Unit 2 - Housing - Phrasal Verbs & Idioms | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Place your coat on that hook and come on in.

Hang your coat up

He cleaned his mug and put it back on the shelf.

washed up

It's too wet to put our washed clothes on a rack outside to dry.

hang out the washing

Her landlord has given her a week to leave the house.

move out

"They started living in a new apartment downtown".

moved into

Who is he spending time socially with these days?

hanging out

"They decided to go on holiday for a weekend in the mountains."

get away

"After years of traveling, he finally decided to live a more stable life and buy a house in his hometown."

settle down

“He really emphasized the importance of teamwork during today’s meeting.”

rammed home

“I think that salesman was deceiving us with all those promises.”

leading us up the garden path

“Every family has a hidden and potentially embarrassing secret.“

a skeleton in the closet

“Let’s not take longer than necessary with this project—keep it simple and straight to the point.”

go round the houses

“He went away for two weeks, but he missed his home too much.”

he was terribly homesick

“She’s going to have to sit down and hear some uncomfortable facts .”

home truths

“Make yourself comfortable! Can I get you a drink?”

Make yourself at home

“With the teenagers at home during the holidays, they’ll eat a great deal!”

eat you out of house and home

"After weeks of hard work, the project is finally finished, and we've successfully completed it ."

we're home and dry

"When Johnny's dad found out that he'd been smoking cigarettes, he became very angry ,"

hit the roof

“Unless we find another flat to rent, we won’t have anywhere to live in two months’ time!”

have a roof over our heads

“I wouldn’t give space in my house to that lamp. It’s horrible!”

give house room to that lamp

“This plan is very safe . It can’t fail!”

as safe as houses

“If you ask me, by giving your son all that money, you’re really wasting money .”

throwing money down the drain

“They took really a lot of things when they went on holiday.”

took everything but the kitchen sink

“She has this unrealistic idea of sailing around the world. She’s having impossible dreams.”

is building castles in the air again

“You should mind your own business before telling me what to do!”

get your own house in order

“It’s becoming more difficult for young people to manage to buy their first house .”

to get a foot on the housing ladder

“Those two get on very well with each other.”

get on like a house on fire