Tài liệu CAMBRIGDE INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF IDIOMS CHƯƠNG 2 4 doc

... sleight of hand heproduced twopigeons out of his tophat.slicea slice of lifeif a film, a play, or a piece of writingshows a slice of life, it shows life as itreally is • The drama, a slice of ... small hoursthe early hours of the morning. (often+ of) I was up till the small hours of Wednesday morning finishing off thatreport. • She was born in the smallhours of Saturday morning.be gratefullthankful ... increases are notoffered.get shot of sb/sthBritish, informal.~to get rid of someone or something. Shegot shot of her no-goodhusband and wentback touniversity.be shot of sb/sthsThis boy...

... agroup or organization. (often + in)Aleading light in the art and ballet world,he was a closefriend of Princess Diana.• (often + of) Jeffries, at 23 a leading light of the campaign, was thefirst ... out of line. • Herremarks to the papers were way out of line. 2 if the amount or cost of something is out of line it is not what is expected or usual• (usually+with)His salary is way out of ... of womenas'a pack of lies'.• The entire account of where she'd beenand who she'd been with that night was atissue of lies.life\./life in the fast lane / • a way of...

... the cockles of your heart.coffeea coffee table booka large, expensive book with a lot of pictures, that is often kept on a table forpeople to look at •A glossy coffee tablebookof his art ... topayoff his loan.creme de la cremethe creme de la cremethe best people or things in a group or of a particular type0(often + of) The cremede la creme of young designers will be 84 showing ... cleaner's1informalto get a lot of money fromsomeone, usually by cheating them'Hegot intoagame of poker with twoprofessional gamblers and, of course,theytook him to thecleaner's. 2 informalto...

... activities of peoplearound you. They wereall keen on sports,soIfelt really out of it.out-and-outout -of- date 2 if a document is out -of- date, it cannot beused any more because the period of timewhen ... schemes.the pick of sththe best of a group of things or people• Send inyour poems and wewillprint thepick of the bunch.haveyourpick of sthif you can have your pick of a group of things, you ... watermark.off-chanceoff-chanceoff·colourbe off-colourBritish&Australianbeoff-col orAmerican &Australianto not be feeling as well as usual' He hadflu a coupleof months...

... once the raisond'etre of the festival but it has now beenreplacedby comedyand cabaretshows.rake-offa rake-offinformala share of the profits of something, oftentaken in a way that is ... thefuture of the wholeproject. 2 a feeling of doubt about the ability orquality of something>The recentspate of government scandals has left a questionmark over their ability togovern.be out of ... thefirstsixyears of my life I was happy. Then myfather died and the roof caved in.go through the roofX:: if the level of something, especially aprice, goes through the roof, it increasesvery...

... newspapers.graba grab bag American&Australiana mixture of different types of things• (often+ of) Airlines are offering a grabbag of discounts, air miles and car rentalstoattract customers.grabsup ... because of the scarcity of opportunities at home.green-eyedthe green-eyed monsterhumorousthe feelingof beingjealous.Doyou thinkhis criticisms of Jack are valid or is itjusta case of thegreen-eyedmonster?greygrey ... are two weeks of good weather during the winter when thedays are the shortest in the year .• (often+ of) She recalled the halcyon days of childhood .• That was in the halcyon days of the 1980's...