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play to
one
‘s strengths
v.
to prioritize using
one
‘s natural abilities and specific skills, especially by pursuing tasks or goals suited to such skills
eat
one
‘s own dogfood
exp.
expression used to describe the practice of a company using internally the marketed products
[Bus.] expression originating from and widely used in software industry; the practice is also known as “dogfooding”
get
one
‘s ducks in a row
exp.
have everything together; have all things settled/organized
E.g.: Just when I had got all my ducks in a row and I was ready to go, I received a call and had to cancel my trip.
get smth./someone out of
one
‘s system
exp.
get rid of a strong feeling towards something or someone
[Informal] If you have done something wrong, tell him and get it out of your system.
After the break up, it took him some while to get her out of his system.
phubbing
v.
snubbing people by using
one
‘s mobile phone
[Neologism] portmanteau word : phone + snubbing
fly off the handle
v.
become very angry ; lose
one
‘s temper
[Fam.] Ex.: She kept a cool head as he was saying all kinds of mean and horrors about her but when he said her Chinese crested dog was ugly, it was the match in the powder barrel and she just flew off the handle
motorboat
v.
the act of pushing
one
‘s face in between two ample breasts, and rocking
one
‘s head side to side very rapidly while making a vigorous, lip-vibrating “brrr” sound
[Slang]
give (sb) the (middle) finger
v.
make an obscene and offensive gesture
at
someone by closing
one
‘s fist and extending
one
‘s middle finger upwards, interpreted as”Sod off!”; [US] flip (sb) off / flip (sb) the bird
Ex.: he has an unfortunate tendency and somewhat dangerous habit of giving the finger to motorists who cut in front of him.
bite off more than
one
can chew
id.
to attempt or take on a task that is way to big and beyond
one
‘s capability
I wonder if that craftsman will be able to fulfil the three commitments he took on at the same time; in my opinion he bites off more than he can chew!
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Leap of faith
n.
Abandoning something that
one
has intimate knowledge of for something unknown and probably highly risky to
one
‘s well-being.
pocket call
n.
it’s a unintended call which happens when the keys are not blocked in
one
‘s pocket
