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The Most Common English Expressions

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