C1 · Advanced
Debate Idioms
Idiomatic expressions for arguing, persuading and holding your own in advanced Danish debate and discussion.
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- to test the waters, to gauge the mood
- to make a case for, champion
- to fall on deaf ears
- to hit the nail on the head
- to make scattershot arguments
- to come out on top
- to backfire
- to corner someone, pin someone down
- to put something starkly, exaggerate for effect
- to lock horns with, take on as an equal
- to take the sting out of
- to make a mountain out of a molehill
- to evade the question, talk around it
- to clinch it, up the ante
- to do a complete about-face
- to cut through, be decisive
- to lay one's cards on the table
- to have a command of language, be eloquent
- to score cheap points
- to go all out, get tough
- to tell someone what they want to hear
- to have a hidden agenda
- to deceive someone, pull the wool over their eyes
- to pick something apart
- to stick to the point
- to cynically capitalize on, exploit
- to dig in one's heels
- to compromise on, give up
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Idioms for Debate
- Lesson 2
Analyzing a Televised Debate
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