Objective Proficiency p 28. Idioms. Extra Vocabulary



 English Idioms on different subjects:
  •  Two heads are better than one: (saying) used to say that two people can achieve more than one person working alone. 

     

  • On cloud nine: (old-fashioned, informal) extremely happy.

     

  • Lemon: a thing that is useless because it does not work as it should. E.g. I have a lemon on my hands, and it's the only car I have.

     

  • Fishy: that makes you suspicious because it seems dishonest. Suspicious. E.g. There's something fishy going on here.

     

  • Fair-weather: (of people) behaving in a particular way or doing a particular activity only when it is pleasant for them. E.g. a fair-weather friend (= somebody who stops being a friend when you are in trouble)  

     

  • Shoot the breeze/bull: (North American English, informal) to have a conversation in an informal way. Chat. E.g.  We sat around in the bar, shooting the breeze. 

     

  • Zip your lip: If someone tells you to zip your lip, they want to to shut up or keep quiet about something. ('Zip it' is also used.) 

     

  • Be all ears: (informal) to be waiting with interest to hear what somebody has to say. E.g. ‘Do you know what he said?’ ‘Go on—I'm all ears.’ 

     

  • Washed up: no longer successful and unlikely to succeed again in the future. E.g. Her singing career was all washed up by the time she was 27. A washed-up actor. Washed-up athletes.

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