DHBB 10 - 2024

be in a cleft stick

to be in a situation where it is very difficult to decide what to do, usually because both of your two choices of action would cause problems

call a spade a spade

to say the truth about something, even if it is not polite or pleasant

march to a different drum

living or acting in your own unique way

throw caution to the wind/winds

do something without worrying about the risk or negative results

take something at face value

Nhìn mặt bắt hình dong (vật hay ng đều được)

make a beeline for sth

to move quickly and directly toward something

make no bones about

not to try to hide your feelings:

the icing/frosting on the cake

something that makes a good situationeven better

paper aover the crack

(v) to hide problems, especially argumentsbetween people, in order to make a situation seem better than it really is

out and about

active; doing the things you usually do:

on the up and up

• (sb) honest and can be trusted.

• improving all the time

Cough sth up

to make something come out of yourthroat or lungs when you cough: (Khạc, nhổ)

polish sb/sth off

Defeat sb/sth easily

wind down

to end gradually or in stages, or to causesomething to do this:

wind sb up

to tell someone something that is not true, as a joke:

weed sb/sth out

to get rid of people or things that you do not want from a group:

Culture vulture

someone who is very interested in music, art, theatre, etc.:

arbitrary

based on chance rather than being planned or based on reason:

enigmatic

mysterious and impossible to understand

mundane

very ordinary and therefore boring

eligible (to)

having the necessary qualities or satisfying the necessary conditions