#idiom
Under a cloud
If someone is under a cloud, they are generally not trusted or are disapproved of, because of something that they have done;under suspicion or discredited.
☁️The president of the bank resigned under a cloud several weeks ago.
☁️He departed as English coach under a cloud over his business dealings.
☁️With its leader under a cloud, these are difficult times for the party.
☁️He’d been stealing, so he was asked to resign, and he left under a cloud.
Under a cloud
If someone is under a cloud, they are generally not trusted or are disapproved of, because of something that they have done;under suspicion or discredited.
☁️The president of the bank resigned under a cloud several weeks ago.
☁️He departed as English coach under a cloud over his business dealings.
☁️With its leader under a cloud, these are difficult times for the party.
☁️He’d been stealing, so he was asked to resign, and he left under a cloud.
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🔥Fan the flames
= Add fuel to the fire
To do or say something to make an argument, problem, or bad situation worse.
🔥There are several specific and new issues that are fanning the flames in this dispute.
🔥 Lee's latest film, based on the life of Malcolm X, is set to fan the flames of controversy even higher
🔥The debate was going poorly for the senatorial candidate, and his strikingly uncouth comments simply fanned the flames.
🔥Fan the flames
= Add fuel to the fire
To do or say something to make an argument, problem, or bad situation worse.
🔥There are several specific and new issues that are fanning the flames in this dispute.
🔥 Lee's latest film, based on the life of Malcolm X, is set to fan the flames of controversy even higher
🔥The debate was going poorly for the senatorial candidate, and his strikingly uncouth comments simply fanned the flames.
#idiom
🔥Fan the flames
= Add fuel to the fire
To do or say something to make an argument, problem, or bad situation worse.
🔥There are several specific and new issues that are fanning the flames in this dispute.
🔥 Lee's latest film, based on the life of Malcolm X, is set to fan the flames of controversy even higher
🔥The debate was going poorly for the senatorial candidate, and his strikingly uncouth comments simply fanned the flames.
🔥Fan the flames
= Add fuel to the fire
To do or say something to make an argument, problem, or bad situation worse.
🔥There are several specific and new issues that are fanning the flames in this dispute.
🔥 Lee's latest film, based on the life of Malcolm X, is set to fan the flames of controversy even higher
🔥The debate was going poorly for the senatorial candidate, and his strikingly uncouth comments simply fanned the flames.
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*Learning new vocabulary is essential to improving your English skills. Today, we want to share 38 other ways to say "I don’t know" with you.*
So, What can I say instead of “I don’t know”? 🤔⤵️
⚪️I can’t remember off the top of my head.
🔴I’ll get back to you on that.
🔵I don’t have that information here right now.
⚪️I don’t know anything about…
🔴I have no clue/idea.
🔵I am not the best person to answer that.
⚪️I haven’t got the faintest idea.
🔴I haven’t had time to think that through yet.
🔵I haven’t looked at that yet.
🔴I want to be sure and give you the correct information. Let me check.
🔵Who knows?
⚪️I’ll find out and let you know.
🔴I’ll get back to you on that one.
🔵I’m going to investigate that further.
⚪️I’m not 100% sure on that.
🔴I’m not sure
🔵I’m unsure.
⚪️I’m probably not the best person to ask for that information.
🔴I’ve been wondering the same thing!
🔵I’m afraid. I have no idea
⚪️It could be one of many possibilities, I’ll look into it.
🔴It’s a mystery to me.
🔵It’s beyond me.
⚪️Let me check on that.
🔴Let me find out for you.
🔵Let me look that up for you.
⚪️Search me.
🔴That requires a bit more research first.
🔵That’s a really good question, I’ll check/ find out.
⚪️That’s not my area of expertise, I’ll ask …..
🔴That’s something I want you to find out for yourself!
🔵That’s exactly what I’m seeking to answer.
⚪️That’s good question, but I don’t know.
🔴That’s good question, I’ll check this.
🔵There are several possible answers, I’ll need more information first.
⚪️What do you suggest?
🔴What do you think?
🔵I’ll double check and let you know.
Key vocabulary:
1.▪️Off the top of my head (#idiom): If you give someone information off the top of your head, you do so from memory, without checking beforehand.
Examples
2.▪️Further: additional to what already exists or has been done.
Difference between “Further and Farther” and more confusing words
*Learning new vocabulary is essential to improving your English skills. Today, we want to share 38 other ways to say "I don’t know" with you.*
So, What can I say instead of “I don’t know”? 🤔⤵️
⚪️I can’t remember off the top of my head.
🔴I’ll get back to you on that.
🔵I don’t have that information here right now.
⚪️I don’t know anything about…
🔴I have no clue/idea.
🔵I am not the best person to answer that.
⚪️I haven’t got the faintest idea.
🔴I haven’t had time to think that through yet.
🔵I haven’t looked at that yet.
🔴I want to be sure and give you the correct information. Let me check.
🔵Who knows?
⚪️I’ll find out and let you know.
🔴I’ll get back to you on that one.
🔵I’m going to investigate that further.
⚪️I’m not 100% sure on that.
🔴I’m not sure
🔵I’m unsure.
⚪️I’m probably not the best person to ask for that information.
🔴I’ve been wondering the same thing!
🔵I’m afraid. I have no idea
⚪️It could be one of many possibilities, I’ll look into it.
🔴It’s a mystery to me.
🔵It’s beyond me.
⚪️Let me check on that.
🔴Let me find out for you.
🔵Let me look that up for you.
⚪️Search me.
🔴That requires a bit more research first.
🔵That’s a really good question, I’ll check/ find out.
⚪️That’s not my area of expertise, I’ll ask …..
🔴That’s something I want you to find out for yourself!
🔵That’s exactly what I’m seeking to answer.
⚪️That’s good question, but I don’t know.
🔴That’s good question, I’ll check this.
🔵There are several possible answers, I’ll need more information first.
⚪️What do you suggest?
🔴What do you think?
🔵I’ll double check and let you know.
Key vocabulary:
1.▪️Off the top of my head (#idiom): If you give someone information off the top of your head, you do so from memory, without checking beforehand.
Examples
2.▪️Further: additional to what already exists or has been done.
Difference between “Further and Farther” and more confusing words
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♨ get through — phrasal verb
💥get through something
1-👉 to use up a large amount of something
▷We got through a fortune while we were in New York!
2-👉to manage to do or complete something
▷Let's start — there's a lot to get through.
💥get through (something)
👉(British English) to be successful in an exam, etc.
💥get somebody through something
👉to help somebody to be successful in an exam
▷She got all her students through the exam.
💥get through (something) | get something through (something)
👉to be officially accepted; to make something be officially accepted
▷They got the bill through Congress.
💥get through (to somebody)
1-👉to reach somebody
▷Thousands of refugees will die if these supplies don't get through to them.
2-👉to make contact with somebody by telephone
▷I tried calling you several times but I couldn't get through.
💥get through (to something)
👉(of a player or team) to reach the next stage of a competition
▷Gulbis has got through to the final.
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♨ get through — phrasal verb
💥get through something
1-👉 to use up a large amount of something
▷We got through a fortune while we were in New York!
2-👉to manage to do or complete something
▷Let's start — there's a lot to get through.
💥get through (something)
👉(British English) to be successful in an exam, etc.
💥get somebody through something
👉to help somebody to be successful in an exam
▷She got all her students through the exam.
💥get through (something) | get something through (something)
👉to be officially accepted; to make something be officially accepted
▷They got the bill through Congress.
💥get through (to somebody)
1-👉to reach somebody
▷Thousands of refugees will die if these supplies don't get through to them.
2-👉to make contact with somebody by telephone
▷I tried calling you several times but I couldn't get through.
💥get through (to something)
👉(of a player or team) to reach the next stage of a competition
▷Gulbis has got through to the final.
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🎯 Dogsbody
⇨ A person who is employed to do menial jobs only
▷ I’m sorry, but I won’t let you get away with treating me like your dogsbody any more.
▷ Initially, he was taken on just as a general dogsbody, which is why no-one can get over his promotion to Regional Manager.
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🎯 Dogsbody
⇨ A person who is employed to do menial jobs only
▷ I’m sorry, but I won’t let you get away with treating me like your dogsbody any more.
▷ Initially, he was taken on just as a general dogsbody, which is why no-one can get over his promotion to Regional Manager.
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🎯 Scapegoat
⇨ A person who is unfairly blamed for everything that has gone wrong in order to satisfy public anger — often used with the verb “to make”
▷ It’s unfair to make the Chancellor the scapegoat for the downturn in the economy; the entire Government has got a lot to answer for.
▷ The police came off very badly in this case, having dithered for what seems an eternity, and now they are looking for a scapegoat.
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🎯 Scapegoat
⇨ A person who is unfairly blamed for everything that has gone wrong in order to satisfy public anger — often used with the verb “to make”
▷ It’s unfair to make the Chancellor the scapegoat for the downturn in the economy; the entire Government has got a lot to answer for.
▷ The police came off very badly in this case, having dithered for what seems an eternity, and now they are looking for a scapegoat.
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🎯To pencil someone/something in
⇨ To make a provisional [something which could be changed later] appointment with someone
▷ I tell you what; I’ll pencil you in for Tuesday the 18th, and in the meantime I’d appreciate it if you could keep me posted as to what’s likely to come up before then.
▷ Things are a little up in the air at the moment. If you pencil the meeting in for Wednesday, I’ll get back to you before packing up tonight on whether I can make it or not.
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🎯To pencil someone/something in
⇨ To make a provisional [something which could be changed later] appointment with someone
▷ I tell you what; I’ll pencil you in for Tuesday the 18th, and in the meantime I’d appreciate it if you could keep me posted as to what’s likely to come up before then.
▷ Things are a little up in the air at the moment. If you pencil the meeting in for Wednesday, I’ll get back to you before packing up tonight on whether I can make it or not.
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♨At stake
⇨ At risk — often money or one’s reputation
▷Lawyer to Client: I’m sorry to be blunt, but it’s not worth putting my career at stake over such a borderline case.
▷Has it dawned on you exactly how much money is at stake here?
💥dawn on somebody
⇨ [no passive] if something dawns on you, you begin to realize it for the first time
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♨At stake
⇨ At risk — often money or one’s reputation
▷Lawyer to Client: I’m sorry to be blunt, but it’s not worth putting my career at stake over such a borderline case.
▷Has it dawned on you exactly how much money is at stake here?
💥dawn on somebody
⇨ [no passive] if something dawns on you, you begin to realize it for the first time
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🎯To get going
💥1.☜To get a move on; to hurry up and leave/start; to get something started
♨Note that “to get a move on” is preferred to “to get going” for use in the imperative
— See 3rd example below.
▷I’m not trying to drop you a hint, but you’d better get going if you want to dodge the rush hour traffic.
▷Let’s get this meeting going before we wind up having to stay the night here.
▷Get a move on! We’ll never clear this backlog at this rate.
💥2.☜To become or make something more lively, e.g. a party — Colloquial
▷ Conversation:
A: I might have known you’d turn up late!
B: Oh sorry, but we thought the party wouldn’t really get going until midnight.
▷We could have done with a live band to get the wedding reception going but we had to make do with background classical music instead.
⚡️ make do with sth ⇨ to manage with something that is not really good enough
💥3.☜To wind somebody up; to tease — Colloquial
▷It’s so easy to get your brother going; I never knew he was so touchy.
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🎯To get going
💥1.☜To get a move on; to hurry up and leave/start; to get something started
♨Note that “to get a move on” is preferred to “to get going” for use in the imperative
— See 3rd example below.
▷I’m not trying to drop you a hint, but you’d better get going if you want to dodge the rush hour traffic.
▷Let’s get this meeting going before we wind up having to stay the night here.
▷Get a move on! We’ll never clear this backlog at this rate.
💥2.☜To become or make something more lively, e.g. a party — Colloquial
▷ Conversation:
A: I might have known you’d turn up late!
B: Oh sorry, but we thought the party wouldn’t really get going until midnight.
▷We could have done with a live band to get the wedding reception going but we had to make do with background classical music instead.
⚡️ make do with sth ⇨ to manage with something that is not really good enough
💥3.☜To wind somebody up; to tease — Colloquial
▷It’s so easy to get your brother going; I never knew he was so touchy.
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✴️ you don't say!
💢 used to show you are surprised by what someone has told you - also often used when you are not at all surprised by what someone has told you; really? (Sometimes used sarcastically in response to the obvious)
■They're going to have a baby? -You don't say!
■Hey, guess what? There's a country called Brazil!
- You don't say!
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✴️ you don't say!
💢 used to show you are surprised by what someone has told you - also often used when you are not at all surprised by what someone has told you; really? (Sometimes used sarcastically in response to the obvious)
■They're going to have a baby? -You don't say!
■Hey, guess what? There's a country called Brazil!
- You don't say!
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#Idiom
Be hard on somebody
قاسٍ مع الآخرين
↝To be unkind, too strict and not gentl towards somebody.
أن تكون فظ وصارم جداً وغير لطيف تجاه شخص ما.
Ex:
➞Stop being hard on your son.
توقف عن التعامل بقسوة مع ابنك.
➞Divorce can be very hard on children.
يمكن أن يكون الطلاق صعباً للغاية ع الأطفال.
➞Please don't be hard on Tessa—she's such a sensitive kid.
لاتكن فظا مع تيسا رجاءاً، إنها طفلة حساسه.
➞It's hard on me to watch you suffer like this.
من الصعب عليّ أن أشاهدك تعاني هكذا.
➞Why are you being so hard on everyone?
لِم انت قاسٍ مع الجميع؟
➞You're so hard on me.
أنت قاسٍ عليّ.
➞Don't be so hard on yourself.
لا تقسَ ع نفسك.
➞I'm sorry I was so hard on you before.
اسف لأني كنت قاسٍ معك من قبل.
Be hard on somebody
قاسٍ مع الآخرين
↝To be unkind, too strict and not gentl towards somebody.
أن تكون فظ وصارم جداً وغير لطيف تجاه شخص ما.
Ex:
➞Stop being hard on your son.
توقف عن التعامل بقسوة مع ابنك.
➞Divorce can be very hard on children.
يمكن أن يكون الطلاق صعباً للغاية ع الأطفال.
➞Please don't be hard on Tessa—she's such a sensitive kid.
لاتكن فظا مع تيسا رجاءاً، إنها طفلة حساسه.
➞It's hard on me to watch you suffer like this.
من الصعب عليّ أن أشاهدك تعاني هكذا.
➞Why are you being so hard on everyone?
لِم انت قاسٍ مع الجميع؟
➞You're so hard on me.
أنت قاسٍ عليّ.
➞Don't be so hard on yourself.
لا تقسَ ع نفسك.
➞I'm sorry I was so hard on you before.
اسف لأني كنت قاسٍ معك من قبل.