Tag: run through your mind
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Get it out of your system
Phrase: Get it out of your system Have you ever heard someone say, “I just need to get it out of my system?” This phrase is often used when someone feels a strong urge to do something that might not be the best decision. Maybe they want to eat an entire pizza by themselves or…
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Toss and turn
Phrase: Toss and turn Have you ever experienced a night where you couldn’t seem comfortable? You toss and turn, trying to find the perfect position, but nothing seems to work. It’s frustrating and can even lead to a lack of sleep, which can adversely affect your health. Toss and turn is a term used to…
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Run through your mind
Idiom: Run through your mind Here, we have another little expression for something you can’t get out of your head. If you have something running through your mind, you either can’t stop thinking about it or, if it’s a song, you can’t stop singing it. Remember a few days ago, I introduced the word nag,…
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Niggle
Word of the Day: Niggle Sometimes a thing will niggle you for a long time. Have you ever left your house and then started to worry that you had left the kotatsu on? You’re sure you turned it off but can’t clearly remember doing it. That thought continues to niggle you all day long. Niggle…
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Get under someone’s skin
Phrase: Get under your skin English is a beautiful and fantastic language which can get under your skin in both senses of the idiom. Sorry to tell you, but yes, this idiom also has two different meanings depending on the context in which it is used. The first meaning of this idiom is that something is an…
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The heavy lifting
WotD: The heavy lifting Before you make up your mind that today’s picture is not worth looking at or liking, you should hang around long enough to learn what the heavy lifting means. The heavy lifting is the hardest or least enjoyable part of a job or task. When it comes to housework, for example, cleaning the toilets…
