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2023-05-20 18:30:45 level with


Meaning
If you level with someone, you tell them the truth about something.

For example

Why won't you level with me and tell me what's really going on?

I'll level with you, Heather. My brother's a lovely guy, but he's got a problem with gambling.

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2023-05-20 06:30:22 keep an eye on


Meaning
If you keep an eye on someone, you make sure you know what they're doing.


For example

I'm a bit worried about Hannah's health so could you keep an eye on her while I'm away.

The media has promised to keep an eye on the new government and report anything that seems suspicious.

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2023-05-19 18:30:18 hooked


Meaning
addicted, obsessed


For example

Nobody who uses hard drugs like heroin or cocaine thinks they'll ever get hooked, but many do, and it can ruin their life.

My son realised he was hooked on video games when he stayed up all night playing them, and then failed an important exam.

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2023-05-18 18:30:35 Variety is the spice of life


Meaning
Monotony is bad for us. We need plenty of change. It adds interest to our lives, just as spice adds interest to food.

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2023-05-18 06:30:35 knock back (1)


Meaning
to take a drink, usually alcoholic

For example

Every day after work, Steve and his mates knock back a few beers.

The bartender poured Amy a whisky soda and she knocked it back and asked for another one.

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2023-05-17 20:26:22 a voice (crying) in the wilderness


Meaning
You're a voice in the wilderness, or a voice crying in the wilderness, if you're expressing an unpopular opinion or insight.


For example

When Galileo stated that the sun was the centre of the solar system, he was a voice crying in the wilderness. Most people thought he was crazy or evil, or possibly both.

Clara says petrol engines should be banned because of the damage they cause to the environment. She says most people laugh when she says this, and she feels like a voice in the wilderness.

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2023-05-17 10:01:23 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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2023-05-16 19:23:07 wide of the mark



Meaning
If something is wide of the mark, it isn't true or accurate, or it misses the target.


For example

The manager expected sales to double this year, but his prediction was wide of the mark. They only increased by ten per cent.

Ronaldo's first shot was wide of the mark, but his second one went right into the back of the net for a goal.
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2023-05-16 09:15:59 The greater the sinner, the greater the saint


Meaning
1) If a bad person can become good, a very bad person can become very good. Someone with great energy for doing bad, may, when he chooses, apply it equally to doing good.
2) Converts are the most zealous. In a day-to-day sense, for example, someone who has given up smoking may preach more about the virtues of not smoking than someone who never smoked.

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