Casual English: Idioms 201 - 300
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| Idiom |
Meaning |
Sense |
Example |
| Bring
it! |
Do your best; try
energetically |
positive |
If you join our soccer
team, you'll have to bring
it! We compete against some top teams. |
| You
got this. |
You can do it. |
positive, supportive |
Don't worry about your
presentation. You have years of experience and great ideas.
You got this. |
| throw
________ under the bus |
to give someone else the
blame |
negative |
You
are saying that Tom is at fault for the failure of this
project? You
seem to be throwing
him under the bus. What about your part in this? |
| play
hardball |
to compete aggressively |
neutral, negative |
Our new competitors play hardball. They
are selling products at a loss to drive us away. |
| let
_____ walk all over ______ |
to let someone do things
that are not in your interest or that give you difficulty |
negative |
I
know your wife wants you to go to her friend's birthday
party, but you
should watch the football game with me. Don't let her walk all over
you. |
| ___
been down this/that road before |
to have had a similar
experience |
neutral, often negative |
A
customer complained about your customer service ... again! We've been
down this road before, so what changes do you plan
to make? |
| walk
the walk and talk the talk ____ talk the talk, but ____ don't/doesn't walk the walk |
to do all that is needed,
to do what you say you will do to talk about something, but fail to act appropriately |
positive |
If you become a famous news
reporter, you'll have to walk the walk and talk the talk. I don't like Jim. He loves to talk the talk, but he doesn't walk the walk. He's so unreliable! |
| here
we go again |
something is happening
again |
neutral to negative |
The baby's starting to cry.
Here we go again! |
| it
slipped my mind: ______ slipped my mind |
forgot |
neutral |
So sorry I didn't respond
to your email. It slipped
my mind! |
| _________
don't / doesn't agree with me |
a certain type of
food/drink leads to stomach upset |
negative |
Milk doesn't agree with me. I always
ask for a soy latte. |
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