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Idiomatic Language (Complete Advanced - UNIT 5)

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    "flashbacks, treadmill, blur, have had it, keep one's fingers crossed, twist someone's arm, stab someone in the back, turn a blind eye to something, pulling someone's leg."
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  • A sudden clear memory of something in the past (normally bad), is a ...
    flashback
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  • A boring, regularly repeated activity or experience: "My life is a _________"
    treadmill
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  • "My memory of the events is a blur". What does "blur" mean in this content?
    Something you can't remember clearly.
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  • "This is the third exam I've failed. I've had it". What does it mean "to have had it" ?
    In serious trouble or no hope of succeeding OR tired and annoyed about something and you don't want to continue.
  •  25
  • What does it mean to keep your fingers crossed
    To hope strongly that something will happen
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  • What does it mean to "twist someone's arm" ?
    persuade someone to do something they do not want to do
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  • What does the idiom "stab someone in the back" mean?
    To do something harmful to someone who trusted you.
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  • What does "pull *someone's* leg" mean?
    To tease, fool, or make fun of someone
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  • If you "turn a blind eye" to something it means that you ...
    ignore something you know is wrong
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  • To be "all ears" is another way to say
    fully listening
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  • What do you say to wish someone good luck?
    break a leg
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  • We say someone got "cold feet" when they....
    get nervous just before a big event
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  • If something costs an arm and a leg it is very
    expensive
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  • "face the music" is an expression encouraging someone to...
    meet, stand up to unpleasant conseqences, for example criticism or punishment
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  • If you need to get something off your chest is because you need to...
    tell someone your problems
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  • We say we got a "pat on the back" we someone
    recognitized an achievement or a thank us for something
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