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18 Apr, 18:18

📔 through thick and thin
المقابل العربي: في السرَّاءِ والضرَّاء.

📋Meaning
under all circumstances, no matter how difficult.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 "They stuck together through thick and thin."

🗣 I want to thank my husband of 38 years, who has been there through thick and thin, supporting me every step of the way.

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13 Apr, 18:21

📔 When it rains, it pours
المقابل العربي: إن المصائب لا تأتي فُرادى.

📋Meaning
Bad things occur in large numbers, but many big things happen all at once.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “First he was laid off, then his wife got into a car accident. When it rains, it pours.“

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08 Feb, 17:14

the half of it

📋 (often used in the negative) If someone does not know the half of it, they know that a situation is bad but do not know how serious it is. Used to say that a situation is even worse than one would think it is or than it seems to be.

🔸 Yes, the company is losing money, but that's only the half of it: if we don't show some improved sales soon, the bank will cut our credit line, too!

🔸A: "I heard the meeting went pretty poorly." B: "That isn't the half of it. Now the boss wants to do a full review of my employment, so I might even lose my job!"

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25 Jan, 09:01

in a jiffy

📋 Meaning

A jiffy is a brief amount of time — an instant, or a split second.

If you say that you will do something in a jiffy, you mean that you will do it very quickly or very soon.

🔸 When you're really tired at the end of a long day, you probably fall asleep in a jiffy after lying in bed.

🔸 I'll be with you in a jiffy.

🔸 I've just got to fetch some books from upstairs - I won't be a jiffy (= I'll be very quick).

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17 Jan, 14:01

when pigs fly

📋 Meaning
Never / It's impossible for pigs to fly, so when someone says this, they are saying that something will (most likely) never happen.

For example:

🔸 I think he’ll pay you back your money – when pigs fly.

🔸 John asked Sarah whether she would go to the movies with him, Sarah replied that would happen when pigs fly.

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03 Jan, 04:52

in any case

📋 Meaning
You can say "in any case" before giving an additional reason for doing or not doing something, or instead of saying "anyway".

For example:

🔸I don't need a car, and in any case I can't afford one now.

🔸I can't go to the dance club tonight, and in any case I'm far too old for that sort of thing.

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21 Nov, 18:09

📒 the dust settles

let the dust settle / wait for the dust to settle / when the dust settles

📖 If you let the dust settle, or wait till the dust settles, you wait until things have become calmer or have returned to normality after conflict or a problem.

to allow or wait for a confused situation to become clear

🔺 I think we need to let the dust settle and see what's going to happen after that.

🔺I think we need to let the dust settle before we decide what to do.

🔺 Let’s not make any decisions now — we’ll wait for the dust to settle and then decide what to do.

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23 Oct, 04:11

📒 up the duff

📖Meaning:
pregnant

For example:

🔺Terry got his girlfriend up the duff, and then he dumped her. What a creep!

🔺Debbie's up the duff, and she doesn't know what to do about it.

🔺 Two days before I was due to have an appointment with the doctor, I found out I was up the duff.

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18 Oct, 17:42

📒 People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

📖Meaning
This saying warns us against hypocrisy. We should not criticize other people for things we do ourselves.

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23 Sep, 20:15

Salt of the earth

📋Meaning
Being honest and good.

For example:

🔸My father is the salt of the earth. He works hard and always helps people who are in need.

🔸 Mary is really the salt of the earth. She has neither lied to nor harmed anyone.

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31 Jul, 05:44

within arm's reach

📋Meaning
Close enough to touch, either literally or hypothetically. Easily attainable.

For example:

🔸Can you pass me that book over there? It's within arm's reach of you.

🔸Once I found out I had an A in Chemistry, I knew that 4.0 GPA was within arm's reach.

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10 May, 03:52

empty-nester

📖Meaning
a parent whose children have grown up and left home

For example:

🔸 After spending many years raising their children, Kevin and Joan are now empty-nesters after their youngest daughter went to live with some friends.

🔸 We're still getting used to being empty-nesters. The house seems so quiet all the time.

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23 Apr, 16:04

talk to the hand

📋Meaning
A rude interjection meant to interrupt and dismiss what another person is saying. (Sometimes written or spoken in longer forms, such as, "talk to the hand, because the face isn't listening," or the like.)

Examples:

🔸 Dad: "Sarah, would you mind cleaning up the—" Sarah: "Talk to the hand, Dad! I've got too much going on to be dealing with chores around the house!"

🔸 All of us were aghast when Jonathan turned to the police officer and said, "Talk to the hand, 'cause the face ain't interested!"

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09 Apr, 17:55

ants in your pants

📖 Meaning
to be so excited, nervous or anxious about something that it's hard to be still and calm.

🔖 Notice
This idiom describes a kind of excitement that can be either positive (excited about something) or more negative (anxious or worried about something).

For example:

🔸 My children have ants in their pants because tomorrow is Christmas and they are excited about their presents.

🔸Every time we take our children to church they jump around like they've got ants in their pants and I constantly have to ask them to sit down.

🔸I've got ants in my pants because I have to give a presentation at work tomorrow.

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22 Mar, 05:23

Graves are of all sizes

📖Meaning
People die at all ages; no one is too young to die.

For example:

🔸 One never knows when their day comes. Graves are of all sizes.

🔸 He had so many plans for months ahead. But because graves are of all sizes, those plans just died with him.

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17 Feb, 20:13

📚 the last / final straw

✍🏾 a further difficulty or annoyance, typically minor in itself but coming on top of a whole series of difficulties, that makes a situation unbearable.

For example:

🔸 We could tolerate his incompetence, but his lies were the final straw!

🔸 She's always been rude to me, but it was the last straw when she started insulting my mother.

🔸 She said it was the final straw and filed for divorce.

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29 Jan, 13:57

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17 Jan, 18:54

📚the ball is in your court

✍🏾Meaning
If someone you're negotiating with says "the ball's in your court", they think it's your turn to make a move or make an offer.

❗️For example

🔸We've offered him ten thousand dollars a month. The ball is in his court now.

🔸I have said what I have to say. Let me hear from you now. The ball is in your court.

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02 Jan, 10:15

📚kick the habit

✍🏾Meaning
If you kick the habit, you manage to stop doing something that has become a bad habit.

❗️For example

🔸I wish I could stop smoking cigarettes but I just can't kick the habit.

🔸Rashid used to bite his fingernails but his girlfriend made him kick the habit.

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05 Dec, 11:44

📚hold the fort

✍🏾Meaning
If you hold the fort, you look after a place or a business while the person who is normally in charge is away.

❗️For example

🔸Can you hold the fort while I run down to the bank?

🔸Your job will be to serve customers, and occasionally hold the fort if I have to go out.

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