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2023-04-19 07:30:19 A good payer is master of another's purse


Meaning
Someone who is known to always pay exactly as promised can borrow money from other people at any time.

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2023-04-18 18:30:02 dying for



Meaning
If you're dying for something, you really feel like it or you want it very much.

For example

I'm dying for a cup of tea. Let's have a break and I'll make one.

After working non-stop for a month, Charles said he was dying for a day off so he could stay home and do nothing.
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2023-04-18 07:00:02 meathead


Meaning
a stupid person


For example

How did a meathead like that guy get elected to represent the people in his state?

I was watching the tennis yesterday and some meathead yelled out just as Rafael was serving. The security guys found him and threw him out.
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2023-04-17 18:30:40 elbow grease


Meaning
If something needs elbow grease, it needs a lot of hard physical work.


For example

We'll need a bit more elbow grease to get these walls really clean.

The secret of a really shiny car is turtle wax and elbow grease.

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2023-04-17 06:30:26 Seeing is believing


Meaning
The idea here is that we usually think something is true when we see it with our own eyes. We have to see something before we can accept its real value, or that it exists at all.


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2023-04-16 18:30:02 slip up



Meaning
to make a small mistake, usually because of carelessness

For example

I'm usually pretty reliable, but sometimes I slip up, like everybody.


If our goalkeeper hadn't slipped up, we would have won the match.
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2023-04-16 06:42:16 gasbag


Meaning
a person who talks too much


For example

Are you sure we should invite Betty? She's such a gasbag that no-one else will have a chance to say anything.

My wife's friend Gillian is such a gasbag. I swear, from the moment she arrives until the moment she leaves, she talks non-stop.
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2023-04-15 18:30:46 a matter of life and death


Meaning
If something is a matter of life and death, it's extremely important and it could involve someone's survival.


For example

Education about HIV and AIDS is a matter of life and death. If people aren't told to protect themselves with condoms, they could die from the disease.

Getting someone to hospital quickly after an accident or a heart attack is a matter of life and death. Just a few minutes can make all the difference.


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2023-04-15 06:30:23 Give credit where credit is due


Meaning
The implication is that even if we are reluctant to praise someone, we should do so if the praise is deserved.


Note: credit (noun) = public praise or acknowledgment
due (adj.) = merited; deserved

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2023-04-14 18:30:35 pull down (2)


Meaning
to lower one's pants or trousers

For example

My doctor told me to pull down my jeans so he could examine my leg.

Molly pulled her pants down and showed us the new tattoo on her bottom.


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