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2023-02-26 06:30:42 a ballpark figure | a ballpark estimate



Meaning
If you give a ballpark figure or a ballpark estimate, you give a number which you think is fairly close to the actual one.


For example

We don't know the exact cost, but a ballpark figure would be around six million dollars.

I know you can't tell me exactly when it'll be finished, but can you give me a ballpark estimate?

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2023-02-25 18:30:24 If you play with fire you get burned



Meaning
If you fool around with something that is potentially dangerous, you must expect to get harmed.


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2023-02-25 06:30:08 fill up (2)



Meaning
to fill someone's stomach with food

For example

Sam says there's nothing like a big bowl of hot porridge to fill you up in the morning.

Whenever I visit my mum, she fills me up with all the things she made for us when we were kids.

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2023-02-24 18:30:19  bent


Meaning
dishonest, corrupt


For example

We always knew those cops were bent, but we've never had the evidence to prove it.

Even though she'd been cheating on her taxes for years, Cathy didn't consider herself bent. She said everybody did it.

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2023-02-24 07:49:37 like a fish out of water



Meaning
You feel like a fish out of water if you're surrounded by people who are different to you, and it's making you feel a little uncomfortable.


For example

I was the only black person in a church full of white people, and I felt like a fish out of water at first. But lots of people came up and talked to me after the service, and I soon felt quite at home.

Sayoko travels to a lot of unusual places. She says feeling like a fish out of water is sometimes interesting.
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2023-02-23 18:30:38 First things first


Meaning
1) Be patient: do things in the logical order. 2) Do the most important things before the less important things.

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2023-02-23 06:30:24 knock out (1)



Meaning
If you are knocked out, you are hit so hard that you lose consciousness.

For example

Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the eighth round and won the fight.

He slipped over in the bathroom and knocked himself out.

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