to beat.
34
Question: Why didn’t the skeleton go to the party?
He had NO BODY to go with. *da dum tsss
35
Question: Why it is not smart to leave things in Jesus hands?
He has holes in them.
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Question: What is orange and sounds like a parrot?
A Carrot.
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Idiom: A piece of cake
Something easily achieved.
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Idiom: A smart cookie
Someone smart.
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Idiom: Bite the bullet
To do something unpleasant or painful because it is necessary even though you would like to avoid it.
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Idiom: Bite the dust
To die/ be killed; to meet the end; to fail.
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Idiom: Do you want a cookie?
Sarcastic way to say "So what". "I work harder than people in my department" - "Do you want a cookie or something?"
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Idiom: Egg on your face
To look foolish or be embarrassed.
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Idiom: Go bananas
To go wild, to go crazy with excitement or other extreme emotions.
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Idiom: In a pickle
In a tricky, difficult situation.
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Idiom: My cup of tea
Something that someone likes or is good at.
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Idiom: Spill the beans
Reveal secret information unintentionally.
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Idiom: The best thing since sliced bread
Used to emphasize one's enthusiasm about a new idea, person, or thing.
(Nejelpší věc od vynálezu krájeného chleba)
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Idiom: Get out of hand
To become difficult to control.
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Idiom: Give benefit of the doubt
To believe something good about someone, rather than something bad.
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Idiom: Up for grabs
Available to take.
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Idiom: Go belly up
To fail; to go bankrupt (dead fish has belly up in the water).
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Idiom: Hit the books
To study seriously.
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Idiom: Hit the hay
Go to sleep.
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Idiom: Boil the ocean
An impossible task or making a task unnecessarily difficult.
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Idiom: Bury head in the sand
To refuse to think about unpleasant facts, although they will have an influence on your situation.
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Idiom: Bury the hatchet
To agree to end the disagreement that has divided two people or groups.
[Hatchet = sekyrka]
57
Idiom: Cut corners
To do something in the easiest, cheapest, or fastest way.
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Idiom: Cut to the chase
To get to the point without wasting time.
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Idiom: Go the extra mile
Willing to make a special effort.
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Idiom: Go with the flow
To do what other people are doing or agree with their opinions.
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Question: If Tim enters a race with 4 other people, what is the probabiloty of him winning?
50% - He either wins or he loses.
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Idiom: Kick a bucket
To die.
[Bucket list]
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Idiom: Let the dust settle
You let a situation calm down before you try to do anything else.
[settle = usadit se (tento případ) , spokojit se]
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Idiom: Lose your marbles
Go insane.
[marbels = skleněnky/kuličky]
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Idiom: Make waves
To be very active, often in a way that intentionally causes trouble.
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Idiom: Play second fiddle
To be less important or in a weaker position than someone else.
[fiddle = housle]
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Idiom: Roll with the punches
To be able to deal with a series of difficult situations and still continue.
[punch = úder]
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Idiom: Scrape the barrel
To use the worst people or things because that is all you have.
[Scrape = vyškrábnout, škrabat]
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Joke: Two guys walk into a bar.
The third guy ducks.
[To duck = skrčit se; Bar = bar nebo tyč]
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Question: What jumps higher than a five-story building?
Anything that can jump — buildings don’t jump!
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Question: Which runs faster, hot or cold?
Hot! Everyone can catch a cold.
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Idiom: Can´t see the forest for the trees
An expression used of someone who is too involved in the details of a problem to look at the situation as a whole.
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Idiom: Castle in the sky
A desire, idea, or plan that is unlikely to ever be realized
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Idiom: Over the moon
To be very happy, even delighted.
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Idiom: The tip of the iceberg
An event that is merely a part of a larger and more complex issue.
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Idiom: Call the spade a spade
Speak clearly and directly about things, even embarrassing or unpleasant things.
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Joke: eBay is so useless.
I tried to look up lighters and all they had was 13,749 matches.
[Match = zápalka či shoda (zápas)]
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Joke: I sold my vacuum the other day.
All it was doing was collecting dust.
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Idiom: In the same boat
Be in the same circumstances as others.
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Idiom: Ring a bell
To sound familiar.
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Idiom: Take the back seat
To have a secondary position or status.
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Joke: Two windmills are standing on a wind farm. One asks, “What’s your favorite type of music?”
The other says, “I’m a big metal fan.”
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Idiom: At sea
"V lese".
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Idiom: Beat the wind // Beat the air
To make repeated futile attempts.
[Futila = marné]
85
Idiom: Break the ice
Do or say something to relieve tension or get conversation going.
[to relieve tension = uvolnit napětí]
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Idiom: Call it a day
You decide to stop what you are doing because you are tired of it or because it is not successful.
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Idiom: Out of the blue
Randomly or unexpectedly.
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Idiom: Plain as a day
Very easy to see, or very obvious and easy to understand.
[plain = prostý, jasný (plain toast - samotný toust)]
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Idiom: Steal someone's thunder.
To prevent someone from having by doing or saying what that person was planning to do or say.
[thunder = bouře]
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Idiom: Take a rain check
Not accept immediately, though you may later.
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Question: What did the ocean say to the other ocean?
Nothing. He waved.
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Idiom: A wet blanket
A person who spoils all the fun by disapproving of the activities. Someone who dampens everybody’s enthusiasm.
93
Idiom: Be swamped
Have so much work to do.
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Idiom: Call dibs
Calling sometning yours. Mostly on last cookie or girl.
95
Idiom: Can it!
Can = plechovka, => zaplechovkuj to = shut up
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Idiom: Fair and square
In an honest way and without any doubt.
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Idiom: I’ll show myself out
To guide yourself out - if you say cheesy joke. "I know this was stupid joke, Ill leave".
98
Idiom: Rise and shine
Use to wake someone up in the morning.
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Idiom: Speak of the devil
Said when a person appears just after being mentioned.
100
Idiom: The lights are on, but nobody’s home
Used to describe a person who isn’t very smart.
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Idiom: Throw a pity party
Spending time feeling sorry for themselves.
102
Joke: I hate Russian dolls.
They’re so full of themselves.
103
Question: What colour of flowers you can get to every girl to match her eyes?
White ones – thats the most of the eye.
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Joke: What’s the best part about living in Switzerland?
I don’t know, but the flag is a big plus.
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Willy-nilly
Without planning or order
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Wonky
Turned or twisted fabric.
107
Must watch (!):
Daniel Sloss(2); Gravity falls; Grinch(5); Iron Giant(4)
Must watch (!):
Stopařův průvodce po galaxii(po knize); The Emperor's New Groove (3); Your name (1)
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Idiom: In a nutshell
Very briefly, giving only the main points
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Idiom: Sticky situation
A tough situation to get out of, or a sensitive situation
[sticky = lepkavý, lepivý]
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Idiom: Until hell freezes over
In the impossibly distant future; forever.
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Idiom: Beat around the bush
Avoid saying what you mean (usually because it is uncomfortable).
[Bush = křovisko; Avoid = vyhýbat se]
112
Idiom: Cut somebody some slack
Don´t be critical. Be less harsh.
[Slack = volný, ochablý, laxní ; Harsh = drsný, tvrdý]
113
Idiom: Get something out of your system
Do the thing you've been wanting to do - so you can move on.
114
Idiom: Hang in there
Don't give up.
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Idiom: Let someone off the hook
To not hold someone responsible for something.
[Hook = hák]
116
Idiom: On the ball
Very alert / aware of what is happening.
117
Idiom: Pull yourself together
Recover control of emotions. Mostly negative ones.
118
Idiom: Under the weather
Feel sick.
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Idiom: We'll cross that bridge when we come to it
Not to worry about a possible problem until it actually happens.
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Idiom: Don't give up your day job
If someone is not good at something. He wouldn´t be able to pay bills if he would try to make money that way.
121
Idiom: Give someone the cold shoulder
Ignore.
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Idiom: Ignorance is bliss
It is better not to know.
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Idiom: On thin ice
Risky situation.
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Idiom: Put something on ice
Put a project on hold.
125
Idiom: Rain on someone's parade
To spoil something.
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Idiom: Saving for a rainy day
Save money for later.
127
Idiom: The ball is in your court
It is up to you to make the next move.
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Idiom: A snowball's chance in hell
No chance at all.
129
Idiom: A storm in a teacup
Great outrage or excitement about a trivial matter.
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Idiom: Make a fuss
A show of anger, worry, or excitement that is unnecessary or greater than the situation deserves.
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Idiom: Don't beat a dead horse
Move on, this subject is over.
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Idiom: Sitting on the fence
Delay making a decision.
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Idiom: Leave no stone unturned
Look everywhere.
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Idiom: Like two peas in a pod
Being always together.
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Idiom: Out of the frying pan and into the fire
Things are going from bad to worse.
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Idiom: Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
To remind people not to criticize others for a flaw that you have too.
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Idiom: Low hanging fruit
The most easily achieved of a set of tasks.
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Idiom: Be a chicken
Be a coward.
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Idiom: Be like a fish out of water
To feel uncomfortable in unfimiliar situation.
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Idiom: Curiosity killed the cat
Warning - being curious can get you into some trouble.
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Idiom: Have cows
To get extremly upset.
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Idiom: Have kittens
To get extremly upset.
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Idiom: A cat's chance in hell
No chance at all.
144
Idiom: A little bird told me ...
To recive information and not saying whom from. In a cute way.
"A little bird told me that it was your birthday today!"
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Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back
Use to warn people. Being curious can get you into trouble but reward of finding out something or learning something new could be worth it.
146
Idiom: Dead wood
Workers no longer contributing to an organization.
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Idiom: Wouldn't be caught dead
Said about something that you would rather die than being seen to do / have on.
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Idiom: Useful as a chocolate teapot
Totally usless (but tasty).
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Idiom: Bad egg
Bad person.
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Idiom: Cold as a cucumber
Very calm.
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Idiom: In a nutshell
In summary.
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Idiom: A watched pot never boils
Things appear to go more slowly if you wait for it.
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Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater
Example : Janet quitted her job because her ex started working there even though she loved the job
an avoidable error in which something good or of value is eliminated when trying to get rid of something unwanted
