PJESMA :

What goes around comes around = karma

to be out of ones mind = to be crazy / insane
to blow it = to spoil, ruin or miss a good opportunity
to dodge a bullet = to avoid a disastrous situation
to be over someone = to no longer have feelings for someone you were once
in a relationship with
to be through with something = to end an activity before the deadline
because you no longer want to do it.. youve lost your motivation
Boo hoo! = The sound of noisy crying!
to face the facts = to confront, to admit (usually problems)

Language is considered to be a system of communication, used by a particular community

of speakers and it has literal and figurative meanings. While the literal meaning is the direct
reference of words or sentences to objects, the figurative sense is used for giving an
imaginative description or a special effect. Therefore, the meaning of individual words in
an expression has nothing to do in the comprehension of the whole meaning. That is often
done using idioms. An idiom (also called idiomatic expression) is an expression, word, or
phrase that has a figurative meaning conventionally understood by native speakers. This
meaning is different from the literal meaning of the idiom's individual elements. In other
words, idioms don't mean exactly what the words say. They have, however, hidden
meaning.
Idioms have a great extent use in everyday language, and they are considered as
one of the most frequently used means of non-literal language.
A lot of different types of idioms exist, but we will pay attention to those that you
can often find while reading a book or building a conversation. Those are idioms
related to clothes, food, nature, sexuality, body, feelings and moods, problematic
situations, use of language, description of people and binomial idioms.

FEELINGS AND MOODS

a)a face as long as a fiddle
-to look very depressed or sad
Example : he had a face as long as a fiddle after seeing his ex girlfriend.
b)like a bear with a sore head
-extremely irritable
Example : Michael was like a bear with a sore head last night.
c) jump out of skin

-to give a big jump

Example : I jumped out of my skin when I heard the bang.
d)to be on cloud nine
-to be extremely pleased or happy
Ex. : I am on cloud nine these days.

PROBLEMATIC SITUATIONS
a)to bury the hatchet
-to stop fighting or to make peace with somebody
Ex.: The government and the unions have buried the hatchet for the time being.
b)to go a long way
-something that would help a lot
Ex. : You should say sorry. It could go a long way.
c)get act together
-organise ourselves to respond
Ex. : This has to be done by next week. We must get out act together before it is too late.
d) to get a grasp of something
-find out, understand
Ex.: I am trying to get a grasp of what is happening. It is not easy.
e)sweep under the carpet
-somethins is ignored or deliberately forgotten, without solving it
Ex.: All that trouble last year was just swept under the carpet in the end.

USE OF LANGUAGE
a)talk down
-talk as if we were inferior
Ex. The boss always talks down to us.
b)talk shop
-talk about work

Ex. : Lets sit somewhere else, they always talk shop over a lunch and it bores me rigid.
c)to give someone a talking
-to reproach ,scowl someone
Ex.: Its gone too far this time. I shall have to give him a talking to.
d)to put something in a nutshell
-say it in a few words.
Ex.: I dont have much time to explain it now. I will only put it in a nutshell
e) small talk
- purely social talk, nothing serious
Ex.: It was just small talk, nothing more, I promise.

DESCRIPTION OF PEOPLE
a)all sizzle and no Someone who turns out to be disappointing, after a promotional
steak
campaign which led us to expect something better, is called all sizzle
and no steak.
ex. :Because of the electoral promises he made, which so far he has
failed to keep, many people call the new president 'all sizzle and no
steak'.
b) to be of an odd-ball
-peculiar, very strange
Ex. : Your grandma is a bit of an odd-ball
c)to be quick off the mark
-to be very fast
Ex. : He is very quick off the mark, he always gets things before everybody else.
d) to be as hard as nails
-to have no sympathy for others
Ex. : Sometimes he is as hard as nails when it comes to other people.
e)round the bend
-abosolutely crazy, mad
Ex. : He is round the bend, if you ask me.

BINOMIALS

a)odds and ends

-small, unimportant things
Ex. :Lets get the main things packed, we can do the odds and ends later.
b)wine and dine
-entertain
Ex.: She has to wine and dine important clients.
c)ranting and raving
-to shout or be very angry
Ex. : The boss was ranting and raving at us.
d)rough and ready
-poor standard
Ex. : My dormitory room is a bit rough and ready
e)prim and proper
-rather formal and fussy
Ex. He is so prim and proper at work.

CLOTHES:
a) all hat and no cattle
Describing someone who is full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance;
pretentious.
Example:
We expect our president to be effective in his job, not a person who is all hat and no
cattle.

b) the boot is on the other foot

(also the shoe is on the other foot) said about a change of positions when someone whon
was in a weaker situation is now in strong position.
Example:
Don't expect him to make any more changes in the manageement of the company,
especially after his appointment as the new manager of the project. The boot is on the
other foot.

c) birthday suit
- complete nakedness
The little boy was running through the park in his birthday suit.
d) catch (someone) with their pants down
- to surprise someone in an embarrassing situation or doing something that they should
not be doing
The sales manager was caught with his pants down when he was asked for the sales
figures that he did not have.
e) hot under the collar
- to be very angry
Our boss is hot under the collar today because three of the staff came late.

FOOD
a) buy a lemon
- to buy something that is worthless or does not work well
The used car that I bought is not very good. I think that I bought a lemon.
b) carrot and stick
- the reward for someone to do what you want or the punishment if they do not do what
you want
The government took a carrot-and-stick approach to remove the people who were
protesting against the construction of the dam.
c) a cream puff

- a person who is easily influenced or beaten

The boy is a cream puff and is always a victim of other people's insults
d) full of beans
- feeling energetic, in high spirits
My aunt is full of beans tonight and she does not want to stop talking.
e) Here's mud in your eye!
- Drink up! (a drinking toast)
"Here's mud in your eye," I said as we drank a toast to my new job.

NATURE
a) make hay while the sun shines
If you make hay while the sun shines, you make good use of the chance to do something
while it lasts.

b) drop in the bucket

Something so strong that it doesn't count or doesn't have any importance or significance.
Example:
His contribution was just a drop in the bucket compared to the rest of the team.

c) make a mountain out of a molehill

To exagerate the severity of a situation; to make a lot of fuss about nothing.
Example:
You're making a mountain out of a molehill. You didn't mean to hurt her.

d) salt of the earth

said about somone who is honest and good.

Example:
He is the salt of the earth. He always helps the poor.

e) Between a rock and a hard place - to be in a very difficult situation and to have to
make a hard decision.
Example: If I study I wont have money to pay the university, but if I work, I wont get
my degree Im between a rock and a hard place!

BODY
a) contemplate one's navel
- to spend a lot of time thinking about one's own problems rather than being concerned
about more important things
I spent the summer contemplating my navel and did not do a thing.
b) dead from the neck up
- to be very stupid
My boss seems to be dead from the neck up.
c) gird up one's loins
- to get ready to do something that will be difficult
I began to gird up my loins and work on my final essay.

d) wait on someone hand and foot

to serve someone well, satisfying all personal needs.
Example:
She can't take care of herself. She always needs someone to wait on her hand and foot.

e) give your eye teeth for something

said when you want to have or do something very much.
Example:
She'd give her eye teeth for a straight blond hair.

SEXUALITY
a) Play the field
Someone who plays the field dates or has sexual relationships with many people.
b) Up the duff
(UK) If a woman is up the duff, she's pregnant.

c) a bit of fluff
(Also a bit of skirt.) A sexually attractive woman.
Example:
I saw him yesterday with a bit of fluff.

d) Virgin territory
a territory that hasn't been touched orexplored.
Example:
There is no sign of humans in that island. It's a virgin territory.
e) A roll in the hay
quick sexual intercourse- a quickie or casual improvised sex.
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