phrases
Eat your words: admit that what you previously said was wrong
Pie in the sky: a plan that is attractive but not realistic
As plain as a pikestaff: very obvious
Feel the pinch: experience financial hardship
The pink: the best condition
Poker face: a blank expression that hides your true feelings
Polish up: improve a skill
Down and out: homeless and without
On the dot: exactly on time
Talk nineteen to the dozen: talk fast and continuously
Draw the line at: refuse to do or tolerate
Donkey’s years: a very long time ago
Double – cross: betray a person that you are supposed to be helping
Go to the dogs: get much worse
Hunky-dory: fine, satisfactory
A busman’s holiday: leisure time spent doing the same thing that
you do at work
Burn the candle at both ends: go to bed late and get up early
great people have unconquerable mind
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