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إبراهيم كامل أحمد · 13-01-2011, 19:51

It takes the cake

Definition : is the best, most extreme

Examples

It’s the best joke I’ve ever heard. It takes the cake

I’ve seen a lot of good movies, but that one takes the cake

Wow, that song takes the cake. It’s definitely the best song by this band

[align=justify]Back in the 1800s in the southern part of the US, there used to be dance competitions called cakewalks. The winners got to take home a big...

إبراهيم كامل أحمد · 24-12-2010, 01:33

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Through the wringer

Definition : To put someone Through the wringer : cause a lot of stress; give someone a hard time

A wringer is a machine that squeezes all the water out of something. For instance, all dryers have wringers. The wringers help get the water out of your laundry. If you tried putting a person through the wringer, it would not be a very pleasant experience. That person would be squeezed so hard, it would hurt.

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إبراهيم كامل أحمد · 05-11-2010, 00:05

Go with the flow

Definition : accept whatever happens, not cause problems, be easy-going

If you are swimming and you try to swim against the current, you will have to struggle. But if you relax and go with the flow of the water, you’ll have a much easier time. When you let life take you wherever it wants to go, like a river, you go with the flow. You don’t worry too much about making plans and following them precisely. If a problem comes up, you don’t

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إبراهيم كامل أحمد · 14-10-2010, 23:04

Top off

Definition : to finish or conclude

When you top something off, you finish or conclude it. Imagine a suitcase that is almost completely full of clothes. When you put one last shirt on top of the rest, you finish filling the suitcase. You top off your packing, or complete it. It’s common to use the expression top off in relation to filling your car up with gas. When your tank is nearly completely full, and you shake those last few drops of gas out of the

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إبراهيم كامل أحمد · 30-09-2010, 21:21

Social Terrorism

When someone you know comes to visit unexpectedly and inconveniently, often staying for a long time, and you can't tell them to leave without being rude

Example sentence

Yesterday, I was just about to go out, and then the doorbell rang. It was Sally, and she invited herself in and stayed for an hour! It was social terrorism

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إبراهيم كامل أحمد · 29-09-2010, 00:54

Airport vultures

Passengers waiting to board a plane who stalk around near and clog up the boarding gate before a flight, regardless of where their seat is or when boarding actually is

Example sentence

The flight attendant became so irritated with the airport vultures that the flight was abruptly cancelled

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إبراهيم كامل أحمد · 18-09-2010, 22:59

Vatican Roulette

Another name for the rhythm method of birth control. Called so because it is the only form of contraception endorsed by the Catholic Church

Well, the Pope says condoms are out, and the pill is born of the fires of Hell. So get out the calendar, baby, it's time for Vatican roulette

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إبراهيم كامل أحمد · 08-09-2010, 23:44

Right of Wave

The expectation that a fellow driver will offer a wave after allowing them to cut into traffic

Example sentence

Hey, Ponch just cut me off on the 405 and he didn't give me the right of wave

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إبراهيم كامل أحمد · 11-08-2010, 00:34

Right off the bat

Definition : immediately, at once, right away

The expression right off the bat comes from baseball. When a player hits a ball with his bat, it happens very quickly, in an instant. In the same way, when something happens right off the bat, it happens instantaneously, or immediately

Sometimes, you don’t realize you like somebody until you’ve been hanging out with them for a long time. But for some couples, the spark is

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إبراهيم كامل أحمد · 27-07-2010, 21:04

Definition : reject or deny

Getting rejected by someone you like doesn’t feel good. Sometimes it might even feel like that person flipped a switch and shut you down. One minute you were excited and hopeful, and the next minute, everything turned dark

Normally, we shut down machines by turning them off. When you leave work at night, you probably shut down your computer. But to shut someone down means something different.

Have you ever been

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إبراهيم كامل أحمد · 25-05-2010, 20:06

Push the envelope : do something new and different; do something better

The expression push the envelope comes from airplane pilots. All planes have certain limitations of speed, how high they can fly, and how quickly they can change direction. These limits are known as the plane’s performance envelope. The plane’s abilities are contained within the envelope, like a letter.Pilots who push the envelope take planes up to or even beyond their known limits, in order to find out

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إبراهيم كامل أحمد · 22-04-2010, 22:25

Squeeze in

Definition : make time for something in a busy schedule

[align=justify]When you squeeze something in it doesn’t have to take up a big part of your day. You just have to clear a little bit of time for it. It’s important for couples to squeeze in some time for each other if they want to keep their romance going. But there are so many different things we have to squeeze in every day. Between work, family, friends, exercise, eating and errands,
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إبراهيم كامل أحمد · 20-04-2010, 01:41

Until the cows come home

Definition : Indefinitely; without end; for a very long time

At one point in time, people must have waited around for their cows to come in at the end of the night. Apparently that was a very slow process because, although it no longer has anything to do with animals, the idiom until the cows come home means for a very, very long time. The expression is just used to describe an unusually long or outrageous amount of time for something

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إبراهيم كامل أحمد · 16-04-2010, 00:10

Designated driver : Someone who doesn’t drink so he can drive his friends home

Drunk driving can be dangerous. It’s also illegal. In the US and all over the world, if you’ve had just 2 or 3 drinks you may be over the legal limit for how much alcohol you’re allowed to have in your body while driving. If you get caught, you’ll probably have to pay a big fine, lose your license, or maybe even go to jail! That’s why a designated driver is a good thing to have

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إبراهيم كامل أحمد · 09-04-2010, 23:02

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Baggage is a slang term that refers to ideas and memories from the past that weigh you down. When you experienced something hard in life, it can leave you with some baggage. People often have baggage from heartbreaking relationships or disagreements with their family. Just as it’s hard to walk through an airport with a lot of bags, it’s hard to go through life with a lot of baggage
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A slang term : It takes the cake

A slang term : Through the wringer

A slang term : Go with the flow

A slang term : Top off

A slang term : Social Terrorism

A slang term : Airport vultures

A slang term : Vatican Roulette

A slang term : Right of Wave

A slang term : Right off the bat

A slang term : Shut down

A slang term : Push the envelope

A slang term : Squeeze in

A slang term : Until the cows come home

A slang term : Designated driver

A slang term : Baggage

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