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To bow to someone’s pressure |
To do something people want you to do, I didn’t wanna go but in the end I bowed to their pressure |
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To turn a blind eye to |
To ignore something, not care about it. You always turn a blind eye to it when I talk to you about it |
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Breaking the camel’s back |
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 |
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 |
To finish something you were suffering from I finally finished school it’s like i removed a weight off my shoulder |
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Spice things up |
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 |
Speechless, when you don’t have something to say |
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A million miles away |
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 |
When you’re late |
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Honesty is the best policy |
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 |
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 |
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An eye for an eye |
To get revenge, to have a payback |
العين بالعين |
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It’s one thing, but it’s another |
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 |
هاذا شي وهاذا شي اخر |
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Day in and day out |
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 |
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 |
مره فالحياه |
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A force to be reckoned with |
Worth taking seriously due to being powerful,strong etc. |
قوه لا يستهان بها |
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Stick someone’s neck out |
To take a risk for someone to save them I stuck my neck out for you but unfortunately it wasn’t worth it |
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Peace be upon |
The prophet of Allah is Mohammed, peace be upon him |
عليه الصلاه والسلام |
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Long story short |
To say something shortly, to sum up something. What happened. long story short, I made a mistake |
باختصار |
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Make them count |
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 |
استغل |
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Ahead of the curve |
Being one of the first to change an idea or way of doing something that’s gonna be normal in the future |
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You got balls |
Means: You have courage,confidence/you’re brave,tough |
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The bane of someone’s existence |
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 |
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In the blink of an eye |
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غمضه عين |
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My cup of tea |
Your favorite thing, the thing that you like. |
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To blow someone’s mind |
To surprise or shock someone, maybe of doing something |
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For god’s sake |
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 |
بالله عليك |
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Let go of |
(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 |
Used when you’re embarrassed and you wanna leave |
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I beg to differ |
To disagree |
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Don’t flatter me |
Someone says a good thing about you just to please you but they don’t really mean it |
يجامل |
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No harm done |
Used to reassure someone when something unpleasant happened |
حصل خير |
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Silver bullet |
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 |
To allow someone to start talking in a discussion |
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I can’t take all the credit |
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 |
المديح.الفضل |
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Bon appetite |
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 |
بالعافيه |
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Twist one’s arm |
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. |
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**** hits the fan |
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The bottom line |
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 |
(Used to describe people who think that they’re the best) To bring someone to the level that they’re actually at. |
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