Below you will find the phrases that have been added recently. You may submit as many phrases as you wish. Thank you.
Phrase: The ins and outs of something
Meaning: To know how something works very well. To be knowledgeable about something. To provide all the details about something.
Examples:
This term we will study the ins and outs of the system, which you must know backwards/inside out/back to front.
I do not know all the ins and outs of this crisis, but do not worry because there is one person who does. We only need to find him.
Date: 2018-06-22 23:20:25
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Subject: Information
Phrase: Be better off
Meaning: That would be/is beneficial to you. That would be a wise thing to do. You had better do something.
Examples:
You would be better off without their help. It is not sincere. (ie, I would not accept their help if I were you.)
You would be better off with a bigger house because this one is too small for ten people. (ie, I recommend your living in a bigger house.)
He would be better off going abroad. It is very dangerous for him to stay here. (ie, He ought to go abroad.)
-Are we better off now than twenty years ago? (= Do we live better now than twenty years ago?)
-I'm afraid not. We have fewer rights, less privacy and less money.
-Is the United States of America better off with Trump than (with) Clinton?
-I find them both right-wing, and I am left-wing. I do not like either of them.
I think you are better off single than married.
Date: 2018-06-22 23:19:48
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Subject: Wisdom
Phrase: Be under your nose
Meaning: If something is under your nose, it is somewhere near, but you cannot find it.
Examples:
I could not find the car keys, and they were right under my nose. They were behind that mug.
-Where is my pencil?
-It is under your nose, right in front of you.
Date: 2018-06-18 00:03:28
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Subject: Distance
Phrase: Make love to/with someone
Meaning: To have sex with someone, to have a sexual intercourse with someone, to fuck someone.
Examples:
My husband and I make love every day.
Last night I made love to a very attractive woman that I met under/in very strange circumstances. I think I have fallen in love with her. I cannot get her out of my mind.
I have not made love with my partner for over a month now.
Date: 2018-06-17 21:53:28
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Subject: Sex
Phrase: Not to touch a drop
Meaning: Not to drink alcohol.
Examples:
My husband has not touched a drop since we got married. He used to drink like a fish.
Luckily for him, he had not touched a drop that night, and was able to run like the wind.
Date: 2018-06-13 22:36:37
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Subject: Vices
Phrase: Make it with someone
Meaning: To have sex with someone.
Example:
Last week I made it with a man from abroad.
Date: 2018-06-13 20:43:01
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Subject: Sex
Phrase: Those (who are) about to die salute you (Morituri te salutant)
Meaning: It was said by those who were going to die in the arena. Toeing the line until the end!
Date: 2018-06-12 18:05:10
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Subject: Salutation
Phrase: At the end of the day
Meaning: In the end, taking everything into consideration.
Examples:
At the end of the day, the important thing is that you feel happy. If you are happy, I am happy.
At the end of the day, we cannot do anything but wait.
Date: 2018-06-08 21:23:21
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Subject: Conclusions
Phrase: Drive someone nuts
Meaning: To make someone feel nervous or irritated. Please note that this expression is American.
Examples:
Let's get out of here. This place is driving me nuts.
That moron is driving me nuts. Let's go somewhere else.
Date: 2018-06-08 21:22:53
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Subject: Irritation
Phrase: Call for a celebration
Meaning: If something calls for a celebration, it deserves to be celebrated.
Example:
Catalonia is a free nation now? This calls for a celebration.
-I'm pregnant.
-This calls for a celebration, sweetheart.
Date: 2018-06-07 00:47:59
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Subject: Happiness
Phrase: Sound like a deal
Meaning: If something sounds like a deal, it is a deal, that is, it means that you accept the deal.
Example:
A grand for that old car! That sounds like a deal (to me).
Date: 2018-06-07 00:47:36
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Subject: Miscellany
Phrase: The sticks
Meaning: Away from civilization or crowded towns, that is, in rural places.
Example:
He lives out in the sticks. He does not like urban life.
Date: 2018-06-04 21:44:51
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Subject: Nature
Phrase: Like the wind
Meaning: Very fast.
Examples:
Cheetahs run like the wind.
I saw a man running like the wind. I think he was fleeing from someone.
Date: 2018-06-03 21:41:05
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Subject: Speed
Phrase: In the wild
Meaning: If an animal is in the wild, it is free, it is not controlled by humans, it can do what it wishes.
Examples:
I would like to see cheetahs in the wild. They run like the wind.
I like to see animals living in the wild, and not in cages.
Date: 2018-06-03 21:40:47
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Subject: Nature
Phrase: In the flesh
Meaning: Personally, in person
Examples:
We need you because you've seen these animals in the flesh. Nobody else does.
She wanted to see her favourite rock singer in the flesh.
Date: 2018-06-03 21:40:29
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Subject: Expressions
Phrase: Once in a while
Meaning: It means "occasionally", "from time to time".
Examples:
He comes to visit us once in a while.
We eat pasta once in a while.
Date: 2018-05-30 22:52:57
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Subject: Frequency
Phrase: In the nick / Inside
Meaning: In prison.
Examples:
They are in the nick because of his political beliefs.
Her father has been inside for ten years, and will be released next April.
Date: 2018-05-27 23:35:37
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Subject: Punishment
Phrase: A big shot / noise / fish / cheese / gun
Meaning: A very important and powerful person.
Example:
I am sure he will be able to help you. He is a big shot in the company.
Date: 2018-05-25 18:02:08
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Subject: Importance
Phrase: Do the trick
Meaning: To fix something, or to make it work or be to your liking.
Examples:
Cleaning the carburettor will do the trick.
This dessert needs something. I think some cinnamon will do the trick.
Date: 2018-05-17 17:52:53
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Subject: Operation
Phrase: Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves.
Author: Aaron Swartz (the late founder of DemandProgress)
Meaning: You know how essential net neutrality is to a free society. Big Cable has the power, and they’re very close to keeping it for themselves.
Website: https://demandprogress.org/ (Report broken link)
Date: 2018-05-16 23:17:47
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Subject: Information
Phrase: In the saddle
Meaning: If someone is in the saddle, he or she is in a position of authority.
Example:
When she was in the saddle, everything went smoothly. Now it's chaos.
Date: 2018-05-16 19:57:43
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Subject: Control
Phrase: The powers that be
Meaning: It is used to refer to those who are in charge/control/power when they do things that we do not like, and that affect us.
Example:
The powers that be have increased taxes again.
Date: 2018-05-16 19:57:21
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Subject: Control
Phrase: Like water off a duck's back
Meaning: If something is like water off a duck's back to somebody, he or she ignores it completely.
Example:
No matter what you tell him, it is like water off a duck's back. He will not even bat an eyelid.
Date: 2018-05-16 19:56:55
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Subject: Indifference
Phrase: Pull strings
Meaning: If you pull strings, you use your influence.
Example:
I know this is not legal, but let me pull some strings, and see what I can do.
Date: 2018-05-16 19:55:03
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Subject: Control
Phrase: Be conspicuous by somebody's absence
Meaning: Somebody should be present, but he or she does not attend.
Example:
The chairwoman was conspicuous by her absence in the meeting, ie she did not attend, and everybody noticed it.
Date: 2018-05-14 19:53:56
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Subject: Indifference
