Expression Index

A politician's word A word or phrase that sounds meaningful but is used... B2 Identity & Self

Because it's there This is a humorous or sarcastic way to explain why... B2 Social Situations Buggered" (British slang) Buggered is informal British slang for being in a really... B1 Relationships

Commit a crime To carry out an illegal act. B2 Identity & Self Con man / To con A con man is someone who wins people's trust in... B1 Social Situations Connect the dots To see how separate events or decisions in your life... B2 Identity & Self Curry favour" — The Shawshank Redemption To curry favour means to try to gain someone's approval... B1 Idioms & Expressions

Fall off the wagon" — Seinfeld To fall off the wagon means to go back to... B1 Idioms & Expressions Follow your heart To make choices based on what feels deeply right to... B2 Identity & Self

Get on Someone's Nerves The idiom "get on someone's nerves" means to annoy or... B1 Social Situations Give me a break This phrase shows annoyance or disbelief. It is like saying... B2 Social Situations Give me the skinny To give someone the skinny means to share all the... B2 Relationships

How do you like them apples?" — Good Will Hunting This expression is used to show off or gloat after... B1 Idioms & Expressions

I like to think so This is a modest, charming way to say "yes" when... B2 Work & Career It's like shaving This is a casual, humorous way to say something is... B2 Social Situations

Leave It at That To leave it at that means to stop talking or... B1 Relationships Let the cat out of the bag" — Sherlock To let the cat out of the bag means to... B1 Idioms & Expressions Level someone with your eyes To emotionally overwhelm or disarm someone with a single look.... B2 Relationships Like Someone's Killing a Cat This is a simile. A simile is a figure of... B1 Social Situations Live with that To carry the emotional weight or consequences of a past... B2 Identity & Self

Make all the difference To have a very significant impact. To change a situation... B2 Identity & Self Make it interesting This phrase means to add a challenge or bet to... B2 Social Situations

Not give a shit To not care at all. Very blunt and informal. B2 Identity & Self

On the level Honest, straightforward, and trustworthy. Not hiding anything. B1 Social Situations Once more into the breach A quote from Shakespeare's Henry V meaning "let's go into... B2 Relationships One thing led to another This phrase means something happened step by step, and the... B2 Social Situations Out of Hand To dismiss something out of hand means to reject it... B1 Relationships

Play hardball" — Pretty Woman To play hardball means to be tough, aggressive, and uncompromising... B1 Idioms & Expressions Put on the map To make a place, person, or thing famous or well... B1 Social Situations Put up" (money) To put up money means to offer or contribute money... B2 Social Situations

Serif and sans-serif Two families of typeface. Serif fonts have small decorative lines... B2 Identity & Self Stamp your form To officially process or approve a document with a physical... B2 Identity & Self Stand a post To take up and maintain guard duty, usually in a... B2 Conflict & Pressure

Talk some sense into someone To persuade someone to think or act more clearly and... B2 Identity & Self That kid's long gone The person I used to be no longer exists. I... B2 Identity & Self The well-worn path The safe, familiar route that most people take. A conventional,... B2 Identity & Self The whole works Everything included. The full package. Used to say you know... B2 Relationships The world is your oyster" — Dead Poets Society This idiom means you have every opportunity available to you.... B1 Idioms & Expressions Throw caution to the wind" — Groundhog Day To throw caution to the wind means to stop worrying... B1 Idioms & Expressions To be fined To be ordered to pay money as a punishment for... B1 Social Situations Trust your gut To follow your instinct or inner feeling, especially when logic... B2 Identity & Self Two to one odds This is a betting expression. If you have "two to... B2 Social Situations