Idioms
Common Idioms
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Definitions
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She’s feeling under the weather today so she won’t be going to work.
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Unwell
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Let’s keep studying for IELTS. Practice makes perfect.
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Continuously doing
something to improve
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It was all tongue-in-cheek. He didn’t really mean what he said.
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Something said in humour rather than seriously
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Don’t get upset about what he said. He’s just pulling your leg.
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Joking around
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Unfortunately, I think he’ll be studying for IELTS
until the cows come home. His English is very poor.
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For a very long time
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As a rule of thumb, I don’t study at weekends. I spend the time with
my family.
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The principal that is strictly adhered/kept to
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The ball’s in your court now. What are you going to do?
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Telling someone it’s now their turn to make a decision.
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I can smell
a rat. He said he has a PhD but he can’t
even remember which university he studied at
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To sense that something is not right
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She’s the
spitting image of
her mother.
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To look exactly like someone
else
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