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8 3 ldioms - miscellaneous

ldioms connected with paying, buying and selling

He bought a real pig in a poke when he got that car. [buy something without examining it
properly first]
We'll probably have to pay over the odds for a hotel room during the week of the festival.
[pay more than the usual rate]
He did £600 worth of damage to the car and his parents had to foot the bill. [pay up,
usually a large amount]
That restaurant was a real rip-off. or That taxi-driver really ripped us off. [made us pay
much too much; very informal)
If I were you I'd drive a hard bargain. She's desperate to buy a flat and wants yours.
[ask a lot and resist lowering the price]
See also nose on the human body below.

ldioms based on names of the parts of the body
I've got that song on the brain!
[just can't stop myself singing it]
He's made quite a
bit of headway with
his maths lately.
[make progress] I hope you didn't
mind me telling you.
We had to pay through I just had to get
the nose for those tickets. it off my chest.
[pay a huge amount] [tell something
that's been
bothering you a lot]
Oh, he's got a
finger in every pie.
You've got to hand
[is involved in many
it to her; she's a
different things]
great singer.

ldioms connected with daily routine
Come on! Rise and shine! We've got to leave! [a command to someone to get up, often
said to someone who doesn't want to and at a very early hour]. There's no time for
breakfast. We can get a bite to eat on the motorway [have a snack or meal]. I'll drive and
you can have a nap in the back seat [a short sleep]. When we get there, there'll just be
time to freshen up before the meeting. [wash and tidy oneself]. It's going to be a long day;
I'll be ready to crash out about 8 o'clock, I should think [be very tiredheady to sleep
almost anywhere]. Still, we can stay home the following evening and put our feet up
[relax], and just watch the box [watch television].

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