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idiom 70-74


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- (be) a shadow/ghost of one's former self
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have much less health/ power or influence than one used to have before

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- (be) a shadow/ghost of one's former self
Have much less health/ power or influence than one used to have before
- cut no ice with sb
Not affect or impress someone
- give sb hell
Reprimand sb angrily; make sb's life hard
- give sth a whirl
Try (doing) sth to see if it is fun or interesting
- have (got) one's head in the clouds
Be unable to think in a realistic way; be a dreamer
- (be) in a fog (about/over sth)
Be confused or unaware of sth
- keep a weather eye open for sth
Observe sth carefully in order to react quickly
- (look) like nothing on earth
(look) ill or unattractive
- move heaven and earth to do sth
Do everything one can in order to achieve sth
- pluck sth out of the air
Give a quick and not accurate answer to a question without thinking about it first
- praise sb/sth to the skies
Praise sb/sth very much or admire sb/sth
- put the wind up sb
Make sb feel uneasy or afraid of sth
- pull strings
Use his influences
- have egg on his face
Looked really embarrassed
- put my feet up
Having a rest
- push the boat out
Spend a lot of money on sth
- have a roof over our heads
Have a place to live.
- cast pearls before swine
Give him everything he wants
- fall between two stools
Find it too hard to choose between
- wet the baby's head
Celebrate the baby's birth by drinking
- pull up stakes
Leave home and start living in a different place.
- pick up the threads of sth
Start sth again after a break.
- go cap in hand to sb
Beg sb respectfully for sth
- bring sbto book
Make sb face the responsibility of their wrongdoing.
- cut a dash
Impress sb with your brilliant appearance.
- make a muck of sth
Do sth in a completely wrong way.
- blow away the cobwebs
Get or do sth that makes you feel refreshed and gives you energy.
- rub salt into someone's wounds
Make their suffering more acute.
- pass the buck
Refuse to take responsibility for a mistake and try to make sbelse accept it
- put a new complexion on sth
Make it look different.
- draw a veil over sth
You avoid talking about sth
- get the chop
To be dismissed from work.
- clutch at straws
Try to find a solution to a difficult situation by any means even though you realize you are likely to fail.
- burst one’s bubble
Bring an end to one’s hopes or dreams.
- have got bats in the belfry
To be crazy or eccentric.
- cut corners
Do things quickly and in a careless and easy way without giving them proper attention.
- put sboff their stride
Divert their attention so they stop doing their things well.
- walk on eggshells
Act in a very careful way because you don't want to disturb or upset someone.
- take the measure of sb
Test someone's value and make an opinion about them in order to be able to deal with them.
- give sbthe hump
Make them very angry.
- cut sth short
Interrupt slh
- cut up rough
Behave or react angrily or violently
- go it alone
Decide to do sth difficult without anybody's support
- have a down on sb
Dislike someone
- have a thin time (of it)
Have a hard time in business
- lay sb low
(of an illness) make sb stay in bed
- make oneself scarce
Leave a place quickly in order to avoid trouble or embarrassment
- play (it) safe
Do sth in a safe way and avoid danger
- drive a hard bargain
Always try to gain advantage or better profit in business dealings
- get a rise out of sb
Say sth that makes sbreact angrily
- get wind of sth
Hear sth secret or private
- go (like) a bomb
Be very successful and enjoyable
- go to town over/on sth
Get a lot of entertainment in clubs
- hit the spot
Be exactly the thing that one wants or needs
- if push comes to shove
If there is no other choice
- in/at one fell swoop
All at the same time; with one single action or movement
- jump out of one's skin
Get suddenly frightened
- keep the flag flying
Continue to support sth or sb that is losing strength / popularity etc.
- lay it on the line
State or explain sth in a Firm/ honest and direct way
- leave sb cold
Fail to affect or interest someone
- make no odds to sb
Be unimportant to someone
- not know sb from Adam
Not know sbat all
- pull rank on sb
Use one's position of authority in an unfair way
- put one's foot in it
Unintentionally say sth offensive or embarrassing
- (be) rotten to the core
Be spoilt very much
- set sb's mind at rest/ease
Make sbstop worrying/ make sbcalm down
- when the chips are down
When steps must be taken immediately