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2. I don't know where my daughter gets the energy for school, sports,

 and a full social life. Youth must be served, I suppose.

--- go back to the drawing board (idiom)
definition: Fig. to return to the planning stage, so that a failed project can be planned again.

1. These plans have to go back to the drawing board.
2. I thought these problems went back to the dra...wing board once already.
3. Researchers went back to the drawing board to find where they went wrong.
4. When we thought we were finished, he sent us back to the drawing board and asked us to completely redo it.





 





--- *green with envy (idiom)
definition: appearing jealous; appearing envious.

1. My new car made my neighbor green with envy.
2. Bill was green with envy that I won first place.



[ندعوك للتسجيل في المنتدى أو التعريف بنفسك لمعاينة هذه الصورة]







 

 

--- take something lying down (idiom)
definition: Fig. to endure something unpleasant without fighting back.

1. He insulted me publicly. You don't expect me to take that lying down, do you?
2. I'm not the kind of person who'll take something like that lying down.
3. He can't just order you about like that. Surely you're not going to take that lying down!

  

--- make cracks about (idiom)
definition: to make jokes or smart remarks about someone or something.

1. Stop making cracks about my cousin.
2. Ken made a few cracks about the movie.
3. if you make one more crack about her, I'll never speak to you anymore. 

   

--- hit a snag (idiom)
definition: Fig. to run into an unexpected problem.

1. We've hit a snag with the building project.
2. I stopped working on the roof when I hit a snag.
3. Our plans for Patty's surprise party hit a snag when we discovered she would be away that weekend.

--- I'll take a rain check (idiom)
definition: something that you say when you cannot accept someone's invitation to do something but you would like to do it another time (often + on )

1. I'll take a rain check on that drink tonight, if that's all right.
2. I won't play tennis this afternoon but can I get a rain check? 

 

--- beam with pride (idiom)

definition: beam here means big smile

1. mother who stands at the back of the auditorium beaming with pride

 as her child performs as the lead in the school play.

--- an ace in the hole (American idiom)

definition: an advantage that you have that other people do not know about

1. The local team has an ace in the hole with their new player.

P.S : Hey fellas, this idiom has an interesting root. in stud poker

 (every poker variants that have mix of face-down and face-ups cards),

 the face down cards are called "hole cards".

 these are the cards that you have access to them and these are sort of the "advantages".

 having "ace" in the hole cards is like a jackpot

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Successful businesses know how to stay one jump ahead of the competition.


 



 







If you say that you 'come up against a brick wall' or 'hit a brick wall'


 you mean that you can't make any progress because of a problem

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Plans for the new road have hit a brick wall with residents








 refusing to sell their properties.

 



 








To ‘go bananas’ is to go crazy.
The crowd went bananas when Italy scored.