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To chat, to talk casually. start learning
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Every time I meet up with my best friend we spend hours just chewing the fat.
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also: tea break I spend my coffee/tea breaks in the nearby café.
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I'm not interested in gossips. I don't like dishing the dirt.
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To share a cost of something; when each person participating in a group activity pays for themselves (especially when it comes to paying a restaurant bill). start learning
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When I go to a restaurant with my friends we usually go Dutch.
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To be shamed; to display humility; to admit that one was wrong. start learning
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I'm not used to eating dirt, I hate being humiliated.
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To admit that you made a mistake and apologize. start learning
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A famous politician had to eat a humble pie and admit he was wrong.
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To eat very much or eat noisily. start learning
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Little children usually eat like pigs.
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To have to take back one's words; to admit one was wrong. start learning
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He was sure the road was open, but when we got there we found out it was closed. He had to eat his words.
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To have it both eays; to have or do two things at the same time (espacially things that are impossible to have together). start learning
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to have one's cake and eat it You can't have a lot of money without working, it's simple; you can't have your cake and eat it.
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To act weird, to be crazy. start learning
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She has always been a little strange, but now she is completely out to lunch.
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To have plenty of things to do. start learning
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to have a lot on one's plate also: to have a full plate When you are the mother of six children you have a lot on your plate.
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To be extremely angry with someone and want them to be punished for what they've done. start learning
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to want someone's head on a plate After this disaster people wanted prime minister's head on a plate.
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To try to make someone like you or approve of you by being very nice to them. start learning
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Oh, please stop sucking up, I won't buy you this CD anyway.
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Someone or something that it is very precious or dear to someone. start learning
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My brother is the apple of our father's eye.
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An expression used to stress that fruits and vegetables are healthy and it's important to eat them. start learning
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Please, eat this carrot, remember an apple a day keeps the doctor away.
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To provide for one's family. start learning
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It's still unusual for women to bring home the bacon.
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As a student I could hardly afford bread and butter.
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No! You've dropped something again! You're such a butterfingers!
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To be nice to someone in order to make them do something for you. start learning
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I know you want our teacher to give you an A, but you'd better stop buttering him up.
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An expression meaning that someone looks as if they would never do anything wrong although you think they would. start learning
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butter wouldn't melt in his / her mouth Don't ask her out, I think butter wouldn't melt in her mouth, she's so cold.
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This test was just a piece of cake.
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Something that makes a good thing/situation even better. start learning
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Money is not the most important in life, it's just the icing on the cake.
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To be sold quickly and in large numbers. start learning
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T-shirts with famous bands sell like hot cakes.
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Look at this man, he's a big cheese in television.
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This couple is strange, they are like chalk and cheese.
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A second chance/opportunity. start learning
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another bite at the cherry I decided to take another bite at the cherry and apply to the university once again.
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To pick only the best things/people in the group. start learning
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Some people think that election is just cherry-picking.
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Another way to ask "How are you?", "What's up?". start learning
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Hello guys! What's cooking?
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To work here you must be as cool as cucumber.
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Come on! Don't be such a cowardy custard!
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A person who is dishonest, behaves badly. start learning
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A black sheep in the family is not always a bad egg.
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To encourage, urge or dare someone to do something. start learning
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He was always egged on at school.
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To be embarrassed (usually after a failure or a faux pas). start learning
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to have egg on one's face It's not pleasant to have egg on your face.
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One can't achieve something important without causing some unpleasant effects. start learning
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You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs. In order to save this company we have to make some people redundant, but you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.
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To make everything depend on only one thing. start learning
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to put all your eggs in one basket I told you not to pack all your clothes in one bag, now it's lost and you don't have anything to put on. Everybody know that it's not a good idea to put all your eggs in one basket.
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To be extremly cautious; to be careful not to do anything wrong. start learning
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When my mother has a headache all the family has to walk on eggshells.
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Seeming dishonest or suspicious. start learning
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If I were you I wouldn't buy that car. The deal seems fishy to me.
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To cry over sth that has already happened and can't be fixed. start learning
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There's no use crying over spilt milk, we should rather think of a new company.
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I knew I was good, so I was as keen as mustard to take part in a competition.
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One has to be as nutty as a fruitcake to sell pork in Muslim countries.
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To use much more force than is neaded; to take drastic measures to deal with a simple problem. start learning
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to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut Do you really have to go by car, it's just 2 km, don't use a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
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To be experienced in a subject or know a lot about it. start learning
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He is a good software developer, he really knows his onions.
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This task was as easy as a pie.
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To be involved in many activities. start learning
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to have a finger in every pie He is a big cheese in this town, he has a finger in every pie.
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Someone who spends most of their time sitting in front of tv. start learning
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To be a couch potato is not a healthy lifestyle.
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A problem that is difficut to deal with. start learning
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This issue is a hot potato, nobody wants to address it.
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Don't move or you'll be in the soup.
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To make something more powerful. start learning
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Some cars are easy to soup up.
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Something that we like doing or that we're good at doing. start learning
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English is my cup of tea.
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To hit someone/something repeatedly; to include a lot of something in a speach or writing. start learning
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The journalist peppered him with questions.
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To make something more powerful or stronger. start learning
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This meal needs beefing up.
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