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1st Term Idiom Revision

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    English Idioms
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  • It means working as a team to achieve a shared goal or overcome a challenge.
    pull together
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  • It means to avoid saying something directly or talking in a way that doesn't get to main point.
    beat around the bush
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  • It means waiting patiently and not rushing into things.
    hold your horses
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  • It means a very small amount that does not make an important difference or have much effect.
    a drop in the ocean
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  • It means to ignore someone intentionally.
    give someone a cold shoulder
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  • It means to understand the real meaning of a situation easily.
    get the picture
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  • It means someone is who reacts to situation in a dramatic way.
    drama queen
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  • It means to describe or explain something in great detail so that another person can easily understand.
    paint the picture for someone
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  • It means to help someone who is in need.
    give someone a hand
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  • It means that problems or good things often come all at once, rather than one at a time. So when something happens, similar things happen right after it, one after the other.
    when it rains it pours
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  • It means doing something in a new or different way like everyone else.
    break the mould
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  • It means to try to understand someone's real feelings or intentions from what they say or write.
    read between the lines
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  • It means imagine how someone else feels or thinks about something.
    put yourself in someone else's shoes
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  • It means the last in a series of bad things that has happened to make someone very upset,angry etc.
    the last straw
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  • It means that it is too late to do something or that you have missed your chance. When that ship has sailed, the chance or opportunity is gone and you cannot change it.
    that ship has sailed
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  • It means being in a similar situation or facing the same difficulties as others.
    in the same boat
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