“Drop in the bucket” is a very small or unimportant amount.
Example: I know twenty dollars is just a drop in the bucket, but if everyone gave that much it would make a big difference.
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Hey there! Our idiom of the day is ”Be full of hot air,” which means “to talk a lot, especially without saying anything of value or meaning.”⠀
This metaphoric term transfers heated air to vaporous talk. (Late 1800s)
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Hello guys! 😀 Our idiom of the day is ”Be full of hot air”, which means “to talk a lot, especially without saying anything of value or meaning.”
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This metaphoric term transfers heated air to vaporous talk. (Late 1800s)
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“Can’t see the forest for the trees” means “to pay too much attention to details and not understand the general situation”.
Usage in a TV series (“The X Files”):
- I’m saying that what looks like it might be bad luck may not be bad luck. That we can’t tell yet. We’re not in that position. We can’t see the forest for the trees.
Hey there! 😀 Our idiom of the day is ”Spit it out“, which means “go ahead and say something.“ Used as an idiom since 1855.
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Hey everybody! Our idiom of the day is ”Kill time,” which means “to do something while waiting.” ⏱
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This idiom was first recorded about 1768.
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Hello everybody! Our idiom of the day is “Have a sweet tooth”, which means “to like to eat sweet food.” Middle English phrase dating back to 1350–1400. 🍰
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Hello everybody! Our idiom of the day is ”Bite someone’s head off“, which means “to speak to someone in an angry way.”
This idiom derived from a much older idiom, dating from the 1500’s, bite someone’s nose off. The present idiom has been used since the mid-1900s.
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Hello everybody! Our idiom of the day is ”Bite someone’s head off“, which means “to speak to someone in an angry way.”
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This idiom derived from a much older idiom, dating from the 1500’s,
bite someone’s nose off. The present idiom has been used since the
mid-1900s.
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Hey there! 😀 Our idiom of the day is ”Stuff your face“, which means “to eat a lot of food quickly.“
The phrase has its origins in the U.S. (1930s+)
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