#idioms #vocabulary @fluencyinenglish Bail out on Meaning | Journey to Fluency
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@fluencyinenglish
Bail out on Meaning: Stop supporting someone when they are in trouble. Example: Everybody BAILED OUT ON him when the scandal broke.
@fluencyinenglish I can't be doing with it
Meaning: I am unwilling to tolerate it. Example: Next door are having another party and the noise is outrageous - I'm going round there to tell them I can't be doing with it.
@fluencyinenglish In the heat of the moment
Meaning: In an overwhelming situation, causing you to act rashly. Example: When the burglars broke in I just lashed out. I didn't think - it was just a heat of the moment reaction.
@fluencyinenglish speak/talk out of turn
Meaning: to say something that you should not have said
Example: I'm sorry if I spoke out of turn, but I thought you already knew.
@fluencyinenglish take the edge off sth
Meaning: to make something unpleasant have less of an effect on someone:
Example: Have an apple - it'll take the edge off your hunger.
Example: His apology took the edge off her anger.
@fluencyinenglish blow sth out of proportion
Meaning: to treat a particular event orproblem far too seriously:
Example: It's ridiculous - we have a tinydisagreement and you blow the wholething out of proportion!
Example: Of course, when the papers get hold of a story, it's blown out of all proportion.
@fluencyinenglish put years on sb
Meaning: If something puts years on a person, it makes them appear much older:
Example: Being tired and unhappy puts years on you
