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Category: Phrase of the Week

Posted on July 31, 2018September 27, 2018

Phrase of the Week: 23rd July 2018

live (from) hand to mouth (a hand-to-mouth existence)
Live with only just enough money to eat and nothing for extras.

Posted on July 31, 2018September 27, 2018

Phrase of the Week: 16th July 2018

TLC (Tender Loving Care)
Considerate and kindly care of someone or something that needs it.

Posted on July 31, 2018September 27, 2018

Phrase of the Week: 9th July 2018

at large
(Especially of a criminal or dangerous animal) Free, escaped or not yet captured.

Posted on July 31, 2018September 27, 2018

Phrase of the Week: 02 July 2018

a hat trick
Three successes of the same kind in a limited period, especially in cricket, football, rugby, baseball and ice hockey.

Posted on June 26, 2018September 27, 2018

Phrase of the Week: 25th June 2018

hear something on the grapevine
Hear some news (often gossip) from someone who heard it from somebody else.

Posted on June 26, 2018September 27, 2018

Phrase of the Week: 18th June 2018

be on a hiding to nothing
Try to do something when it is impossible for you to succeed.

Posted on June 26, 2018September 27, 2018

Phrase of the Week: 11th June 2018

‘have (or ‘get’) the munchies’ (Informal, British English)
have a sudden desire to eat something

Posted on June 5, 2018September 27, 2018

Phrase of the Week: 4th June 2018

a mishmash of ….
A confused mixture of different kinds of things

Posted on May 31, 2018September 27, 2018

Phrase of the Week: 28th May 2018

be (as) right as rain

Feel well again

Posted on May 31, 2018September 27, 2018

Phrase of the Week 21st May 2018

wear your heart on your sleeve

Make your emotions and feelings obvious; you don’t hide them.

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