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# 11. Like chalk and cheese – a British/Australian phrase used when talking about two very different things (complete opposites). If two things (or people) are “like chalk and cheese” they are as DIFFERENT to each other as chalk is completely different to cheese. * You write on a blackboard with chalk. You eat...
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# 12. To compare apples and oranges – to compare two people or things that are very different. Making the mistake that two things are exactly the same when they are not. An unreasonable comparison. For example, comparing Australian and Czech culture is like comparing apples and oranges. It wouldn’t be right to say...
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# 10. Endangered, adjective – (of an animal species) at risk of extinction (extinction is the complete death of a type of animal). Endanger, verb – put (someone or something) at risk or in danger. For example, “He was driving in a way likely to endanger life.” * Consider this – you would endanger...
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# 9. Mow, verb – cut down (an area of grass) with a machine. For example: Roger mowed the lawn. ( mown) I love the smell of newly mown grass – how about you? * PHRASAL VERB! -to “mow someone down” – kill or knock someone down with a car or other vehicle. Imagine...
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# 8. Head over heels – 1. turning over completely in forward motion, as in a somersault. 2 (also head over heels in love) to be madly in love. Consider someone with a big head thinking that every girl he meets is head over heels in love with him!
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# 7. To have “a big head” – if a person has a big head it could mean two things 1. their head is literally very big (it is probably difficult for such a person to walk being so unbalanced). and 2. they think they are more important than they are. Think of how...
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# 6. Whirling Dervishes – Not a common term used in English, but it appears in Déjà Vu! The Whirling Dervishes are a Sufi spiritual group created in Turkey, and their name comes from their famous practice of whirling (spinning around) as a form of remembrance of God. So… a whirlwind spins, a Whirling...
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# 3. Sharp – (of an object) Having a thin cutting edge , able to cut something. You need a sharp knife to cut bread! What other things can you cut? Bread? Bacon? (of a person) to be sharp means to be clever, intelligent. and to “look sharp” means to be well-dressed, good looking.
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# 2. “Breadwinner” noun – a person supporting a family with his or her earnings. For example: “When Mum got her new job she became the breadwinner of the family.” To “win” the bread is to earn it. also – breadwinning n & adj. Compare with “to bring home the bacon”. Why are bacon...
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