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• Rotten apple
A single bad person or thing.
There always is a rotten apple to spoil it for the rest of us. & Tom sure has turned out to be the rotten apple.
• It's written in the stars.
Something that you say which means something good was caused by the power that is believed to control what happens to people's lives
It was written in the stars that we should meet and fall in love.
• Come up smelling like a rose and come up smelling like roses
Fig. To end up looking good or respectable after being involved in some difficult or notorious affair.
I was surprised that my congressional representative came up smelling like a rose after his colleagues investigated him.
• No news is good news
Not hearing any news signifies that nothing is wrong.
Fred: I wonder if Jill is doing all right in her new job. Jane: No news is good news. & Jane: I'm worried about my sister. She hasn't called me for months. Alan: No news is good news, right?
• Every trick in the book
Every clever or dishonest way that you know to achieve something that you want (often + to do sth)
He used every trick in the book to get
her to sign the contract.
• Chew the fat and chew the rag
Fig. to chat or gossip.
Sit yourself down and let's chew the fat for a while. & We were just chewing the rag. Nothing important.
• Lull before the storm and calm before the storm
A quiet period just before a period of great activity or excitement. (Literal in reference to weather.)
It was very quiet in the cafeteria just before the students came in for lunch. It was the lull before the storm. In the brief calm before the storm, the clerks prepared themselves for the doors to open and bring in thousands of shoppers.
• Get the message? and Get the picture?
Inf. Do you understand?; Are you able to figure out what is meant?
Things are tough around here, and we need everyone's cooperation. Get the picture? & We don't need lazy people around here. Get the message?
• Funny as a barrel of monkeys
Cliché very funny.
Ron was as funny as a barrel of monkeys. & The entire evening was funny as a barrel of monkeys.
• Drive someone up the wall
Fig. to annoy or irritate someone.
Stop whistling that tune. You're driving me up the wall. All his talk about moving to California nearly drove me up the wall.
Written by Israa A. Ameen
• Rotten apple
A single bad person or thing.
There always is a rotten apple to spoil it for the rest of us. & Tom sure has turned out to be the rotten apple.
• It's written in the stars.
Something that you say which means something good was caused by the power that is believed to control what happens to people's lives
It was written in the stars that we should meet and fall in love.
• Come up smelling like a rose and come up smelling like roses
Fig. To end up looking good or respectable after being involved in some difficult or notorious affair.
I was surprised that my congressional representative came up smelling like a rose after his colleagues investigated him.
• No news is good news
Not hearing any news signifies that nothing is wrong.
Fred: I wonder if Jill is doing all right in her new job. Jane: No news is good news. & Jane: I'm worried about my sister. She hasn't called me for months. Alan: No news is good news, right?
• Every trick in the book
Every clever or dishonest way that you know to achieve something that you want (often + to do sth)
He used every trick in the book to get
her to sign the contract.
• Chew the fat and chew the rag
Fig. to chat or gossip.
Sit yourself down and let's chew the fat for a while. & We were just chewing the rag. Nothing important.
• Lull before the storm and calm before the storm
A quiet period just before a period of great activity or excitement. (Literal in reference to weather.)
It was very quiet in the cafeteria just before the students came in for lunch. It was the lull before the storm. In the brief calm before the storm, the clerks prepared themselves for the doors to open and bring in thousands of shoppers.
• Get the message? and Get the picture?
Inf. Do you understand?; Are you able to figure out what is meant?
Things are tough around here, and we need everyone's cooperation. Get the picture? & We don't need lazy people around here. Get the message?
• Funny as a barrel of monkeys
Cliché very funny.
Ron was as funny as a barrel of monkeys. & The entire evening was funny as a barrel of monkeys.
• Drive someone up the wall
Fig. to annoy or irritate someone.
Stop whistling that tune. You're driving me up the wall. All his talk about moving to California nearly drove me up the wall.
Written by Israa A. Ameen
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