American Idioms and Expressions

Jekyll And Hyde Idiom

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Jekyll and Hyde What does Jekyll and Hyde mean?	someone with both an evil and a good personality	My co-worker is like Jekyll and Hyde. One minute he is very friendly but the next minute he is angry.
Jekyll and Hyde What does Jekyll and Hyde mean?	someone with both an evil and a good personality	My co-worker is like Jekyll and Hyde. One minute he is very friendly but the next minute he is angry.
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stew in one`s own juice What does "stew in one`s own juice" mean?	to suffer from something that you yourself have caused to happen	The man is the one who caused the problem for himself and he is now being forced to stew in his own juice.

Laughter is the best medicine What does "Laughter is the best medicine" mean?	Laughing is often helpful for healing, especially emotional healing.
tear up (someone) What does "tear up (someone)" mean?	to cause someone much grief	The criminal activities of her son are tearing up the mother.
Keep your nose to the grindstone What does "Keep your nose to the grindstone" mean?	If you keep your nose to the grindstone, you work hard and seriously.
Eat like a pig What does "Eat like a pig" mean?	If some eats like a pig, they either eat too much or they have bad table manners.
rob the cradle What does "rob the cradle" mean?	to marry a person much younger than oneself	People said that my boss was robbing the cradle when he married the young woman at our company.
wrapped up in What does "wrapped up in" mean?	thinking about or interested only in one thing	He is always wrapped up in playing with his computer.

in the care of (someone) What does "in the care of (someone)" mean?	in the keeping of someone	The package for my cousin arrived at our house in the care of my father.
truth is stranger than fiction What does "truth is stranger than fiction" mean?	real life is sometimes stranger than fiction	Truth is stranger than fiction and the man survived in the mountains for several months after his airplane crashed.
blow the lid off (something) What does "blow the lid off (something)" mean?	to reveal something (often a wrongdoing)	The government investigation blew the lid off the illegal activities.
above and beyond What does "above and beyond" mean?	to be more than is required	The work that the man did on our house was above and beyond what was required.
after a fashion What does "after a fashion" mean?	poorly, barely adequate	The cleaning staff cleaned the room after a fashion but certainly not very well.
afraid of one's own shadow What does "afraid of one's own shadow" mean?	to be easily frightened	The small dog is afraid of his own shadow. after Idioms

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