1- Between the devil and the deep sea When you have to feed five children but have food for just one of them , you are between the devil and the deep. ................................................................ | To choose between two equally bad alternatives in a serious dilemma. | |
2- Where there's a will there's a way Everything is possible when you really want it. You will certainly find a way to get what you really want. ............................................................... | When a person really wants to do something, he will find a way of doing it. | |
3-A burnt child dreads fire There are some lessons you'll never forget...essencially if you had to suffer to learn them. | A bad experience or a horrifying incident may scar one's attitude or thinking for a lifetime. |
Idiomatic Expressions
1- Smell a Rat
***How come the front door is opened? Didn't you close it before we went shopping?
___I'm sure I did. I can't understand it. Frankly, I smell a rat.
***Me, too. I'm convinced that something is definitely wrong here. We'd better call the police.
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2- Let the cat out of the Bag
J.B.was going to retire from teaching in June, and the foreign language department was planning on presenting him with some luggage at his retirement dinner. He wasn't supposed to know about it, but someone let the cat out of the bag. At the dinner J.B acted surprised, even though someone had told him what he was getting before the official presentation.
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..................................... 3- Straight From the Horse's Mouth
*** Hey Larissa, how did you find out that I was engaged?
___ I got the information from a very reliable source.
***You mean She told you so herself?
___That's right. I got it straight from the horse's mouth!
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Definition: | To do something very well, particularly an examination (verb); first-rate (adjective), or an expert (noun). | ||||||||||||||||
Example: | 1) I'm going to ace this exam - I've been studying all week! 2) Lois Lane was the ace reporter for The Daily Planet -- although she did have a lot of trouble uncovering Superman's identity! | ||||||||||||||||
Etymology: | In World War I, a pilot who shot down five enemy planes was called an 'ace', which is the powerful one card in a deck of playing cards. 'Ace' can be used as a verb (to do well) or as an adjective (excellent, best) or as a noun (a nickname for someone who is good at something, or for a good friend). ......................................................... Conversations
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| Put your mind to it !!! | |
| Júnior | It's too difficult for me to understand this exercise. |
| Francisco | You have to put your mind to it. Your mother and I can help you when things are difficult. |
| Júnior | But I don't like studying. It's boring ! In Brazil it was easier. |
| Ellen | Júnior, everyone goes through this. Besides , you are not in Brazil. |
| Júnior | You guys don't study ! You don't know how I feel. |
| Francisco | Are you kidding ? We did the exact same thing as you when we were your age. |
| Run into millions upon millions of dollars !!! | |
| Larissa | Isn't it amazing how much ordinary people around the world have been contributing to help the victims of the tsunami disaster ? |
| Camila (rsrsrs) | It really is. I don't know what the current total is but it must run into millions upon millions of dollars. |
| Larissa | In fact, I can't ever remember a time when so many people gave so much. |
| Camila( jajaja) | That's partly because they could see from the TV reports how huge the scale of the disaster was and how much human misery it had caused. |
| Larissa | Even so, I doubt whether any of us will ever appreciate the full extent of the disaster. |
| Camila (kkk) | Well, you may be right. Disaster on such a scale is almost impossible to grasp. |
| Explanation : | ||||
| Run into sth - To reach a particular cost or amount, as a total | ||||
| Example : The cost of repairing my house will probably run into thousands of reais. |
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Devan : What's going on?
Jason : Where's our food? I gotta get outta here.
Devan : What are you in a big hurry for?
Jason : I kinda want to meet Amanda somewhere.
Devan : Why?
Jason : I just wanna see her. You know, hang out.
Devan : In what kind of way? What do you mean?
Jason : I don't know...maybe...
Devan : Do you have a crush on Amanda?
Jason : Maybe...maybe...
Devan : You do...don't you!
Jason : Eh...you wouldn't be wrong if you said I had a crush on Amanda...
Devan : Well , you know what Beren told me?
Jason : What?
Devan : No, I can't tell you.
Jason : N-n-no ! What did she say?
Devan : I don't know
Jason : You have to tell me
Devan : Hey, Look at that kid over there!
Jason : No, C'mon...What did Beren say?
Devan : She said that Amanda likes you.
Jason : No way!
Devan : Way!
Jason : She did? I thought so...I totally thought so...What else did she say? Anything else?
Devan : Yeah, It's pretty obvious. There's definitely a love connection between the two of you.
Jason : Awesome! You think so?
Devan : I think so.
Jason : I'm totally going to head her off at the pass. She gets off work in a minute, and I'm just going to , like...grab her.
Devan : You should go for it...you should definitely go for it because she definitely likes you too.
Jason : Oh, wow! Thanks so much!
Devan : You're welcome! This is exciting........................................................
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