전화영어
confiscate
- to take a possession way from someone when you have the right to do so, usually as a punishment and often for a limited period, after which it is returned to the owner:
Miss Edwards confiscated my phone!
His passport was confiscated by the police to prevent him from leaving the country.
BBC Learning English -The English We Speak
to pull someone's leg
- to pull someone's leg means to fool or trick them but in a fun way.
A: So I got to the restaurant and sat down at my table and guess who was sitting on the next table – George Clooney!
B: You're pulling my leg!
I was pulling his leg when I said I was going to marry Jenny but he believed me and bought me a present!
Oh stop pulling my leg – you can't have won the lottery, you didn't even buy a ticket!
to makea a mountain out of a molehill
- The phrase 'to make a mountain out of molehill' means you're making a big issue out of a small issue.
I only asked him to do the shopping and now he's going on about how he has no time to go to the pub – he's making a mountain out of a molehill.
It's only a 2000-word essay - stop making a mountain out of a molehill!
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