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SLANG

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He who laughs last laughs longest!

= the person who plays the last joke

(trick) has the longest laugh!

to lend a hand

= to help

The Smiths' neighbors lent a hand when

they were building their new fence (The

neighbors helped them build the new

fence).

in hot water

= in trouble

Bob didn't do his homework, so he's

going to be/get in hot water! (from the

teacher)

Put your money where your mouth is!

= If you believe that what you are saying

is true/right, let's bet on it!

Like mother, like daughter

Like father, like son

(this refers to the personality)

That takes the cake!

= That's

unbelievable/incredible/ridiculous!

Two heads are better than one!

= Two people who work together will

have more ideas than just one person!

TO LOSE YOUR SHIRT

= to lose all of or most of your money

I lost my shirt at the casino!

TO LOSE TOUCH

= to fail to keep in

contact/communication with someone

After I graduated from university, I lost

touch with most of my classmates

A picture is worth a thousand words!

= A picture explains things better than

words can explain things

Let's get the ball rolling!

= Let's start now!

(usually said about an important project)

I HEAR YOU!

= I agreewith what you are saying!

YOU BET!

= Yes, sure, of course!

ONCE IN A BLUE MOON

= Once in a while, occasionally

I go swimming outside once in a blue

moon.

IT'S A DEAL!

= Okay, I agree, it will be done!
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TO BE FULL OF HOT AIR or CRAP!

= When someone talks a lot about

something

he/she can or will do but in reality,

there is no truth in any of what he/she is

saying - just hot air!

He went on the job interview because

the company said they would be able to

offer him a good position, not true. The

manager was just full of hot air!

WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH,

THE TOUGH GET GOING!

= When there are problems, strongpeople take action to solve the problems!

MONKEY SEE, MONKEY DO!

=When one person does something,

everyone follows and does the same

thing!

BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK

TOGETHER!

= People who have something in commonfeel comfortable together.

HIT THE BOOKS

= to study, prepare for class

Tonight I'm going to hit the books!

I can have my cake and eat it too!

= I can have EVERYTHING I want in

life!

a poker face

= a face with no expression

This is from the poker because no

gambling poker player should have

an expression that is easy to read!

to look like a million dollars

= to look great, to be very well dressed!

Julia Roberts looked like a million

dollars at the Oscars!

a dime a dozen

= very common, easy to find

(countable nouns in plural form)

In North America, shopping malls are

a dime a dozen!

You have a one track mind!

= You always think about the same

(one) thing!

To have the inside track

= To have an advantage because you

know certain people or you have special

information

Bob knows what the president is going

to announce in his televised speech this

evening because he has the inside track!

ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE

TRACKS= in a bad/poor/undesirable

neighborhood

Sam grew up on the wrong side of the

tracks.

Curiosity killed the cat!

= It's not good to be too curious!

The cat's out of the bag!

=The secret is not a secret anymore!

It's raining cats and dogs!

= It's raining hard (a lot)!


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There's no time like the present!

= It is best to do it now!

Time heals all wounds

= With time, sadness will pass

Time out!

= Stop, calm down! (usually said in the

middle of a discussion or argument)

= Let's take a break now!

A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS!

= A friendly way to say "What are youthinking about?"

What goes around comes around!

= if you treat people badly, something

bad will happen to you and if you treat

people well, something good will happen

to you.

All that glitters isn't gold!

= Not everything is as wonderfulas it seems

You scratch my back and I'll scratch

yours!

= If you do a favor for me, I will do

a favor for you!

ROME WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY!

=it might take a long time to achieve

something great

Money talks

= Money has power/influence!

awesome (or wicked)

=amazing

That was an awesome movie

That was a wicked movie

beat

=tired

Sam is beat today because he didn't sleep

much last night

blue (or down)

=sad, depressed

Mary is feeling blue because her cat died

Mary is down because her cat died

brainy

=very intelligent, like a genius

Sue always does well on tests because

she's brainy

broke

=without money

Lou spent all his money at the casino so

now he's broke

fishy

=suspicious

Mrs. Smith thought it was fishy that her

neighbor had so many visitors at night

hammered

=drunk

Jim had nine beers so now he's hammered

hot

=sexy or stolen!

Sam says his new girlfriend is hot

That stereo is hot!


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hungover

=tired from drinking too much the day

before

Al's bachelor party was last night. He's

really hungover!

loaded

=rich

Many people who live in Beverly Hills

are loaded

nuts (or nutty)

=crazy

That lady keeps talking to herself. Do youthink she's nuts?

on cloud nine

=very very happy

Chris just won a million dollars so he's on

cloud nine!

super

=great

Tom is a super singer

ticked

=angry

He's really ticked because his friend had a

party but didn't invite him

upbeat

=positive

Theresa is very upbeat

ace

=to finish something easily, with success

Tammy aced her math test!

boogie

=to dance

Rick likes to boogie for hours!

check out

=to look at, watch, examine

We're going to check out that new movie

tomorrow after work.

chicken out

=to lose the courage to do something

Mary was planning to enter the car race

but then she chickened out.

grab a bite to eat

=to go out to a restaurant

I'm hungry. Let's grab a bite to eat

somewhere.

kick the bucket

=to die

John's neighbor just kicked the bucket!

take off=to leave

Ann took off before the meeting was

announced.

snooze

=to sleep

I snoozed on the bus for a few minutes

this morning!

whine=to complain

I wouldn't want to work with Chris

because he always whines about

everything!


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airhead

=stupid person

Tony says his boss is an airhead

bash

=big, exciting party

Did you go to Dan's bash last night?

brain

=very intelligent person

Bill Gates must be a brain

chocoholic

=person who loves/is addicted tochocolate

I ate an entire box of chocolates and my

sister says I must be a chocaholic!

drip

=boring person

Lisa says her new roomate is a drip

grub

=foodI'm hungry. Let's get some grub

hunk

=handsome man

Sue thinks that Tom Cruise is a hunk

knockout

=beautiful woman

Miss Universe is a knockout

mula/ moolah

=money

I took a lot of mula to the casino but

when I returned, I didn't have as much!

munchies

=snacks, like potato chips, popcorn,

pretzels

Let's get some munchies at the baseball

game

shopoholic

=person who is addicted to shopping

Sandra is a shopholic. She always goes

shopping!

stuff

=things (but used as a singular, non-count

noun)I have to buy some stuff at the grocery

store

wacko

=crazy person

Some reporters say that famous pop

singer is a wacko

windbag

=a boring person who talks too much(negative)

Joe's speech was over an hour long at the

meeting. His co-workers think he's a

windbag.

workaholic

=person who is addicted to working

Bob works very long hours. His wife

thinks he's

a workaholic.


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HelloHi

Hey there!

Hi there!Hey!

How are you?What's new?

How are you doing?

How's it going?

GoodbyeSee you

See you later

Lateron the telephone, you can say "Talk to

you later"

YesYeah (pronounced ya)

YupSure

You bet

Let's leaveLet's blow this popstand

Let`s go.

I'm leavingI'm out of hereI'm heading out now

NoNope

No way

Not a chance

Not in this lifetime

VERYso

-I'm so hungry!real

-I'm real hungry!

really-I'm really hungry!

VERY, VERYtotally

-The movie was totally awesome!

1. If you are tired, you're ...

2. He's on cloud nine means he's ...

3. Yup is another way to say ...

4. Food is ...

5. Money is ...

6. A stupid person is an ...

7. If something is fishy, this means it's ...

8. A person who eats a lot of chocolate is

a ...

9. A big party is a ...

10. If you drink too much, the next dayyou'll be ...

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