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[idiomland]

Hello! Our idiom of the day is “Pushing up daisies,” which means “to be dead.“⠀ This expression, alluding to flowers growing over a grave, was first recorded about 1918, in one of Wilfred Owen's poems about World War I. You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English idioms - click the link onelink.to/zhdnr2 Special offer! Get 40% off our idiom dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/idioms

[slangcards]

Hello! Our slang term of the day is “Top banana,” which means “the most important person in an organization.” ⠀ The phrase originated in the US burlesque theater, from a very popular comedy skit in which the leading comedian was given a banana after delivering the punch line. The act and joke were so widely known that the term was coined to refer to the headliner, the person in the top position.⠀ Do you want to be a top banana? You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English slang - click the link onelink.to/ewf6kr Special offer! Get 40% off our slang dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/slang

[phrasalcards]

Here we are! Our phrasal verb of the day is “Run along,” which means “to go away, to leave.” Here’s our video example! Usage in a movie ("300"):⠀ - Go now. Run along and tell your Xerxes he faces free men here... not slaves! Do it quickly... before we decide to make our wall just a little bit bigger. You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning phrasal verbs - onelink.to/7y3btw Special offer! Get 40% off our phrasal verbs dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - click the link https://linktr.ee/dictionaries

[irregularcards]

Hi guys! Our irregular verb of the day is “Understand,” which means “to know what someone or something means.” You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning irregular verbs - click the link onelink.to/9ssyrh Special offer! Get 40% off our irregular verbs dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://linktr.ee/dictionaries

[idiomland]

Hi guys!  Our idiom of the day is “Put a sock in it,“ which means an impolite way of telling someone to be quiet.⠀ This is a colloquial British phrase that originated in the early 20th century. It is generally used when someone is being so noisy as to annoy others. The imagery behind the phrases is that putting a sock in whatever was causing the noise would quieten it down. What that thing was isn't known. There are suggestions that this may have been the horn of an early gramophone or, more straightforwardly, the raucous person's mouth. You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English idioms - click the link onelink.to/zhdnr2 Special offer! Get 40% off our idiom dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/idioms

[idiomland]

Hello guys! Our idiom of the day is ”Put your foot in your mouth”, which means “to say something inappropriate.”⠀ The phrase, which dates from the 1870s, is probably a reference to foot-and-mouth disease, a deadly virus found in cattle. The name of the disease was then applied metaphorically to refer to humans whose verbal utterances got them in trouble. In addition to the expression "put one's foot in one's mouth," other variations of the phrase include "every time he opens his mouth, he puts his foot in it" and "to put one's foot in it." You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English idioms - click the link onelink.to/zhdnr2 Special offer! Get 40% off our idiom dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/idioms

[idiomland]

Hello!  Our idiom of the day is “Put all your eggs in one basket,” which means “to put all your efforts or all your resources into one plan or one course of action.” ⠀ This proverb, first recorded in 1710, has largely replaced the much older “trust all one's goods to one ship.” You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English idioms - click the link onelink.to/zhdnr2 Special offer! Get 40% off our idiom dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/idioms

[slangcards]

Hello!   Our slang term of the day is ”Slave driver“, which means “a person who makes other people work very hard.”⠀ It’s a term widely used in our world today, especially in the IT industry where competition is stiff. All the companies want to deliver a project in the shortest time possible to please the clients. However, the only way they can do this is to “force” their employees to work more and longer period of time, which means “slave driving.“ You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English slang - click the link onelink.to/ewf6kr Special offer! Get 40% off our slang dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/slang

[idiomland]

Hi guys!  Our idiom of the day is ”Make no bones about something,” which means “to say clearly what you think or feel about something.” The expression comes from fifteenth century England. If someone wanted to show that they were dissatisfied with something, they would find bones in it - a reference to finding bones in soup, which was not a pleasant discovery! Therefore, finding bones was bad, and no bones was good. If you found no bones, you were able to enjoy the meal with no objections! You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English idioms - click the link onelink.to/zhdnr2 Special offer! Get 40% off our idiom dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/idioms

[idiomland]

Can’t wait for a video example? Our idiom of the day is “Pushing up daisies,” which means “to be dead.“ Usage in a movie (“The Pink Panther”):⠀ - You were acquainted with Yves Gluant? - I'm glad he's pushing up daisies. - He is not pushing up daisies! He is dead! - It's an idiom. - You, sir, are the idiom! You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English idioms - click the link onelink.to/zhdnr2 Special offer! Get 40% off our idiom dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/idioms

[idiomland]

Hello! Our idiom of the day is “Pain in the neck,“ which means “someone or something that is very annoying.“ Also, pain in the ass or butt. The first of these colloquial expressions dates from about 1900 and originated as a euphemism for the two less polite variants. You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English idioms - click the link onelink.to/zhdnr2 Special offer! Get 40% off our idiom dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/idioms

[idiomland]

Hello everybody!  Our idiom of the day is ”Pull your socks up”, which means “to improve your work or behavior.” The phrase originates from the time when running was prominent and people would wear special running shoes and socks. To pull up the socks would mean that the race is about to start and hence the athletes would have to be prepared for it. Over the years it has seeped into the usual parlance and people use it as a simile for something difficult that is about to begin. It is also used for people who are determined to do something. You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English idioms - click the link onelink.to/zhdnr2 Special offer! Get 40% off our idiom dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/idioms

[idiomland]

Here we are!  Our idiom of the day is “Vanish into thin air,” which means “to disappear completely, without leaving a trace.”⠀ This phrase was partly created by Shakespeare. The first time this phrase was printed was in The Edinburgh Advertiser in 1822: “The latest communications make these visions vanish into thin air."⠀ Example 1:  The police were chasing the car down the road and it somehow vanished into thin air.⠀ Example 2: My car keys must be here somewhere. They can't just vanish into thin air.

[idiomland]

Hello everybody!  Our idiom of the day is “Pie in the sky,” which means “an idea or plan that is unlikely to happen.” This expression was first recorded in 1911 in a rallying song of a union, the International Workers of the World (or “Wobblies”): “Work and pray, live on hay, you'll get pie in the sky when you die.” You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English idioms - click the link onelink.to/zhdnr2 Special offer! Get 40% off our idiom dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/idioms

[idiomland]

Hi guys!  Our idiom of the day is “Be in Queer Street,” which means “to be in a lot of trouble, especially financial.” In the 19th century, “queer” was used in many slang terms applied to dishonest or criminal people or activities. However, “Queer Street” may have developed from “Carey Street,” in London, where the law courts dealing with bankrupts were. Another possibility is that “queer” may come from “query,” as traders might have put a question mark in their records by the names of customers who could not be trusted to pay their bills. You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English idioms - click the link onelink.to/zhdnr2 Special offer! Get 40% off our idiom dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/idioms

[phrasalcards]

Hey guys! Our phrasal verb of the day is “Set in,” which means “to begin to happen.” Here’s our video example! Usage in a movie ("The Devil's Rejects"):⠀ - Oh, man!.. You know, the stress of the day is really setting in on me. You guys happen to know how a guy like me could relieve some tension? You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning phrasal verbs - onelink.to/7y3btw Special offer! Get 40% off all our dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - click the link https://linktr.ee/dictionaries