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The Most Common English Expressions

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