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2022.08.17

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foot the bill

- pay for (sth)

 

His parents can't afford to foot the bill for his college education.

 

in vogue

- popular or fashionable

 

But now cosmetic surgery is in vogue.

 

 

BBC Learning English - The English We Speak

 

Hot potato

- When something becomes a ‘hot potato’, it becomes a problem and difficult to handle.

 

The shortage of housing supply is fast becoming a hot potato for the council.
The pay rise issue is a hot potato for management; I don't know how they are going to sort this one out between the staff, the union and the shareholders.

 

to go bananas

- It's an expression in English we use when we are so excited that we act almost out of control

 

I'm so happy that I finally got my promotion. Yesterday I went bananas! I ended up running around the office, hugging and kissing my boss and every single co-worker! They probably thought I was mad.
After the team scored its fourth goal in the final the fans went bananas and started to shout and jump up and down!

 

 

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