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DEFINITION: to make someone very angry
be like a red rag/flag to a bull
DEFINITION: to keep something unpleasant/bad a secret
sweep under the carpet/rug
DEFINITION: to praise oneself
blow one's own trumpet/horn
DEFINITION: "the situation" / "how things stand"
to lie/lay of the land
DEFINITION: to give one's opinion
put in one's pennyworth/two cents' (worth)
DEFINITION: to kiss and touch in a sexual way
have a snog / make out
DEFINITION: to make a (social) mistake
drop a brick / make a goof
DEFINITION: to make someone pregnant
put somebody in the club / knock somebody up
DEFINITION: to be very drunk
be pissed as a newt / be shit-faced
DEFINITION: to go for a walk
to have/take a walk
IDIOM: chuffed to bits / tickled pink
to be very pleased or delighted about something
IDIOM: a dog's dinner / a mess
something done badly or chaotically
IDIOM: throw a wobbly/tantrum
to get very angry or upset suddenly
IDIOM: not my cup of tea / not my thing
something you don't particularly like or enjoy
IDIOM: keep your pecker/chin up
stay positive, don't lose hope
IDIOM: the penny dropped / it clicked
to suddenly understand something after a delay
