Tài liệu CAMBRIGDE INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF IDIOMS CHƯƠNG 2 5 doc

... especially towards theend of their life°The book describes thelast 20 years of Churchill's life, includinghis Indian summer as prime ministerbetween 1 951 and 1 955 .in flagrante delictoin ... strong andcan workhard for a longtime·Helikes to 20 5 ivorythink of himself as somesort of iron manwho doesn't needsleep like the rest of us.pump ironinformalto lift heavy objectsfor ... crownthe best or most valuable thing in a group of things • (often+ of) The island of Tresco,with its beautiful tropicalgardens,is thejewel in thecrown of the Scilly Isles.j iggery-pokeryjiggery-pokery...

... out of both sides of theirmouths? Y-be two sides of the same coinbe different/opposite sides of the samecoinif two things are two sides of the samecoin, they are very closely related 351 sightalthough ... sleight of hand heproduced twopigeons out of his tophat.slicea slice of lifeif a film, a play, or a piece of writingshows a slice of life, it shows life as itreally is • The drama, a slice of ... small hoursthe early hours of the morning. (often+ of) I was up till the small hours of Wednesday morning finishing off thatreport. • She was born in the smallhours of Saturday morning.be gratefullthankful...

... the cockles of your heart.coffeea coffee table booka large, expensive book with a lot of pictures, that is often kept on a table forpeople to look at •A glossy coffee tablebookof his art ... inthe clutches of a religiousfanatic.C-notea C-noteAmerican, informala piece of paper American money that isworth 100dollars. Joe took a wad of billsout of his pocket, peeled off ac-noteandhanded ... cleaner's1informalto get a lot of money fromsomeone, usually by cheating them'Hegot intoagame of poker with twoprofessional gamblers and, of course,theytook him to thecleaner's. 2 informalto...

... activities of peoplearound you. They wereall keen on sports,soIfelt really out of it.out-and-outout -of- date 2 if a document is out -of- date, it cannot beused any more because the period of timewhen ... schemes.the pick of sththe best of a group of things or people• Send inyour poems and wewillprint thepick of the bunch.haveyourpick of sthif you can have your pick of a group of things, you ... watermark.off-chanceoff-chanceoff·colourbe off-colourBritish&Australianbeoff-col orAmerican &Australianto not be feeling as well as usual' He hadflu a coupleof months...

... once the raisond'etre of the festival but it has now beenreplacedby comedyand cabaretshows.rake-offa rake-offinformala share of the profits of something, oftentaken in a way that is ... thefuture of the wholeproject. 2 a feeling of doubt about the ability orquality of something>The recentspate of government scandals has left a questionmark over their ability togovern.be out of ... thefirstsixyears of my life I was happy. Then myfather died and the roof caved in.go through the roofX:: if the level of something, especially aprice, goes through the roof, it increasesvery...

... theRomans do).ROOFa roof over your headbe like a cat on a hot tin roofgo through the roofhit the ceiling/roofraise the roofthe roof caves/falls inROOFTOPSshout sth from the roof topsROOMelbowroomnot ... conversation piecea piece/ slice of the actionbe a nasty piece of workbe a piece of cakebe a piece of pissbe (all) of a piecegive sb a piece of your mindHow long is a piece of string?say your piecesb's ... pat:seelearnsthoff pathave sth off pat: see learn sthoff patlearn sth down patlearn sth off patpat sb on the back:seea pat onthe backsit patstand pat 54 7PATCHnot be a patch on sb/sthPATHbe off...