C2 · Mastery
Idioms: Character, Means & Reputation
Compare idiomatic descriptions of character, money and reputation with neutral accounts, considering whose judgment each expression conveys.
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- Words & phrases
- 24
- Lessons
- 2
- Conversations
- 1
- Readings
- 1
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- to be assertive, to have backbone
- to be crafty, to have something up one's sleeve
- to smell a rat, to catch on
- to punish the wrong person
- to make things needlessly complicated
- to meet one's match
- to bite the dust, to be defeated
- to be a big hit, to make a splash
- to have money to burn
- to be well-off, to be flush
- to live on next to nothing
- to take the plunge
- to jump in at the deep end
- to support and protect someone
- to keep someone in line
- to give someone a dressing-down
- to get a telling-off
- to pull one's punches, to go easy
- to spin someone a tale, to pull the wool over one's eyes
- to spin a yarn
- to be a laughingstock
- to come under scrutiny, into the spotlight
- to hang in the balance, to be undecided
- to have seen the light
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- Lesson 1
Idioms for Character and Reputation
- Lesson 2
Reassessing a New Colleague
Where this unit fits
Courses with this unit.
Idioms in Cultural Context
Understand and use the idioms and proverbs native speakers take for granted.
10 Units · about 7 h
Mastery · Part 2
Work through the vocabulary, lessons, conversations and reading activities in this part. Practice grammar along the way.
27 Units · about 18 h
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