Phrasal verbs and idioms 2022 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Phrasal verb meaning to make the wrong choice and waste one's effort:keep up with the Joneses/be in the same boat /bark up the wrong tree/

bark up the wrong tree/

Idiom referring to your spouse (husband or wife.) It’s often used ironically.

your better half

He picked up his umbrella and moved towards the door. what's the phrasal verb?

made for

The thieves .............. with the jewells. (MADE AWAY/MADE OFF/DID UP)

MADE OFF

Easter idiom: to risk everything in one venture

To put all your eggs in one basket

What is the meaning of: She didn't have the courage to do away with him.

kill him

to encourage or dare someone to do something, often something unwise(Esater idiom)

To egg someone on

Expression used to compare a rich lifestyle with our own.

how the other half lives

Easter idiom: Ensinar o padre a rezar missa: to presume to teach someone something they already know

To teach someone’s grandmother to suck eggs (informal)

Easter idiom: In order to do something good, you need to give something else up

You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs

what is the meaning of the idiom: BEND (SOMEONE’S) EAR

to talk to someone for a long time

Expression meaning you aren’t really paying attention to what people are saying

listen with half an ear

nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America

possum

This means that two alternatives will lead to the same result.

six of one, half a dozen of another

idiom meaning: Incomplete; not fully planned or carefully considered, ill-conceived, unsound or badly thought-out; foolish or having no common sense.

half-baked

I am completelly done OUT/ IN /AWAY after all that running around.

IN

What is the meaning of the idiom: over the hill

old and therefore no longer useful or attractive

a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric

Macintosh

We were always .......................terms...................our neighbours.

on good terms with

you say you want to do something (because you’re angry), but you probably won’t.

have half a mind to..