Idioms Flashcards

(62 cards)

1
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Calm down

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Pull yourself together

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2
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Confused, undecided on something

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On the fence

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3
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Wait

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Sit tight

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4
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Get rid of negative emotions

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Shake it off/ Blow off steam

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5
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Do something more than necessary

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Go the extra mile

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6
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End badly

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Go down in flames

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7
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No motivation

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Running on fumes

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8
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Critical time to take action

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Crunch time

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9
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Easy decision

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No-brainer

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10
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Confront with the consequences of your action

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Face the music

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11
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Two situations go well

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Best of both worlds

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12
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Stop thinking

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Get (something) out of my head/ Get over it

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13
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Work harder

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Step your game up

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14
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Be impressed or amazed

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Blow me away

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15
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Study hard or diligently

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Hit the books

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16
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Be positive

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Keep your chin up

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17
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能力越大,責任越大

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Greater power comes with greater responsibility

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18
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自助者天助也

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God helps those who help themselves

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19
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No one is self-sufficient. Everyone relies on others

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No man is an island

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20
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A person who helps at a difficult time is a person who you can really rely on

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A friend in need is a friend indeed

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21
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過去的就讓他過去

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Let bygones be bygones

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22
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Be careful and not take risk

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Just to play safe/ Dun put all your eggs in one basket

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23
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你的樣貌決定了你的命運

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Your face your fate

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24
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Every situation has two opposing points of view

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A coin has two sides

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一石二鳥
Killing two birds with one stone
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Good luck
Break a leg
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劃清界線
Draw the line
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超過了底線
Cross the line
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一帆風順
All plain sailing
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失敗乃成功之母
Every success comes from trial-and-error
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Get out of control
Get out of hand
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Go to bed
Hit the sack
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It’s not complicated
It’s not rocket science
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Tell something briefly
Make a long story short
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Doing a good job
On the ball
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You don’t notice how long something lasts when it’s fun
Time flies when you’re having fun
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Let’s not talk about the problem right now
We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it
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That’s true, I agree
You can say that again
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Tell me what you’re thinking
A penny for your thoughts
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The worst possible situation
A perfect storm
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Better to show than tell
A picture is worth one thousand words
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Believe what people do but not what they say
Actions speak louder than words
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Make a bad situation worse
Add insult to injury
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Take on a project you cannot finish
Bite off more than you can chew
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Comparing two things that can’t be compared
Comparing apples to oranges
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Very expensive
Costs an arm and a leg
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Do something without planning
Do something at the drop of a hat
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己所不欲勿施於人
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
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Don’t complain on something can’t be fixed
Don’t cry over split milk
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Rarely
Once in a blue moon
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No matter what
Come rain or shine
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Agree completely
See eye to eye with somebody
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Follow a trend
Jump on the bandwagon
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Perfect
As right as rain
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just barely
By the skin of your teeth
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It’s too late
Miss the boat
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Easy
A piece of cake
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人不可貌相
You can’t judge a book by its cover
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To do something rather than not doing
Better late than never
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冰山一角
Tip of the iceberg
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防患於未然
Nip it in the bud
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透過勞動來獲取利益
Put in hard work to reap the benefits