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At School 2

Learning to Deal with Issues: Idioms Part 2

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to beat around the bush to avoid saying what is important
to get (straight) to the point to get directly to the subject
to go out of your mind to go crazy
in a nutshell in a few words
to be in the dark about doing smth not to know what to do
the ball is in my court it is my turn to take responsibility
to burn the midnight oil (doing smth) to work late
a night owl someone who likes to stay up late
to run out of time to have no more time to compete smth
like shooting fish in a barrel very easy
to lend a hand to help
to get back on your feet to become successful again after having problems
to do your best to try as hard as you can
to turn over a new leaf to change and start again, have a fresh start
hit the nail on the head be exactly right about something
to be hard on somebody to criticize someone unfairly, or to be too strict with them
to let it go not to think about something
It is music to my ears you are pleased with what you hear
a blessing in disguise something that seems to be bad or unlucky at first, but which you later realize is good or lucky
the apple of my eye very much loved, especially by a parent Ben was always the apple of his mother's eye, the salt of her earth, the source of her strength - her everything.
to figure smth out to think about a problem or situation until you find the answer or understand what has happened
Created by: Oksana Bilenka
 

 



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