MAC1 MW1400 2.2014 - Lessons for life

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MAC1 MW1400 2.2014 1st bimester

idioms

Thanks a lot for your participation, Paula!! I'm sure everybody will benefit from your definitions!! Keep up the good work! ;-)

Cutting corners

To do something in the easiest, cheapest, or fastest way

Done by the book

To do something exactly as the rules tell you to

Take every precaution

An action that is done to prevent something unpleasant or dangerous from happening

Fraught with danger

Full of danger/difficulties

Safety net

Security or protection measures

Safe side

Being careful in order to avoid something unpleasant

Second nature

You are so familiar with it that you can do it easily without needing to think very much about it

irreversible phrases

bits and pieces

law and order

heart and soul

peace and quiet

in this day and age

as and when

by and large

rough and ready

odds and ends

first and foremost

time phrases

A few years ago

while

Nowadays

Prior to the 1990s

in the long term

a long time ago

in recent years

currently

phrasal verb 'get'

Get at

To suggest or show something without saying it directly, to be able to reach or get something

Get down to

Apply oneself to

Get on with

Continue with the job

Get through

Complete

Get ahead

To be successful in the work that you do

Get by

To be able to live or deal with a situation with difficulty, usually by having just enough of something you need

idioms with the word 'life'

Thanks a million for your contribution, Ana!! I loved the definitions and example sentences! Keep up the good work!! ;-)

Life-saver

Something that really helps someone

"Thanks for driving me to the station - it was a real life-saver. I'd have missed my train otherwise."

To have the time of your life

To have a very good time

"My daughter worried about going to university, but actually she's having the time of her life."

All walks of life

Different types of people with different stories

"It was a very interesting conference.There were people there from all walks of life - writers, students, business people."

A fact of life

Something that can't be changed, that is ordinary

"Work stress is just a fact fo life these days - you have to learn to deal with it."

Larger then life

More interesting and more exciting than an ordinary person or thing

"He was larger than life and would always light up a room with his presence."

Story of my life

Said when negative things often happen to you

"My boss caught me making a paper clip necklace on my first day of work and I got fired. Story of my life."