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C1/C2 Christmas expressions

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  • To spend a long time cooking
    to slave over a hot stove
    to die in the kitchen
    to cook over a hot cooker
  • a mean person who doesn't like Christmas
    Santa Claus
    Rudolph
    Scrooge
  • A snowy Christmas
    a cold Christmas
    a grey Christmas
    a white Christmas
    a beige Christmas
  • The traditional things that go with something
    the same old tat
    all the trimmings
    every trim available
    all the trimings
  • What you say when you receive a bad present
    Next year you´ll get it right
    It's the thought that counts!
    Get me a voucher next time
  • "Amigo invisible"
    invisible pal
    invisible friend
    secret Santa
  • A little drunk
    To be a bit tipsy
    to be in the Christmas spirit
  • To make a big effort to achieve something
    to do a huge effort
    to pull out all the stops
    to stop all the pulls
  • What you say when you receive a present
    You should have!
    I didn't get you anything!
    You shouldn't have !!
    About time
  • To forget old arguments and be friendly
    to grin and bear it
    to be a hypocrite
    to bury the hatchet
  • to eat and drink slowly and carefully
    to eat yourself silly
    to stuff yourself
    to pace yourself
  • To receive a lot of presents
    To be showered with gifts
    to be bathed with gifts
    to be snowed under
  • To start feeling Christmassy
    to get in the festive spirit
    to spirit away
    to be a Grinch
  • People who don't like Christmas say this
    Ho ho ho
    Grinchy
    Baah
    BAHH HUMBUG!!
  • To eat or drink too much
    to overindulge
    to pace yourself
    to underindulge
  • Your family
    nearest and dearest
    dearest and nearest
    dear and near