“Be up in arms” means “to protest strongly”.
Example: The hockey fans were up in arms when their team got an unfair penalty in the last few minutes of the game.
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Ready to watch our video example? Our idiom of the day is “Speak with a forked tongue”, which means “to tell lies, to make false promises”.
Usage in a TV series (“Prison Break”):
- You’re gonna let me traipse on out of here.
- Depends on the information. Who’s pulling your strings?
- You know, I got a hunch you’re speaking with a forked tongue, pretty.
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Hello everybody! 😀 Our idiom of the day is “Down the road“, which means “in the future“ (chiefly North American). Another variant of the phrase - “Down the line”. An Australian variant of this phrase is down the track.
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Hey there! 😊 Our idiom of the day is ”Race against time”, which means “to do something very quickly.”
The phrase is speculated to have originated in the old American English but there is no literary proof to support this claim.
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Hello everybody! Our idiom of the day is “Put all your eggs in one basket”, which means “to put all your efforts or all your resources into one plan or one course of action”.
This proverb, first recorded in 1710, has largely replaced the much older “trust all one’s goods to one ship”.
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Hello everybody! 😊 Our idiom of the day is “Give someone the creeps“, which means “to make you feel frightened or nervous.“
This idiomatic phrase refers to a feeling that loathsome things are creeping on one’s skin.
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Hey guys! 😀 Our idiom of the day is ”Bend over backwards”, which means “to try very hard to do something”.
This phrase has its origin in gymnastics and was used as early as 920 CE to compare the athletic act of bending the back to doing something difficult.
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“Spit it out” means “go ahead and say something”.
Usage in a movie (“Birdman”):
- I don’t even know the guy, okay? What’s your point?
- What’s my point?
- Yeah, what’s your point? What are you saying? Spit it out! You’re saying what? What are you saying? You’re saying love is absolute.
- Yes! Yes! The kind of love that I’m talking about, it is absolute!
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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.”
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.
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“Barking dogs seldom bite” means “people who make big threats rarely take action”.
Example: Old Mrs. Smith keeps saying she’ll call the police if we walk on her lawn, but don’t worry. Barking dogs seldom bite.
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