Idioms & Phrases


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To enter someone's mind"
Meaning = to appear in someone's thoughts or mind

💙"It never entered my mind to make a reservation at the restaurant."

💙"The idea of quitting the job never entered the woman's mind."

💙"Many crazy ideas enter my friend's mind."


Safety in numbers"
Meaning = to feel safe by being together with a group of people

💜"There is safety in numbers when the young women go out at night."

💜"There was safety in numbers when the students went to complain about their new textbook."


To hand it to someone"
Meaning = to give credit or recognition to someone for doing something well

🧡"You have to hand it to our manager for working hard and being successful in the business."

🧡"We need to hand it to the cook. The meal was very good."


"To send someone packing"
Meaning : to ask someone to leave, to dismiss someone

💗"The company sent the man packing because of his bad work performance."

💗"A man was trying to sell me something but I quickly sent him packing."


"To field questions"
Meaning : to answer questions

💜"The speaker began to field questions after he finished speaking."

💜"The president of the company will not field questions after he speaks today."

💜"The professor is happy to field questions after his lecture."


"For safekeeping"
🤍Meaning : in order to keep something safe

💚"I put the valuable coins in the bank for safekeeping."

💚"The hotel has a place where we can put our passports for safekeeping."

💚"The woman gave her friend some gold bracelets for safekeeping."


"For safekeeping"

- Meaning : in order to keep something safe

💚"I put the valuable coins in the bank for safekeeping."

💚"The hotel has a place where we can put our passports for safekeeping."

💚"The woman gave her friend some gold bracelets for safekeeping."


"To get a bright idea"

- Meaning : to have a clever thought or idea (often used as sarcasm to criticize someone)

💙"The man got the bright idea that he should buy a motorcycle."

💙"It was my friend's bright idea to start the project that he could not finish."


"To step on someone`s toes"

- Meaning : to upset someone by becoming involved in his or her job or responsibilities

💜"The man is careful that he does not step on someone's toes at his company."

💜"I try not to step on anyone's toes at work but sometimes I don't care."


🤍"To give someone a free hand"
🤍 to give s/o complete control over s/t

💙"The father gave his son a free hand to manage the family business."

💙"The city will give people a free hand to plan the playground."

💙"Our boss gave us a free hand with the project."


🤍"To end up with something"
🤍 to get something as a result of something else

💙"I ended up with a cold after being out in the rain."

💙"I ended up with a ticket to the game because my friend could not go."

💙"We went to the movie but we ended up with bad seats"


🤍Put on a brave face
🤍 to try to look happy in a difficult situation.

🖤"The man always puts on a brave face even though he has no job."

🖤"The student put on a brave face although she failed her exam."

🖤"The boy put on a brave face as he made his presentation."


🤍"To jump off the shelf/shelves"
🤍Meaning : to sell very quickly

🧡"The new children's toy is jumping off the shelves."

🧡"The new phone is very expensive but it is jumping off the shelves."

🧡"The new book should jump off the shelf in our store."


🤍To think the world of someone or something"
🤍Meaning : to like someone or something very much

💛"The woman thinks the world of the little girl who lives next door."

💛"The girl thinks the world of her grandparents."

💛"Everyone on the team thinks the world of the coach."


🤍To live for someone or something"
🤍 to have s/o or s/t as the most important thing in your life

💙"The woman lives for her job and is always working."

💙"The man lives for movies. He loves them."

💙"The grandmother lives for her children and grandchildren."


🤍"To live for someone or something"
🤍 Meaning : to have s/o or s/t as the most important thing in your life

💙"The woman lives for her job and is always working."

💙"The man lives for movies. He loves them."

💙"The grandmother lives for her children and grandchildren."


🤍"To poke fun at someone"
🤍Meaning : to make jokes about someone, to laugh at someone, to tease someone

💜"The woman always pokes fun at her friends."

💜"Our teacher is very funny and likes to poke fun at other people."

💜"I began to poke fun at my friend but he became angry."


🤍"To catch sight of someone or something
🤍 Meaning : to see someone or something briefly

🧡"We were not able to catch sight of the robber after the robbery."

🧡"I was not able to catch sight of my friend in the stadium."

🧡"I caught sight of a very beautiful bird today."


🤍"Hard feelings"
🤍 Meaning angry or bitter feelings

🧡"I did not have any hard feelings toward my friend after our argument."

🧡"There are no hard feelings between the company and the employee."

🧡"The comments by the girl caused hard feelings with her friend."


🤍"To break a habit"
🤍 Meaning : to end a (bad) habit

💙"The boy is trying to break his habit of biting his fingernails."

💙"The woman wants to break her habit of eating too much chocolate."

💙"Hopefully, our friend will break his habit of making loud noises when he eats."

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