American Idioms and Expressions

Run For One's Life Idiom

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run for one's life
What does run for one's life mean?		 to run away to save one's lifeI ran for my life when I met the bear on the camping trip.

Some Random Idioms
calm down
What does "calm down" mean?		 to relaxThe woman finally calmed down after the accident.
scrape (something) together
What does "scrape (something) together" mean?		 to gather small amounts of money or something (usually with some difficulty) for some purposeWe managed to scrape together enough money to go on a holiday even though business is very bad at the moment.
cut-rate
What does "cut-rate" mean?		 a price that is lower than usualWe went to a cut-rate furniture store to buy some new furniture for our apartment.
slam dunk
What does "slam dunk" mean?		forcing a basketball into the basket from above
In my good books
What does "In my good books" mean?		 If someone is in your good books, you are pleased with or think highly of them at the moment.
rate with (someone)
What does "rate with (someone)" mean?		 to be in someone's favorI do not think that I rate with some of the students at my school.
burst with pride
What does "burst with pride" mean?		 to be full of pride and ready to burstThe girl's parents were bursting with pride at the graduation ceremony.
follow one's heart
What does "follow one's heart" mean?		 to act according to one's feelingsI decided to follow my heart and study art rather than computer science.
on hand
What does "on hand" mean?		 present Our teacher is always on hand when we need someone to help us.

asshole
What does "asshole" mean?		an annoying person of little or no value. Don't be an asshole. Try being nice for once.
at length
What does "at length" mean?		 in detail, finally The speaker talked at length about the new product.

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