[UK];[Slang] Comes from cockney rhyming slang for "butcher's hook" = "look" Ex.: A: "What are you looking at?" B: "I'm just having a butcher's at this butcher's hook!"
biatch
bitch (alternative term)
tropezar con algo
to bump into sth
to make a good fist of
to do sth well
take sth down a notch
exp.
to take OR turn OR bring something down a notch means to decrease its intensity
come to grips with sth
id.
consider something seriously and start taking actions about it
tina
exp.
acronyme de "there is no alternative"
phrase chère jadis à Mme THATCHER reprise au G20 de novembre 2011 contre le Premier ministre grec et son référendum
when life gives you lemons, make lemonade!
exp.
make the best out of a difficult situation ; turn sth negative into a positive. By making sth sweet (lemonade) out of sth bitter (lemon), the phrase encourages to look on the bright side of life even in the face of adversity or misfortune
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade; but when life gives you melons, you might be dyslexic!
!
pop off
exp.
telling someone to fight you."do sth !"
[Slang]
what's the catch
id.
when sth sounds too good to be true and not as good as it seems to be and you suspect that there is a hidden problem
sweep under the rug
exp.
1. to conceal, to hide 2. to avoid talking about (sth embarrassing)
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