🪩 Bread and butter
🪄Bread and butter are some of the most basic food items that one can live on. The idiom bread and butter refers to a job that makes the money you need to live and afford basic necessities like food, housing, etc.
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Fishing is the bread and butter of the friendly people I met on the island last summer.
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🪩 Calm before the storm
🪄The air may be still before a storm actually hits. To say there is a calm before the storm is basically saying that things may be peaceful now, but it won’t last.
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They had a bit of a honeymoon phase, but that was just the calm before the storm.
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🪩 To be hard on someone
🪄To not manage someone very strictly or to not be critical.
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You don't have to be so hard on your employees to be successful.
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🪩 A snowball effect
🪄Something that can continue to get more and more out of control
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I just invited a couple of people over but there was a bit of a snowball effect and now there's a giant party at my house.
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🪩 Get something out of one's system
🪄To do something you really want to and have been waiting to.
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I really want to go to karaoke, sing a few songs and just get it out of my system.
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🪩 Sell like hotcakes
🪄To sell very quickly or be in high demand.
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I didn't think my crafts would be that popular but they're selling like hotcakes.
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🪩 Step up one’s game
🪄To work harder or perform better.
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You need to step up your game if you want a promotion this year.
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🪩 Run around in circles
🪄To put effort into something while making little or no progress.
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My boss has me running around in circles with unnecessary tasks that aren't getting us anywhere.
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🪩 Having an Ace up the sleeve
🪄To have a hidden or untold advantage.
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I thought he was definitely going to lose but he had an ace up his sleeve and caught up in points.
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🪩 Hook line and sinker
🪄To be deceived completely.
Example:
I told him that I would pay him $1,000,000 and he bought it hook line and sinker.
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