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Idioms
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slow and steady wins the race
Language; Idioms
This expression means that consistency, although progress may be slow, will eventually be more beneficial than being hasty or careless just to get something done.
teach your grandmother to suck eggs
Language; Idioms
When people say ‘don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs’, they mean that people shouldn’t try to teach someone who has experience or is an expert in that area.
throw someone in at the deep end
Language; Idioms
If you are thrown in at the deep end, you have to deal with serious issues the moment you start something like a job, instead of having time to acquire experience.
yank my chain
Language; Idioms
If some one says this to another person (i.e. stop yanking my chain) it means for the other person to leave the person who said it alone and to stop bothering them.
ninth circle of hell
Language; Idioms
In Dante’s Inferno, the ninth circle of hell is the centre where the worst punishments are found, so it is used idiomatically for something that couldn’t get worse.
take the rough with the smooth
Language; Idioms
People say that you have to take the rough with the smooth, meaning that you have to be prepared to accept the disadvantages as well of the advantages of something.
as mad as a hatter
Language; Idioms
This simile means that someone is crazy or behaves very strangely. In the past many people who made hats went insane because they had a lot of contact with mercury.
