when two things are identical we say this. twins are an excellent example
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Phrases, or Sayings heard in Ordinary English Conversations
When two things are identical we say this. Twins
are an excellent example
As alike as two peas in a pod
Bats use sonar, not visible light, mainly because they fly at
night.
When someone doesn’t understand something
we say they are as blind as a bat. It does
not have to be something to see
As blind as a bat
As brave as a lion The male lion defends his
pride (family) with his life. He is brave and
fearless, no wonder he is called the king of the
jungle!
Locked in combat: Mother lion takes
on deadly crocodile to give cubs safe swim across river
Watch a bee. It is always moving. Always flying from one flower to the
next. It never stops
As busy as a bee
As clear as mud
When something is explained to you, and you just don’t understand it, you say this. Mud is not clear! You cannot
see through it
As cold as ice
Someone can be as “Cold as Ice” if they do not attempt to be friendly, or they say as little as possible to you. They will try to ignore you
As deaf as a post
Someone who is “As Deaf as a Post”, either
wants to ignore you, or they
cannot hear you because of what they are doing
Conveying an untrue version of
events by leaving out the important facts. A euphemism for lying, in short.
Economical with the truth
Euphemism - Substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered offensively
explicit
Statement by the winners
“In the fight for the city, our army
Only killed 20 of the enemies soldiers”
It sounds like a victory with little bloodshedWhat they omitted to
say was:-“Thousands and
thousands of civilians were killed”
An important and obvious topic, which everyone present is aware of, but which isn't discussed, as such
discussion is considered to be uncomfortable.
The elephant in the room
In a discussion on trade between the Chinese and the
Japanese Governments, the
Diaoyu Islands would be “The Elephant in the
room”
Something that requires little mental effort or intelligence
to perform or understand. The
term is often applied to decisions which
are straightforward or sometimes to
people who appear to lack intelligence.
No-brainer
A dumb question or response. Something one shouldn't even have to think about
it.Dude1: Hey, man,
where's the basement? Dude2: Try
downstairs, bright spark!
Estimated average
For the world, (US included)4 Metric tons
Estimated average
For US homeless person
8.5 Metric tons
Carbon footprint
The amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted
during an industrial or
domestic process; a measure of how
that process contributes toward
global warming.
I don't want to discuss that.
Don't go there
An American television personality interviewing the President might ask,
“What about these Islands that China and Japan are disputing?”
The program’s producer would be screaming, “Don’t go there”, because he wants to sell the program to China and Japan, and will not want to upset either
country
Fashion victimSomeone who slavishly follows fashion trends, whether it suits them or not!
At the centre of the Fashion
Victim’s belief system is the
idea that anything made by a designer
label is automatically
good
Selfie
A selfie is a type of self-portrait photograph, typically taken with
a hand-held digital camera or camera phone, and are usually
taken in a slightly tilted manner. Selfies are often associated with
social networking
‘dear’, ‘servant’, ‘hunger’, ‘coal’, ‘mill’, ‘pencil’, ‘tin’, ‘bless’, ‘plough’, ‘handshake’, ‘telegraph’, ‘comb’, ‘grammar’ and ‘gaiety’
Old Words, Rarely heard now
‘mobile’, ‘internet’, ‘CD’, ‘guy’, ‘climate’, ‘video’, ‘technology’, ‘drug’, ‘text’, ‘online’, ‘computer’, ‘television’, ‘traffic’, ‘cancer’, ‘email’ and ‘environment’
New Popular Words
If you keep talking about a
problem you have, you do not listen to
those helping you.
If you actually shut up, you
might hear the solution
If you have tried
everything you can think of,
then you need to have a
break from the problem. Sleep on it, you may
have more ideas when
you wake up
Your life will be more interesting if you take risks and
do some things that are not sensible
You will not have so many regrets when
you look back on your life
A bit like “If you can say nothing
nice, just say nothing”
It is telling you not to say
unpleasant things to anyone
You do not have to prove to somebody that you are brave, or kind,
or a nice person.
They will automatically know by what you do.
If you have to try to prove it then you are not brave, or kind, or really the nice person
you think you are
You do not have to tell everyone how good you are.
The successes you have will tell them.
What you do, is better than what you say you will do
If you never try, you can never fail, but your life will mean nothing
Don’t worry about things that went wrong yesterday,
especially if you can do nothing about
them.
Try to make sure you don’t make the same
mistakes today
A bit of a “No Brainer”
As bright as a new pin
As clear as a bell
As helpless as a baby
In diffi culty, faced with a choice between two unsatisfactory options.
Between a rock and a hard place
Properly conducted conditions for a game, giving all participants an equal chance. Also used more widely to mean fairness and justice in contexts other than games.
Fair play
(of two or more people) very close or friendly.
(as) thick as thieves
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