Share Idioms (DK English for Everyone Idioms, Units 13-17)
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itchy feet
a desire to travel or do something
a disease of the feet
a desire to stay at home
keep your chin up!
feel sad and disappointed
be sympathetic
remain cheerful in difficult circumstances
exercise your chin
be a scatterbrain
a person who travels a lot
a careless person who forgets things easily
a careful person who never forgets anything
bury one's head in the sand
dig a hole in the sand and put your head in it
refuse facing a problem and hope it will go away
bury an object at the beach
solve a problem
thick-skinned
easily upset by criticism or unpleasantness
a lizard
to have a skin condition or disease
not easily upset by criticism or unpleasantness
drop a bombshell
to argue
to drop something heavy
to do something dangerous
to surprise everyone
a drop in the ocean
a shocking piece of news
sth so small it doesn't make an important difference/effect
go swimming in the sea
a droplet of water
don't shoot the messenger
don't be angry with someone who tells you good news
don't get upset at the newspaper
don't be angry with someone who tells you bad news
don't shoot a gun at anyone
dodge a bullet
avoid a bad situation or injury
shoot a gun
move out of the way of something
get hurt
by a whisker
by jumping over a cat
by a very large amount
by a medium amount
by a very small amount
a stone's throw from somewhere/something
very far from something/somewhere
very close to something/somewhere
stacks of sth
a large number of something
a small amount of something
everything but the kitchen sink
a few belongings
almost all your belongings
only the kitchen sink
a memory like a seive
a bad memory
a good memory
to ring a bell
to play an instrument
to press a doorbell so that it makes a noise
to be familiar
to forget something
rack your brain
think about something a little bit but not much
think hard, make an effort to remember sth
not make any effort to remember sth
