Vocabulary (I)
Get- up- and- Go
Energy, motivation, show eagerness.
distinct
To make someone promise not to tell a secret
To be sworn to secrey
To do two things at once
To kill two birds with a stone
To rub shoulders
To socialise with somebody
The reconstruction of the events _____her memory a bit.
jogged
To celebrate ( idiom with colours)
To paint the town red
An obvious truth that is deliberately ignored by everyone in a situation
A fair-weather friend
friend that only stands by you when the situation is unproblematic
He filmed a movie in two weeks on a ___________ budget.
shoestring
Something that can be both a good thing and a bad thing
A Double-edged sword
When someone has more important matters to attend to
" To have a bigger fish to fry"
To go off the beaten track
to be away from touristic routes
He didn't have the __________idea who Paul was.
Foggiest
When someone is making unnecessary distinctions between things when the differences between them are so small they are not important.
To split hairs with something
Every sad or unpleasant situation has a positive side to it.
"Every cloud has a silver lining"
Hustle and Bustle
noisy activity in a city
We really ____ ____ _____ when we first met. I really loved her attitude to life
hit it off
To begin afresh
To wipe the slate clean
When something happens very rarely or almost never
"Once in a blue moon"