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The Most Common English Expressions

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  • Cutting corners means "doing something poorly in order to save time or money".
    False
    True
  • What does this expression mean? It got out of hand.
    It got out of the house
    It got out of control
    My hand is slippery
    It ran away from the hand
  • The elephant in the room means the problem people are avoiding.
    True
    False
  • What does this expression mean? Speaking of the devil!
    Speaking about a dead person
    Speaking about a person then s/he show up!
    Speaking about something bad
    Speaking about Satan
  • What does this expression mean? Take it with a grain of salt.
    Add some salt to it then eat it
    Take it seriously
    Don't believe it blindly, doubt it a little bit
    Take it slowly and gently
  • What does this expression mean? We don't see eye to eye.
    We don't love each other
    We didn't see each other in a long time
    We don't agree with each other
    We don't speak with each other
  • What does this expression mean? Saving for rainy days.
    Saving money for tough times
    Keeping Summer fruits for Winter
    Praying a lot so that you can go to heaven
    Saving a soldier during a war
  • What does this expression mean? Break a leg.
    Speed recovery
    Good luck
    Don't get into problems
    Go fight
  • What does this expression mean? It's a piece of cake.
    It's very special
    It's very sweet
    It's very soft
    It's very easy
  • What does this expression mean? Time flies!
    It's getting dark
    I am drunk
    Time is being wasted
    Time goes fast
  • What does this expression mean? To break the ice.
    To punch someone in the face till they bleed
    To get warm in a cold place
    To turn on the lights during the daytime
    To feel comfortable in a conversation with a stranger
  • Pull someone's leg means to support someone to continue.
    False
    True
  • Don't cry over spilt milk means don't cook when you're drunk.
    False
    True
  • What does this expression mean? It's not rocket science.
    It doesn't make sense
    It's not about astrophysics
    It's not scientific
    It's not difficult to understand
  • What does this expression mean? Wrap your head around something!
    To drink too much
    To understand something complicated
    To feel a headache
    To lose your mind
  • To make matters worse means to make problems worse.
    False
    True
  • What does this expression mean? Hang in there.
    Keep your mouth shut
    Don't move
    Don't give up
    Pray for me
  • Beat around the bush means avoiding the main subject by talking about irrelevant things.
    True
    False