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25 Health Idioms with Examples: Talk About Good or Bad Health

WEBThis expression especially refers to the physical condition of your body (i.e. being at a healthy weight, not overweight, getting plenty of exercise). We might also talk …

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21 Ways to make small talk more interesting and enojyable

WEBKeeping up with the news can give you fresh, interesting things to talk about. Some current affairs topics are too controversial for small talk (e.g. politics and war), so …

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174 Engaging conversation starters for meaningful dialogue

WEBA great conversation starter involves: Choosing an appropriate opener for the situation. Asking an open-ended question. Really listening to the answer and showing a …

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25 Popular storm & rain idioms to use in English

WEBA storm is brewing. Be worried if you hear this expression. A storm is brewing is a warning that trouble, bad news or danger lies ahead. “Be sure to stay out of …

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Good vs well: Learn how to use these words in common phrases

WEBAs a general rule, you should not use ‘good’ as an adverb – but that doesn’t mean you’ll never hear it used in this way. When ‘good’ is used as an adverb, it has the …

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18 Optimistic positive idioms to brighten your day

WEBLaughter is the best medicine. The phrase laughter is the best medicine suggests that laughter and humor have positive effects on mental and physical well …

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25 Laugh idioms and other sayings about laughing

WEBLaughter is the best medicine. When people say that laughter is the best medicine, they are suggesting that laughing a lot can help improve your physical or …

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28 Inspiring life idioms (with examples and meanings)

WEBLarger than life / As large as life. Some of these idioms about life may sound similar but have slightly different meanings. If you are larger than life, you attract a lot of …

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11 Benefits of learning English: Is it important in 2024

WEBEnglish is the most-spoken language in the world, with an estimated 1.5 billion people speaking English as a first or second language globally. It is the language …

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25 Reading idioms about books and more (with examples)

WEBCook the books. This might sound like a cooking idiom, but it’s actually about finance again. It’s not as positive as the one above though; to cook the books is to falsify …

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15 Stress idioms to use when anxious, worried or stressed

WEBThis stress idiom can also apply to a person. “The company is at breaking point because the owners aren’t investing enough in staff training and wellbeing.”. “I feel …

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20 Heart idioms: Top heart-related phrases (with examples)

WEBTexas is a big state in the USA, and it is said that everything is big in Texas: the cars, food portions and buildings. So someone with a heart the size of Texas simply …

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36 Food Idioms with Definitions and Examples

WEBIt doesn’t just have to be used for individuals though; for example, you might talk about a company or organization’s bread and butter. “The family rely on their father …

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22 Popular beauty idioms (with definitions and examples)

WEBDressed to kill. The next two beauty idioms are all about dressing to look beautiful or handsome. When you are dressed to kill you are wearing attractive clothing …

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32 Compare and contrast transition words (with examples)

WEBdespite. in spite of. even though. “ Even though the kids hadn’t met before, they got on really well at the party.”. “We managed to afford a holiday despite our …

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47 Inspiring sports idioms (with definitions and examples)

WEBSport is a universal language, whether you prefer playing it or watching it. This is probably why there are so many English sports idioms to describe a host of …

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27 Road and Driving Idioms with examples and definitions

WEBPut the pedal to the metal. This driving idiom is the complete opposite of the one above. This time, to put the pedal to the metal is to accelerate and go faster – …

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17 Sizzling smoke idioms (with examples & definitions)

WEBLet’s start this list of smoke idioms with the phrase to blow smoke. Someone who does this is emitting a figurative cloud of deceptive or insincere words when they …

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