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personality idioms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| armchair critic | who gives advice based on theory rather than practice. |
| as cool as a cucumber | this person is very calm and relaxed |
| dead wood | people or things which are no longer considered useful or necessary. |
| hard as nails | someone very unsympathetic, who does not seem to care about others |
| jack of all trades | a person who can do many different things but is not very good at any one of them. |
| knee-high to a grasshopper | very young and small child |
| as proud as a peacock | this person is extremely proud |
| nice as pie | they are surprisingly very kind and friendly |
| rotten apple | a person who is considered to be dishonest or immoral and has a bad influence on others in a group |
| vertically challenged | not very tall |
| whiz kid | someone, who is usually young, who is very talented and successful at doing something. |
| tough cookie | A person who is self-confident and ambitious and will do what is necessary to achieve what they want |
| a big cheese | a person who has a lot of power and influence in an organization |
| a fat cat | Being a rich and powerful person |