#idioms
▪️ordinary; so-so; not especially good or important.
🔘Examples :
1. Tom’s parents wanted to know how he liked the
school. Tom said the school was all right, but it was
nothing to write home about.
2. When we asked them about their trip, they said they
couldn’t complain about it but the hotel was nothing
to write home about.
▪️The expression originates from the idea that if one were
writing a letter to one’s family, the person or thing or event
in question is so ordinary or insignificant that one wouldn’t
even mention it in the letter.
⚫️NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT▪️ordinary; so-so; not especially good or important.
🔘Examples :
1. Tom’s parents wanted to know how he liked the
school. Tom said the school was all right, but it was
nothing to write home about.
2. When we asked them about their trip, they said they
couldn’t complain about it but the hotel was nothing
to write home about.
▪️Antonyms: something to crow about; a feather in one’s cap.
▪️The expression originates from the idea that if one were
writing a letter to one’s family, the person or thing or event
in question is so ordinary or insignificant that one wouldn’t
even mention it in the letter.
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▪️to decrease the amount of energy spent on some
activity; to delay or postpone action on some
activity.
🔘Examples :
1. The boss isn’t sure he wants to pursue that new project right now. I think it’s on the back burner until the current project is finished.
2. Because of the country’s debt problems, the government has had to put its plans to expand the national medical program on the back burner.
▪️The expression on the back burner comes from cooking on a standard stove, which has four burners, two in front and two in back. The burners in front are used for immediate cooking, while the ones in back are often used for simmering or keeping things warm. To move something to the front burner means to make some project highest priority.
⚫️ON THE BACK BURNER, PUT (SOMETHING)
▪️to decrease the amount of energy spent on some
activity; to delay or postpone action on some
activity.
🔘Examples :
1. The boss isn’t sure he wants to pursue that new project right now. I think it’s on the back burner until the current project is finished.
2. Because of the country’s debt problems, the government has had to put its plans to expand the national medical program on the back burner.
▪️The expression on the back burner comes from cooking on a standard stove, which has four burners, two in front and two in back. The burners in front are used for immediate cooking, while the ones in back are often used for simmering or keeping things warm. To move something to the front burner means to make some project highest priority.
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▪️a (figuratively) painful payment of a debt.
1. When we fell behind in our mortgage and asked the
bank to work out a different payment schedule, they
refused and took possession of our house. They got
their pound of flesh.
2. You’ve been annoying me for days about the ten
dollars I owe you, but I’m afraid I don’t have the money right now. You’ll have to wait for your pound of flesh.
▪️The expression originates from Shakespeare’s play The
Merchant of Venice in which Antonio borrows money from
Shylock, the Jewish money lender, promising to pay it back
when his ships arrive. When Antonio learns that his ships
have sunk at sea, Shylock demands payment in the form of one pound of Antonio’s flesh.
🔘POUND OF FLESH▪️a (figuratively) painful payment of a debt.
1. When we fell behind in our mortgage and asked the
bank to work out a different payment schedule, they
refused and took possession of our house. They got
their pound of flesh.
2. You’ve been annoying me for days about the ten
dollars I owe you, but I’m afraid I don’t have the money right now. You’ll have to wait for your pound of flesh.
▪️The expression originates from Shakespeare’s play The
Merchant of Venice in which Antonio borrows money from
Shylock, the Jewish money lender, promising to pay it back
when his ships arrive. When Antonio learns that his ships
have sunk at sea, Shylock demands payment in the form of one pound of Antonio’s flesh.