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#Expressions

#Expressions 💥Throw sb off 'course : 🔅if sb/sth is thrown off course, they are forced away from the direction they should be travelling in: ▪️ The plane was thrown off course. 2🔅to force sb to change the direction in which their ideas or actions are moving: ▪️ The government was thrown off course by economic problems.

#Expressions 💥Fly the coop. ▪️ (idiomatic) Leave or escape. 💥Once she heard the teacher's voice, she flew the coop .

#Expressions 💥Doom and gloom (uncountable) ▪️Something considered indicative of feelings of pessimism and despair. ▪️Antonyms: rainbows and unicorns, sunshine and rainbows. ⚡️The economic forecast contained the usual doom and gloom. ⚡️His sister was all doom and gloom after she lost the part.

#Expressions 💥No great shakes (uncountable) ▪️(idiomatic) Something unexceptional, not noteworthy or special. ▪️Synonyms: nothing to write home about ⚡️You're welcome to stay here, but this hut ain't no great shakes for such as you.

#Expressions 💥raring to do something (BrE) ● very eager to do something ⚜The children were raring to get outdoors.

#Expressions 💥on the brink ●(idiomatic) Very nearly; imminent; close. ⚜The old building seemed to be on the brink of collapse.

#Expressions 🔘on the level ▪️(idiomatic) Honest(ly), sincere(ly), straightforward(ly), fair(ly). 🔸He looks like a used car salesman, but he's really on thelevel, so you can trust him.

#Expressions 💥Finer things ●That which is considered of a high quality, expensive or tasteful. •Example: ⚡️I'm not materialistic, though I do enjoy the finer things in life.

#Expressions 💥Lose sleep over something •to worry about something •Example: ⚡️I know she's angry with me, but I'm not losing any sleep over it.

#Expressions 💥Take the plunge •to do something important or difficult, especially after thinking about it for a long time. ●Example: ⚡️We're finally going to take the plunge and buy a house.

#Expressions 💥Lend itself to sth FORMAL •to be suitable for a particular purpose •Example: ⚡️The novel's complex, imaginative style does not lend itself to translation.