Lesson 1 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Accidentally say smth which upsets or embarrasses smo
Put your foot in it
Immediately like
Take a shine to smo/ smth
Smth that happens only once
A flash in the pan
Extremely quiet
As quiet as a mouse
Don’t agree with each other
Don’t see eye to eye
Begin a journey
Set off
Get onto the aircraft to travel
Board the plane
Set out on a journey
Hit the road
To ask smo in a polite and sincere way for smth ( money or forgiveness)
To go cap in hand to smo
To pay the cost of smth
Foot the bill
Fail completely
Sink like a stone
Start listening carefully
Prick your ears up
Gain a better social position than before
Go up in the world
Take action to get smth into a good condition
Knock smth into shape
When smth bad happens and causes a series of other things to happen
Domino effect
A person’s conscience should be encouraging them to pay smth back
Debt of honour
To pay a brief visit
Drop in (on smo)
Try to recover from a bad experience
Lick your wounds
Complete its natural development without interference (to develop and finish naturally)
Run its course
Accept a situation as you can’t change it
Like it or lump it
