MEMORY LANE
This type of memory is not clear or complete – you only have a few details.
What is a sketchy memory?
To support or defend someone, especially when they are being criticised.
What is to stand up for someone?
A book so exciting you cannot stop reading.
What is a page-turner?
When two people like each other immediately after meeting.
What is to hit it off?
When you are very calm and not worried, even under stress.
What is as cool as a cucumber?
When something sounds familiar but you can’t fully remember it, you say it…
What is to ring a bell?
To understand or become popular – for example, a new trend that everyone starts following.
What is to catch on?
Many unexpected changes in a story – often in a detective or thriller genre.
What is twists and turns?
Two people who are very different in character and don’t seem to match.
What is like chalk and cheese?
This pair of words means to complain loudly and angrily.
What is rant and rave?
You try very hard to remember something, often with a funny face and lots of thinking.
What is to rack your brains?
To do something wrong without being punished or caught.
What is to get away with something?
An adjective for a story that seems unbelievable or unrealistic.
What is far-fetched?
To forgive each other and end an argument.
What is to patch things up?
Two expressions that both mean “completely comfortable and fitting perfectly” (one is a simile, one is a verb phrase).
What are fit like a glove and sleep like a log?
This word means making you remember something in a very emotional or sensory way – like a photo that brings back the smell of rain.
What is evocative?
To resemble an older family member in physical appearance, personality, or behavior
What is to take after?
This adjective describes a movie that is extremely impressive and new – like the first Avatar in 3D.
What is ground-breaking?
You know a person completely – their habits, secrets, feelings.
What is to know someone inside out?
To be uncertain and take a long timedeciding something
What is hum and haw?
An abiding or enduring memory is different from a fond memory because…
What is the difference between an abiding/ enduring memory and a fond one?
it lasts longer / it can be positive or negative, while fond is only happy
This phrasal verb means to dislike or discourage someone from doing something.
Example: “The smell of the canteen ______ me ______ eating there.”
What is to put someone off?
To receive strong praise for a new play, book etc
To stay together and support each other during all difficulties, good and bad.
What is to stick together through thick and thin?
This binominal expression means “unfinished, simple but functional” (e.g., a tent or an improvised solution).
What is rough and ready?