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get a foot in the door

nỗ lực tham gia một lĩnh vực nào đó ( có thể đem lại sự thành công)

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cash cow

công việc đem lại nhiều lợi nhuận

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many chiefs and not enough Indians

thừa thầy thiếu thợ

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an eager beaver

người làm việc chăm chỉ

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a slice of the pie

lợi ích

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go belly up

thất bại hoàn toàn

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to grease sb’s palms

hối lộ ai đó

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to hold the fort

chịu trách nhiệm khi ai đó vắng

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keep our heads above water

nỗ lực vượt qua khó khăn

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sell ice to Eskimos

thuyết phục ai đó làm gì nhưng không cần thiết

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a sleeping partner

đối tác kinh doanh

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walking paper

thông báo sa thải

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a dead duck

thất bại

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chip in

quyên góp, đóng góp

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come down to the wire

gần đến phút chót

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a front runner

người dẫn đầu

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get into full swing of

thoải mái làm vc j sau 1 khoảng thời gian

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get off the hook

có trách nhiệm rời đi, thoát khỏi

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give a fair shake

cố gắng làm gì trước khi từ bỏ

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get a second wind

: khôi phục năng lượng

eg: Eric was exhausted after 3 kilometres of running, but he got a ____ wind after he passed the beach.

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give sb a run for sb’s money

: cố gắng hết sức đánh bại người khác

eg: I know the other team is expected to win, but let's give them a run for their ______ tonight

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go overboard

: nói hay lm nhiều hơn bạn cần

eg: You can't believe everything Jane says about Marco. She tends to ______overbroad when she's complaining about him.

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hit a snag

: gặp khó khăn

eg: The renovations were going along great until we hit a _________ with the carpet installation

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hold all the aces

: mong đợi chiến thắng hay th|nh công

eg: The children hold all the _____ when it comes to the father-son baseball tournament.

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hot shot

người quan trọng hay cực kỳ thành công

eg: All the ______ shots from Silicon Valley were invited to meet the president.

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jump the gun

: bắt đầu quá sớm

eg: I guess I jumped the ____ by buying Pam and Paul a wedding gift. They called off the

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level playing field

: sân chơi bình đẳng, mọi người đều có cơ hội như nhau

eg: The spelling bee is a level playing _____ because all of the kids are in grade nine.

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hard luck

Tội bạn, bày tỏ sự tiếc thương cho ai

eg: _____! You deserved to win.

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from scratch

(idm) : bắt đầu lại từ đầu

eg: He didn't speak a word of French when he first moved to French. He had to pick up the language from _____.

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bits and pieces

(idm : những thứ lặt vặt, linh tinh

eg: We're free most of the weekend, but we've got a few bits and _____ to do on Sunday morning

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be/keep on the edge of sb's seat

: bị kích thích, căng thẳng

eg: It was so exciting! I was on the _____ of my seat!

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or so

: gần bằng, xấp xỉ

eg:There are about twenty _____ so people waiting in the outer office.

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It come home to sb (idiom

: ai đó hiểu ra điều gì

eg: It finally ______ home to me that it was time to buy a place of my own.

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a shoulder to cry on

: một người để chia sẻ cảm thông

eg: Philips offered Joan a _____ to cry on after her husband's death.

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be in the middle of

bận làm gì

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set fire to st

nguyên nhân ai/ cj cháy

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be flat broken

nghèo rớt mùng tơi

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nowhere

nơi hẻo lánh

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in the light of

bởi vì

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half-baked

chưa chín hẳn, còn non nớt

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down-to-earth

thực tế

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be blue in the face

bực tức, thất vọng

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fall behind schedule

lùi lịch

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wear and tear

hư mòn

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leap and bounds

tiến triển nhanh

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leg to stand

không có lí lẽ

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eye to eye

nhất trí về

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at the drop of a hat

ngay lập tức

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without a shadow of

không 1 chút nghi ngờ

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on the rocks

dễ tan vỡ

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be a breath of fresh air

trong cái rủi có cái may

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be looming on the horizon

các vấn đề quan trọng

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on my plate

có việc làm

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on the off chance

khả năng mong manh

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from cover to cover

từ đàu đến cuối

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on the alert

cảnh giác với

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on the wrong side

tâm trạng không vui

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weigh up the pros and cons

cân nhắc mặt lợi mặt hại của 1 vấn đề

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weather-beaten

thời gian dãi dầu mưa nắng

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household

nhà hiệu nổi tiếng

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