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GET MARRIED (INFORMAL)

TIE THE KNOT

COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TO SOMEBODY

LIKE CHALK AND CHEESE

To have sex, or to kiss and touch in a sexual way

MAKE OUT

TO SUFFER FROM GRIEF, DESPAIR BECAUSE OF LOVE - TO BE...

TO BE BROKEN-HEARTED

HAVE A LOT OF WORK LEFT TO DO - HAVE...

A LONG WAY TO GO

SOMEONE THAT IS EASY TO KNOW ABOUT BECAUSE NOTHING IS KEPT SECRET

AN OPEN BOOK

WHEN YOUR DATE DOESN'T SHOW UP ON A DATE

TO STAND SOMEBODY UP

To agree - TO SEE...

TO SEE EYE TO EYE

EXPECT THE OTHERS TO DO EVERYTHING

LIFT A FINGER

TO BE SOMETHING THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO REMEMBER

TO BE ETCHED IN/ON YOUR MEMORY

TO BE SLOW TO GO AWAY OR DISAPPEAR FROM YOUR MIND

LINGER IN YOUR MIND

TO GET ANGRY VERY EASILY - A VERY...

A VERY QUICK TEMPER

LEAVE A BOYFRIEND OR GIRLFRIEND - (SLANG)

DUMP SOMEBODY

LOVE THAT IS NOT RETURNED OR REWARDED

UNREQUITED LOVE

IT IS THE OPPOSITE TO WHAT PEOPLE BELIEVE - GO ...

AGAINST CONVETIONAL WISDOM

YOU CAN´T MAKE SOMEONE UNDERSTAND - TO GET...

THROUGH TO SOMEONE

END A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP

SPLIT UP / BREAK UP

HAVE AN AFFAIR WITH SOMEBODY ELSE WHILE IN A FORMAL RELATIONSHIP

CHEAT ON SOMEBODY

A PERSON WHO HAS DONE SOMETHING BAD THAT BRINGS EMBARRASSMENT OR SHAME TO HIS/HER FAMILY

THE BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY

TO CHANGE ACCOUNTS AND FIGURES DISHONESTLY, USUALLY TO GET MONEY -

COOK THE BOOKS

SOMEONE OR SOMETHING IRRITATES YOU A LOT - TO GET...

TO GET ON YOUR NERVES

A TOPIC OR PERSON ABOUT WHICH/WHOM VERY LITTLE IS KNOWN

A CLOSED BOOK

FEELINGS OF HATE BETWEEN PEOPLE BECAUSE OF ARGUMENTS IN THE PAST - BAD...

BAD BLOOD (BETWEEN)

TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK - TO GET A

word in edgeways/edgewise.

GRADUALLY LOSE INTEREST IN OR AFFECTION FOR EACH OTHER

DRIFT APART

start off badly with someone - GET OFF ....

GET OFF ON YOUR WRONG FOOT

A date between two people who have not previously met.

BLIND DATE

To be in debt - TO BE IN...

TO BE IN THE RED

to be very attracted to someone and to start to love them

FALL FOR

A CHANGE OF MIND - A CHANGE...

A CHANGE OF HEART

ANNOYING OR TEDIOUS PERSON OR THING

A PAIN IN THE NECK

When someone is said to be in trouble - TO BE IN...

TO BE IN HOT WATER

BECOME A COUPLE OR FRIENDS AGAIN AFTER AN ARGUMENT

MAKE UP

DO SOMETHING UNPLEASANT TO SOMEONE BECAUSE THEY HAVE DONE SOMETHING UNPLEASANT TO YOU - TO GET...

TO GET YOUR BACK ON / TO GET EVEN WITH

SHARE THE COST OF A MEAL ON A DATE EQUALLY

GO DUTCH

TO BE BORN INTO A WEALTHY FAMILY OF HIGH SOCIAL STANDING

TO BE BORN WITH SILVER SPOON IN YOUR MOUTH

TO HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEBODY - GET ON....

GET ON LIKE A HOUSE ON FIRE

IT CONVEYS INFORMATION MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN WORDS - IT IS WORTH...

A THOUSAND WORDS.

TO ARGUE OR FIGHT WITH SOMEBODY

FALL OUT WITH

A PERSON OF WHOM ONE IS EXTREMELY FOND AND PROUD

TO BE THE APPLE OF MY EYE

YOUR NAME WAS INSPIRED BY AN OLDER MEMBER OF THE FAMILY

BE NAMED AFTER

A period of two weeks

FORTNIGHT

FOLLOWING ALL THE RULES FOR DOING SOMETHING IN A STRICT WAY

BY THE BOOK

REFUSE TO ACCEPT SOMEBODY'S OFFERS OF INTEREST OR AFFECTION

TURN SOMEBODY DOWN

to have a short sexual relationship with someone

HAVE A FLING

BE COMPLETELY IN LOVE WITH A PERSON (INFORMAL)

HEAD OVER HEELS

TAKE A REST - HAVE...

A BREATHER

END A RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEBODY SUDDENLY BY STOPPING ALL COMMUNICATION WITH THEM

GHOST SOMEBODY

TAKE REVENGE - TO GET...

YOUR OWN BACK

TO NOT UNDERSTAND A SITUATION CORRECTLY. - CAN'T GET ...

THE WRONG END OF THE STICK

WHEN A CHARACTERISTIC IS PASSED DOWN THROUGH MANY GENERATIONS

RUN IN THE FAMILY

TALK ABOUT YOUR JOB WITH THOSE YOU WORK WITH WHEN NOT AT WORK

TALK SHOP

A SEVERE TALK WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS DONE SOMETHING WRONG

A TALKING-TO

TO BE INCREDIBLY KIND TO EVERYONE - TO HAVE A...

HAVE A HEART OF GOLD

to start a conversation with someone because you want to have a sexual or romantic relationship with them

CHAT SOMEBODY UP / FLIRT

SOMEONE WHO IS JUST LIKE ONE OF THEIR PARENTS IN CHARACTER OR BEHAVIOUR OR APPEARANCE(INFORMAL) - A CHIP....

A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK

VERY SELF-SATISFIED AND WITH AN EXAGGERATED SENSE OF SELF-WORTHh

FULL OF YOURSELF

To be very nice to someone because you want something - ...... SOMEONE UP.

BUTTER SOMEONE UP

To have a lot of responsibilities - TO HAVE A LOT...

TO HAVE A LOT ON YOUR PLATE

TO COPY WHAT SOMEONE ELSE DOES BECAUSE THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL AT DOING IT - TAKE A....

LEAF OUT OF YOUR BOOK

STAY SILENT - KEEP...

YOUR MOUTH SHUT

TO INHERIT PERSONALITY/APPEARANCE FROM YOUR PARENT

LIKE TWO PEAS IN A POD

TO LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME AS SOMEBODY

THE SPITTING IMAGE OF SOMEBODY

TO THROW AWAY - TO GET...

RID OF

TO AVOID TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT - BEAT...

BEAT ABOUT THE BUSH

To have good ideas and make decisions quickly in difficult situations - THINK...

THINK ON YOUR FEET

A DISHONEST ACTION THAT HAS BEEN USED MANY TIMES BEFORE - THE OLDEST

TRICK IN THE BOOK

TO DEPRESS SOMEONE - TO GET...

SOMEONE DOWN

TO EXPECT YOU TO KEEP THE PROMISE - HOLD...

YOU TO IT

FAMILY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING

BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER

USED FOR SAYING THAT SOMEONE IS PLEASED WITH YOU - IN SOMEONE'S

GOOD BOOKS

TO CONTACT SOMEONE - TO GET...

HOLD OF SOMEONE

TO SPEAK FREELY AND HONESTLY ABOUT DEEP EMOTIONS - POUR

YOUR HEART OUT

someone whose opinion is respected - A MOVER AND...

A MOVER AND SHAKER

STOP FOCUSING ON MY WORK - TAKE...

MY MIND OFF

a feeling of love and admiration for someone, often someone you know you cannot have a relationship with

HAVE A CRUSH ON SOMEBODY

To work 24 hours 7 days a week

24/7

To do something by law or rule - BY ....

BY THE BOOK

To be in jeopardy and likely to end or fail.

TO BE ON THE ROCKS

To do your fair share of the work - PULL ...

PULL YOUR WEIGHT

a situation in which two people have sex once and then do not have a relationship with each other

ONE-NIGHT STAND

NOT TO FORM AN OPINION ABOUT SOMEONE OLY FROM THEIR APPEARANCE - DON'T...

JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER

TO UNDERSTAND EASILY WHAT SOMEONE IS THINKING OR FEELING - READ...

READ SOMEONE LIKE A BOOK

EXTREMELY SIMILAR IN PERSONALITY

TAKE AFTER

IF YOU FORGET SOMETHING

IT SLIPS YOUR MIND

DO THE SAME JOB AS YOUR PARENTS

FOLLOW IN YOUR PARENTS' FOOTSTEPS

TO NOT BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING - CAN'T MAKE...

HEAD NOR TAIL OF

GO WILD FOR A BIT - LET...

YOUR HAIR DOWN

UNFRIENDLY AND DON'T SHOW YOUR EMOTIONS

A COLD FISH

TO CONTINUE - TO GET...

ON WITH...

TELL SOMEONE ABOUT SOMETHING TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND OR APPROVE. - TO....BY

RUN EVERYTHING

OPENLY SHOWING YOUR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER

LOVEY-DOVEY

SENSIBLE AND PRACTICAL

DOWN TO EARTH

PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT SUBJECTS WITHOUT REALIZING THIS - TO TALK...

AT CROSS PURPOSES

PLEASANT OR LOVELY MEMORIES

FOND MEMORIES

TO DO WHATEVER YOU WANT - TO GET...

YOUR OWN WAY

THE ONE WHO SUPPORTS THE FAMILY FINANCIALLY

BREADWINNER / BRING HOME THE BACON

TO PUNISH SOMEONE WHEN THEY HAVE DONE WRONG - TO BRING...

SOMEONE TO BOOK

TO BE THE GENTLEST PERSON - NOT....

NOT HURT A FLY

TO HURRY UP - TO GET...

A MOVE ON

DO OR SAY SOMETHING THAT CLEARLY SHOWS YOUR ROMANTIC OR SEXUAL INTENTIONS

HIT ON SOMEBODY

TO SEEM OR APPEAR TO BE - TO COME

TO COME ACROSS AS.

A PERSON WHO READILY GIVES OR DOES STH IF ASKED

A SOFT TOUCH

TRY NOT TO DO SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO BUT THAT YOU KNOW YOU SHOULD NOT DO - RESIST...

THE TEMPTATION

TO START TO ANNOY SOMEBODY - TO GET...

ON YOUR NERVES

TO MOVE FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER - TO GET...

AROUND

PROPOSE MARRIAGE

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