#idioms

🔘FALL ON DEAF EARS


▪️to be heard but ignored, or to be heard but to have no effect.


1. Ashley went to the bank to beg for a loan because she
had no job, but no one would listen to her. Her pleas
fell on deaf ears.

2. The young husband tried to tell his wife why he was
late getting home, but his excuse fell on deaf ears.

▪️Compare to: turn a deaf ear.
▪️The expression is used to describe spoken words. The listener is not really deaf, but acts that way. This idiom is essentially synonymous with turn a deaf ear, but whereas the request falls on deaf ears, the person who ignores the request turns a deaf ear.

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🔘LEARN THE ROPES


🔸to become familiar with a task or situation.

1. The bank manager told the new trainee to keep his
eyes open and watch what the other tellers did until
he learned the ropes.

2. I’m willing to work long hours and I’ll work for free.
I’m anxious to learn the ropes of this business.

🔸Synonym: learn the ins and outs


🔸Compare to: know the ropes
~These expressions are similar, but take place at different times. Before one knows the ropes, one learns the ropes.

INSIST v.
📖 to say very firmly that something must be done

📌🎧 I insist that you try some of these cookies. 🍘
📌 We insist on formal dress for the upcoming ceremony.
📌 We were going to go home, but they insisted that we stay for dessert.


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📒 (#family) phrasal verbs ✏️

✱ Take After Someone ✱

✲ Personality Traits : صفات في الشخصية

✲ Take after my (family member): I am similar in personality to ....

✲ Stubborn : ( عنيد )
Someone who doesn’t change their mind easily

✲ Level-headed : ( رزين )
Calm, rational, doesn’t get very emotional

✲ Taking after someone more and more: becoming more and more similar

✲ Get that from my dad: learned that personality trait from my dad

👉🏻 How to use it:

“I’d like to say that I take after my dad, because he’s the down-to-earth one, but I think that sometimes I’m much more like my mom.”
“Even though she’s only a few months old, people are saying she already takes after her father because she loves food!”

- be down-to-earth (adj.) : شخص عملي/واقعي

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Situations, times, and people give better lessons than books
Good morning ❤️

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🔘Mark🔘


😨 Her only distinguishing mark is her long blond hair. ✖️

😇 Her only distinguishing feature is her long blond hair. ✔️

⚜A mark on someone's face or body is a small area of skin that is a different colour from the rest:

🔅 'You've got two dark red marks on your nose where your glasses have been.'

⚜Things such as the colour of someone's eyes and hair, and the shape of their nose, chin and mouth are their features:

🔅 'As soon as he began to
describe her features, I realized that he was talking about Mandy.

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🔘Mark🔘


😨Before buying a cassette recorder, I asked my friend if he could recommend a good mark.✖️

😇 Before buying a cassette recorder, I asked my friend if he
could recommend a good make. ✔️


😨 As for cigarettes, there are many different marks. ✖️

😇As for cigarettes, there are many different brands. ✔️


⚜mark (also Mk) = a model, type or version (used mainly in trade names):
'a Mk II Jaguar'


⚜make = a particular type of car, washing machine, camera, etc:
🔅 'If you want a really good make, go for a Nikon or a Pentax.'

🔅'Which make of
television do you prefer, Sony or Panasonic?'


⚜brand = a particular type of soap, toothpaste, butter, cigarette, etc:
🔅 'I'm tired of being told which brand of washing powder I should use.'

Good morning, happiness and hope to God on all
Beautiful Saturday 💫☀️


📒 Idioms ✏️

Easy does it! على مَهْلِك

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THE ELEVENTH HOUR
noun
🔹the last possible moment for doing something

📌 We only received the signatures at the eleventh hour.
📌 To change plans at the eleventh hour.
📌 Our pianist had fallen ill, and then, at the eleventh hour, when we thought we’d have to cancel the performance, Jill offered to replace him.
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Zip your lip! Zip it!