Tag: up in the air
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Bet your bottom dollar
Phrase: Bet your bottom dollar I’m not a betting man, but when the Japanese government approved Integrated Resorts (IR) with gambling casinos, I told my wife she could bet her bottom dollar there would be corruption and scandal. Well, there are no IRs yet, but the corruption and scandal are here all the same. On…
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Up in the air
Idiom: Up in the air Decisions, decisions, decisions we all have to make; some are harder than others, and most of them are up in the air. What can we do about it? Making decisions is like death and taxes: inevitable. One of the main challenges with making decisions is the knock-on effect. Our decision affects all…
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Leave someone/something in your wake
English Expression: Leave someone in your wake There are two ways to look at this expression. First, leaving someone in your wake can mean passing them in a race or competition. Of course, it’s never nice to experience someone passing you in a race, but the expression is neither negative nor positive. As I explained…
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Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it
Adage: Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it Wow! This one is quite long. It may be long, but the meaning is pretty easy, actually. Think about it this way: You watch a movie that has a cute chimpanzee in it. You tell your friend that it would be cool…
