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12 Cards in this Set
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some one off the hook |
فى موقف لا يحسد عليه they manage to get out of the awkard or unpleasent situation that they are in (informal) |
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cut a long story short |
اختصر الحكاية is used to indicate that you are providing just the basics facts rather than giving a lengthy explanation for something. |
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miss the boat |
فاتته الفرصةbe too slow to take advantage of an opportunity |
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on the ball |
aware of any changes or developments and quick to react to them |
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be in a class of your/its own |
to be much better than anyone or anything else. استاذ فى حتته As a player, he was in a class of his own |
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cab do something in your sleep |
to be able to do something so easily that you dont need to think about it. |
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know something like the back of your hand. |
to know something very well. |
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be born to do/ be something |
to be very suitable for a particular job, activity. he was born to be a doctor. |
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be out of the blue |
بدون سابق انذار If something happens out of the blue, it is completely unexpected |
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knock down with a feather |
ازعاج شخص وارباكه واذهاله بدرجة كبيرة to schock, confuse, or astonish someone to a point of complete |
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wonders will never cease |
للتعبير عن مفاجأة كبيرةفى شئ مرضى ويسر مثلا شخص حضر فى ميعاده شئ مذهل to used, often ironically, as an exclamation of great surprise at something pleasing. |
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be stop(dead) in your tracks |
توقفت مذهولا من شئ ما |
