Idioms and phrases

2022-05-06 05:20:57 Idiom
No skin off my nose

Meaning:
It doesn’t bother me or it makes no difference to me. To not care about something because it will not affect you.

Example:
"You can ignore my advice and do it your way if you want. It’s no skin off my nose."

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2022-05-05 14:51:00 Idiom:
"Separate the wheat from the chaff”

Meaning:
If you separate wheat from the chaff, you separate valuable from worthless.

Example:
The new testing procedure to evaluate employees will separate the wheat from the chaff.

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2022-05-05 05:22:59 Phrasal Verb
Make (something) up

Meaning:
To invent an explanation for something - usually to avoid getting into trouble or being embarrassed.

Example:
"I'm tired of hearing you make up excuses for missing assignments."

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2022-05-04 22:51:48 The answer is "all the time."

"Are you still in touch with Max?"
"Yeah, we message each other all the time."

"Their parents argue all the time."

"I don't watch that news network anymore. They lie all the time."

"I see him at the gym all the time." Open / Comment

2022-05-04 20:50:18 Open / Comment

2022-05-04 19:58:55 Proverb:
“Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing”

Meaning:
Choose things or people after proper diligence, but once you choose, stick for long.

Example:
Don’t be hasty in picking friends, but once you make friends with someone, don’t change him/ her fast. You should be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.


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2022-05-04 07:02:32 Open / Comment

2022-05-03 07:33:40 Idiom:
"To fritter something away"

Meaning:
to waste something little by little

Examples:
"The man frittered away the money that he had won in the contest."

"The The student is frittering her time away and now she will not finish her school project."


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2022-05-02 10:47:39 Phrasal Verb
"mark down"

Meaning
If you mark something down, you reduce its selling price.

Example:
We need to sell this old stock quickly, so let's mark it all down by 50%.


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2022-05-02 06:05:39 Idiom:
"Burn the candle at both ends”

Meaning:
If you burn the candle at both ends, you work excessively hard, say, by keeping two jobs or by leading a busy social life in the evening.

Example:
Mitch is burning the candle at both ends. He is working two jobs, one in the evening.


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