User talk:Mrvindu

English Vocabulary, Verbal Phrases and Idioms

Diaspora

Pessimistic

Reel

Bombshell

tart up (To dress someone up or make something fancy in a tawdry, garish way: We tarted up the apartment with a pink shag carpet. The dancers tarted themselves up in feathers and sequins.)

chip off the old block (a person (usually a male) who behaves in the same way as his father or resembles his father. John looks like his father—a real chip off the old block. Bill Jones, Jr., is a chip off the old block. He's a banker just like his father.)

bottle it (To lose one's nerve, courage, or resolve to undertake something. Primarily heard in UK. I wanted to ask Steve on a date, but I bottled it at the last minute.)

hold the fort (to take care of a place while someone who is usually there is gone, such as a store or one's home.)

walk on eggshells (1. to walk very carefully; to take steps gingerly. Since he stumbled and fell against the china cabinet, Bill has been walking on eggshells. 2. to be very diplomatic and inoffensive. I was walking on eggshells trying to explain the remark to her without offending her further.)

be in the firing line (if someone or something is in the firing line, they are likely to be criticized, attacked, or got rid of The judge found himself in the firing line from women's groups after his controversial comments about sexual assault. Recent cuts in council budgets mean that concessionary fares were next on the firing line.)

run an errand and do an errand; go on an errand (to take a short trip to do a specific thing; to complete an errand. I've got to run an errand. I'll be back in a minute. John has gone on an errand. He'll be back shortly.)

give somebody/something the benefit of the doubt (to decide you will believe someone or something People tell me I shouldn't trust him, but I'm willing to give Simon the benefit of the doubt and wait and see what he actually offers. The American people are usually willing to give the government the benefit of the doubt.)