- make a beeline for (idiom) For
example, when you are very hungry after getting home, you will make a beeline for
the fridge.
- to be through with (something,
someone) (idiom) I am through with you! It means to break off, to be finished.
- eyes are bigger than his stomach
(idiom) Tom’s eyes were bigger than his stomach, so he had a stomach ache.
- two heads on one
shoulder two
- by the skin of my teeth (idiom) Means
to barely make it or do something. I passed my English test by the skin of my teeth.
- pull someone’s leg (idiom) Means
to make some joke. He told me he had won the 6/49, but he was just pulling my leg!
- can’t believe my eyes
(idiom). It means I can’t believe what I am looking at because I am very surprised.
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- to be in the same boat (idiom) Means
to be in the same situation. New Canadians are in the same boat.
- kill two birds with one
stone kill two
- air one’s dirty linen
(idiom) Means to talk about some embarrassing private matters in public. Why does
she have to air her dirty linen? Is it just to get back at him?
- a dump truck or a truck
driver a
- don’t get your panties in a bunch (don’t get your knickers in a twist) Means don’t
get all upset over nothing.
- a new broom sweeps
clean a new
- to leave the nest, the empty nest
(idiom) Means when children leave their parents’ house, then they leave the nest.
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