Travel Idioms
Boat idioms
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"A" Vocabulary
"B" Vocabulary
100
This means that you are telling a person that either they accept what you propose or they leave the project.
What is "my way or the highway"?
100
When do you miss the boat?
When you fail to take advantage of an opportunity because you don't act quickly enough.
100
When you see something but pass it by, and then decide that it is cool enough to look again.
What is "give a second look"?
100
Atmosphere
What is "the feeling that an event or place gives you"?
100
benevolent
What is kind and generous?
200
When you waste your time doing something that has already been done by other people, when they could be doing something more worthwhile.
What is reinvent the wheel?
200
When you are asking someone to do nothing that might cause trouble or upset a stable situation.
What is "don't rock the boat"?
200
A picture of yourself that you take.
What is a selfie?
200
assuage
What is to make an unpleasant feeling less painful or severe?
200
Bite the bullet
What is to do or accept something difficult or unpleasant; to endure pain with fortitude?
300
If someone has used all their energy on something, but must continue.
What is "running on fumes"?
300
This means you should do whatever makes you happy.
What is "whatever floats your boat"?
300
To let someone run free and wild without supervision.
What is "to cut (someone) loose?"
300
attain
What is "to succeed in achieving something after trying for a long time"?
300
brazen
What is "used to describe a person or the actions of a person who is not embarrassed about behaving in a wrong or immoral way"?
400
The person who complains or protests the loudest attracts attention and service.
What is the squeaky wheel gets the grease?
400
When you get ready for an important action and put away items that might get in your way.
What is "clear the decks"?
400
Benefits of a job or opportunity.
What is a perk?
400
apoplectic
What is to be so angry that your face becomes red?
400
burn the candle at both ends
What is "to get very tired by doing things until very late at night and getting up early in the mornings."
500
When you get someone in trouble either by placing blame on that person or by not standing up for him.
What is to throw someone under the bus?
500
If you leave a company or institution for another because it is doing badly.
What is "jump ship"?
500
Another word for zero (that starts with the letter z)
What is zilch?
500
Analogous
What is "similar to another situation or thing so that a comparison can be made"?
500
Bevy
What is "a large group of people of the same kind, especially girls or young women"?