PUT A SOCK IN IT!
MEANING Used to tell someone to be quiet or stop making so much noise EXAMPLE SENTENCES Hey, put a sock in it, will you? I'm trying to work here. Put a sock in it! Some of us are trying to work around here. Can't you put a sock in it? I'm trying to work.
C1 listening: 4 claves infalibles para una escucha eficaz
La comprensión auditiva (listening) es la primera destreza que desarrollamos, ya que somos capaces de escuchar incluso en el vientre materno. Sin embargo, es una de las destrezas que más nos cuesta en una lengua extranjera y con la que menos cómodos nos sentimos....
French conversation : Demander un service. Ask a favor
TO TAKE (SOMEONE) UNDER ONE’S WING
MEANING: If you take someone under your wing, you start to protect and take care of them. EXAMPLE SENTENCES: Jose took Alison under his wing during her first weeks. He took the rookie pitcher under his wing. She took me under her wing and showed me how things were...
TO BE FLAT BROKE
MEANING: to have no money at all; completely broke; entirely without funds; penniless EXAMPLE SENTENCES: I can't even pay the rent this month. I'm flat broke. Sorry, I'm flat broke. Not a cent on me. We were flat broke at the time. I can't help you - I'm flat broke...
Si quiere trabajar en un puesto técnico no le queda más remedio que saber inglés
La transformación digital obliga al manejo de idiomas incluso para comunicarse internamente en empresas que tienen su sede en España Claudia Ardeleanu (24 años) es responsable de Tecnología de la Información en una multinacional de publicidad. Para ella, las reuniones...
TO CRY WOLF
To ask for help when you do not need it, which may prevent people from helping you when you do need it: The administration has cried wolf so many times, it's difficult to know if there's a problem or not.
TO BE (RIGHT) UNDER SOMEONE’S NOSE
to be in a place that you can clearly see: I spent all morning looking for the book, and it was right under my nose the whole time. She shoved the letter under her boss's nose ( = made certain he saw it). I had searched and searched for my path, and finally found that...
Do You Have 1 Hour?
IF YOU PLAY WITH FIRE, YOU GET BURNED
If you do something dangerous, you will get hurt: Joe said, "I have no sympathy for race-car drivers who get injured. They should know that if you play with fire, you get burned." My mother always told us that experimenting with hard drugs was playing with...