Expressions/phrases/idioms

Front 1

To bow to someone’s pressure

Back 1

To do something people want you to do,

I didn’t wanna go but in the end I bowed to their pressure

Front 2

To turn a blind eye to

Back 2

To ignore something, not care about it.

You always turn a blind eye to it when I talk to you about it

Front 3

Breaking the camel’s back

Back 3

When you have much pressure in your chest and someone says something bad to you.

The last thing that makes you make an action

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For the record

Back 4

For your information, just to let you know.

For the record, i’m in a high school

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Remove/take(a weight off my shoulder

Back 5

To finish something you were suffering from

I finally finished school it’s like i removed a weight off my shoulder

Front 6

Spice things up

Back 6

To say a fake thing just to make it interesting

They were yelling at each other and then he slapped him, you’re spicing things up he didn’t slap him

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Cat got your tongue

Back 7

Speechless, when you don’t have something to say

Front 8

A million miles away

Back 8

Not paying attention, get lost of your surrounding, distracted.

You’re living in your world you’re a million miles away

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Better late than never

Back 9

When you’re late

Front 10

Honesty is the best policy

Back 10

It might be used when you want someone to be honest.

Rate my cooking. Before you say, honesty is the best policy

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By means of

Back 11

To do or mention something based on a specific method.

Peace of mind, and by means of that you’re gonna live an awesome life

Front 12

An eye for an eye

Back 12

To get revenge, to have a payback

Hint 12

العين بالعين

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It’s one thing, but it’s another

Back 13

When we’re comparing something but the second thing is more difficult, important, etc than the first thing.

1/it’s one thing to be respectful but it’s another to learn how to be

2/it’s one thing to be a boy but it’s another to be a man.

3/it’s one thing to want something but it’s another to achieve it

Hint 13

هاذا شي وهاذا شي اخر

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Day in and day out

Back 14

Doing something Regularly, continuously or repeatedly over a long period of time.

You can’t learn English if you don’t practice day in and day out

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Once-in-a-lifetime

Back 15

To describe someone or something that’s impossible to find like. describing a great,unique,special, person

Another using: when something will just occur once in your life.

1:My parents are once-in-a-lifetime. 2: you’re once-in-a-lifetime I’ll never find someone like you. 3: I went to the USA and i hope that’s not gonna be once-in-a-lifetime

Hint 15

مره فالحياه

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A force to be reckoned with

Back 16

Worth taking seriously due to being powerful,strong etc.

Hint 16

قوه لا يستهان بها

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Stick someone’s neck out

Back 17

To take a risk for someone to save them

I stuck my neck out for you but unfortunately it wasn’t worth it

Front 18

Peace be upon

Back 18

The prophet of Allah is Mohammed, peace be upon him

Hint 18

عليه الصلاه والسلام

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Long story short

Back 19

To say something shortly, to sum up something.

What happened. long story short, I made a mistake

Hint 19

باختصار

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Make them count

Back 20

To make something count means To make something useful as much as possible because you don’t have much of it

1/you still have five minutes left for the end of the exam. that’s not enough.make them count

Hint 20

استغل

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Ahead of the curve

Back 21

Being one of the first to change an idea or way of doing something that’s gonna be normal in the future

Front 22

You got balls

Back 22

Means:

You have courage,confidence/you’re brave,tough

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The bane of someone’s existence

Back 23

Your biggest problem. A thing that makes your life miserable because it bothers or upsets you.

1/Racism and insulting people are the bane of my existence

2/ seeing people trying to be tough over weak people is the bane of my existence

Front 24

In the blink of an eye

Back 24

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Hint 24

غمضه عين

Front 25

My cup of tea

Back 25

Your favorite thing, the thing that you like.

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To blow someone’s mind

Back 26

To surprise or shock someone, maybe of doing something

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For god’s sake

Back 27

It can be used to ask a person to stop doing something.

To want something so badly.

Please let’s be quiet for god’s sake

Hint 27

بالله عليك

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Let go of

Back 28

(To stop holding something)Sometimes to stop thinking about something or to abandon

1/Can you let go of your phone for a minute for god’s sake.

2/let go of me, get off me

3/let go of the button

4/I let go of thinking about pleasing people

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Want the ground to swallow you up

Back 29

Used when you’re embarrassed and you wanna leave

Front 30

I beg to differ

Back 30

To disagree

Front 31

Don’t flatter me

Back 31

Someone says a good thing about you just to please you but they don’t really mean it

Hint 31

يجامل

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No harm done

Back 32

Used to reassure someone when something unpleasant happened

Hint 32

حصل خير

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Silver bullet

Back 33

It can be used to refer to. The thing that people think is the solution of their problems

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To give someone the floor

Back 34

To allow someone to start talking in a discussion

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I can’t take all the credit

Back 35

Used if you don’t wanna take all the compliments.

1/you did perfectly, well I can’t take all the credit you were a part of the achievement.

2/you’re the one that people should give all the credit to, even if you don’t know it

3/all the things that I achieved and succeeded in, all the credit should be gone to Allah Almighty

Hint 35

المديح.الفضل

Front 36

Bon appetite

Back 36

We you want to say something nice when a person is about to eat or is eating

I have more food would you like to join me, no thanks bon appétit

Hint 36

بالعافيه

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Twist one’s arm

Back 37

To make someone do what you want.

He tried to twist my arm to believe that my friend wanted me hurt, but i didn’t bow to his pressure.

Front 38

**** hits the fan

Back 38

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Front 39

The bottom line

Back 39

The main idea, conclusion

The bottom line is that we need to go out because we’re on a vacation

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Cut someone down to size

Back 40

(Used to describe people who think that they’re the best)

To bring someone to the level that they’re actually at.