IDIOMS- PERSONALITY

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a person who criticizes a situation but does nothing to fix it
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an armchair critic
a person who wants to know everything about other people’s lives
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a busybody
a person who does not like spending much money
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a cheapskate
a lazy person who does not do anything that involves physical activity
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a couch potato
be realistic, practical and sensible
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down-to-earth
a person is old-fashioned and has not adopted certain modern habits
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behind the times/ a fuddy-duddy
a person who is sctive, energetic and has the initiative to pursue the things they want
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a go-getter
a person who is perfect, nice sweet (in an arrogant way showing off their perfect behavior)
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goody-goody/goody two shoes
a person who thinks he knows everything and that their opinions and ideas are the best
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know-it-all/smart alec/ wise guy
a person u can trust becauee they tell the truth and keep promised
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man of his word/woman of her word
an active person who helps their company/organization make progress
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mover and shaker
a person who is stubborn and commited to their current way of doing things
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set in his/her ways
a person who is disgusting, horrible and diserves to be hated
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a slimeball
an extroverted person who loves to socialize
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a social butterfly
a person who strongly insists on a quality or behavior and expects othervpeople to maintain that standard
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a stickler for something
a person who discourages or prevents others from enjoying themselves
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wet blanket/ party pooper/spoilsport/killjoy/stick-in-the-mud
a person who worries constantly and excessively
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a worrywart
a person who does not show any emotion
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as cold as ice
a person who is crazy or behaves very strangely
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as mad as a hatter
an ordinary person without anything exceptional about them
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an average Joe
completely bald
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bald as a coot
a person who displays no shame about lying after being exposed
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a barefaced liar
a person who gets angry and shouts but does not take any action
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someone’s bark is worse than his bite
someone who is always joking and is found funny by others
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a barrel of laughs
someone is very confident and does not care about other peoples response
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bold as brass
a person who is exceptional in what they do
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class act
a person who gets emotional and cries very easily
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cry-baby
stupid (UK)
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daft as a brush
stupid
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dumb as a rock
if someone reacts badly because their pride is gurt
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fit of pique
behave irrationally (Uk)
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go doolally
become very angry
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go mental
a lazy person who dors bot do anything useful
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good-for-nothing

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