Idioms I
Do wonders
To have a beneficial effect
By the skin of your teeth
If you do something by the skin of your teeth, you only just succeed in doing it
See off someone
Go with someone to the station or airport that they are leaving from and say goodbye to them there
Someone who affects or changes the way that other people behave
influencer
Get your act together
To organise yourself and your work in a more effective way
change your tune
to change your opinion completely, especially because you know it will bring you an advantage
Settle up with someone
Pay someone the money you owe them
Designed to be used once and then disposed of or destroyed
single-use
Be out of the question
This is used to say that something is not allowed or impossible
Keep your head down
To try to avoid being noticed or getting involved in something
Think over something
Consider a problem or decision carefully
Call for the withdrawal of support from a public figure, usually in response to an accusation of a socially unacceptable action or comment.
Cancel culture
Be in stitches
To not be able to stop laughing
Prey on your mind
If something preys on your mind it worries you over a period of time so that you can’t forget it
Wind up something
Bring something to an end
The action or fact of mistaking or misstating a person’s gender, esp. of addressing or referring to a transgender person in terms that do not reflect…
misgendering
fly off the handle
to react in a very angry way to something that someone says or does
Take something with a pinch/grain of salt
to understand that something is likely to be untrue or incorrect
Put off someone
Stop someone concentrating
a person who only eats food that is grown or produced in their local area
locavore