black sheep

Black Sheep:

Someone who does not fit in with the rest of a group and is often considered to be a troublemaker or an embarrassment.  

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sleeping policeman

!It's named 'Sleeping Policeman' in English

To butt in

To have bigger fish to fry

Feel Peckish

The verbs to describe rain

Let bygones be bygones

The icing on the cake

* The icing on the cake *

Meaning: Something really good that makes a good situation even better.

Examples:

"Our trip to London was amazing. The icing on the cake was meeting Johnny Depp in McDonalds!"

"I was so happy that I passed the exam and the icing on the cake was that I got %90 !"

Gotta & Dunno

 

Gotta = 'have got to' - (which means 'have to' OR 'must', but it's only used when speaking) 

 

"I can't go out tonight. I gotta study." 

"She has gotta get up early tomorrow." 

"Have you gotta babysit on Saturday?" 

 

Dunno = 'don't know' - (not in the third person singular or interrogative) 

 

"I dunno what I'm going to do this weekend." 

"What are you gonna do after college?" ... "Dunno!" 

"You dunno what you're talking about!"

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chop-chop

Wakey-Wakey

Put years on sb

< Put Years On Someone >

Meaning: If an event or difficult situation puts years on someone, it

 makes them look or feel much older.

Example: I hardly recognized Mr. Brown. His illness has put years on him.

Sleep like a log

call on sb

bone of contention

A bone of contention

Meaning: When something is a bone of contention, it causes strong arguments between people over a long time.

Example: There is a very little parking space, which makes it quite a bone of contention in our street.

Tee off

 Tee Off   

Meaning: to make someone angry, to annoy

Example: John teed me off when he said he couldn't pay back the money he owed me.

Variety: This slang is typically used in American English , but may be used in other varieties of English too. 

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NEWS & COMMENTARY

http://www.sloweasyenglish.com/category/news-and-commentary/

The Current Events & News section of the website (sloweasyenglish.com) focuses mainly on news and events that have happened quite recently. Watching these videos is always good for practicing your listening.

wear the pants

wear the pants: to be the person in charge in a marriage or family 

example: she has the best-paid job and she also wears the pants in the family.

usage notes: used to describe women, as in the example

barking up the wrong tree

BODY IDIOMS

Tired

Synonyms / slang for "tired"
Whacked;  exhausted;  knackered;  cream-crackered  (rhyming slang for "knackered")

So, instead of saying "I'm a bit tired", you could say:
"I'm a bit whacked."
"I'm absolutely knackered." (For informal situations.)

HANG

Tank up

(( TANK-UP ))

 It's an expression, along with GAS-UP, that means to fill the car

 or truck's tank with fuel.

Eat one's cake and have it too

Eat one’s cake and have it too

MEANING: use or spend something and still keep it

EXAMPLE: He refuses to give up anything and always wants to eat his cake and have it too. 

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Telephone Phrasal Verbs

" Telephone Phrasal Verbs "

Cut Off: To interrupt a telephone conversation

Get Through: To succeed in speaking to sb on the telephone

Put Through: To connect by telephone

Hang On / Hold On: To wait for a short time

Hang Up: To end a telephone conversation and put the phone down

Call Back: To telephone sb again or in return

Speak Up: To speak louder

Break Up: To become inaudible over the telephone

grin from ear to ear

" Grin from ear to ear " 

Meaning: If somebody is grinning from ear to ear, he/she looks very satisfied and happy. 

Twenty most common idioms in English

Twenty Most Common Idioms in English and What They Mean...

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