IDIOMS
[1] IDIOMS BASED ON HARD WORK
1) get one's nose/back to the grindstone - to start a hard tedious task.
2) to be on a roll - experiencing a period of success or good luck.
3) be snowed under - be overwhelmed with a large quantity of work.
4) bend over backwards - to work extra hard to help someone or to make them happy.
5) blood, sweat and tears - a lot of effort
6) burning a candle at both ends - to work too hard as well as trying to do other things.
7) go the extra mile - to do more than what is expected to make something happen.
8) raise the bar - raise the standards in order to meet a better result.
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,9) take the bull by the horns - to deal decisively with a difficult or dangerous situation.
10) move mountains - make every possible effort, doing impossible if needed..
[2] IDIOMS ON WATER :
1) in hot water - in a dangerous situation
2) in deep water - in a difficult situation
Hy
3) like a duck takes to water - very naturally; without effort
Syn : like a knife through butter
4) like a fish out of water - to feel uncomfortable because of unfamiliar situation or place
5) to muddy the waters - to make a situation more confusing and unclear.
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, 6) to keep one's head above water - to survive in a difficult situation, especially concerning
money
7) to throw/pour cold water on sth - to criticize someone's idea or plan so much that one no
longer feels excited about it.
8) to pour oil on troubled waters - to calm a person or situation
9) to hold water - to withstand scrutiny or criticism; to be valid
10) water off a duck's back - when criticisms or insults or warnings have no effect on the
person.
11) to be like oil and water - describes things or people that don't go well together.
12) water under the bridge - sth in the past that can't be controlled or undone, but must be
accepted, forgiven and forgotten.
Syn : water over the damn
13) dead in the water - doomed; unable to succeed
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[1] IDIOMS BASED ON HARD WORK
1) get one's nose/back to the grindstone - to start a hard tedious task.
2) to be on a roll - experiencing a period of success or good luck.
3) be snowed under - be overwhelmed with a large quantity of work.
4) bend over backwards - to work extra hard to help someone or to make them happy.
5) blood, sweat and tears - a lot of effort
6) burning a candle at both ends - to work too hard as well as trying to do other things.
7) go the extra mile - to do more than what is expected to make something happen.
8) raise the bar - raise the standards in order to meet a better result.
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,9) take the bull by the horns - to deal decisively with a difficult or dangerous situation.
10) move mountains - make every possible effort, doing impossible if needed..
[2] IDIOMS ON WATER :
1) in hot water - in a dangerous situation
2) in deep water - in a difficult situation
Hy
3) like a duck takes to water - very naturally; without effort
Syn : like a knife through butter
4) like a fish out of water - to feel uncomfortable because of unfamiliar situation or place
5) to muddy the waters - to make a situation more confusing and unclear.
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, 6) to keep one's head above water - to survive in a difficult situation, especially concerning
money
7) to throw/pour cold water on sth - to criticize someone's idea or plan so much that one no
longer feels excited about it.
8) to pour oil on troubled waters - to calm a person or situation
9) to hold water - to withstand scrutiny or criticism; to be valid
10) water off a duck's back - when criticisms or insults or warnings have no effect on the
person.
11) to be like oil and water - describes things or people that don't go well together.
12) water under the bridge - sth in the past that can't be controlled or undone, but must be
accepted, forgiven and forgotten.
Syn : water over the damn
13) dead in the water - doomed; unable to succeed
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