Some Idioms

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Put Your Foot in Your Mouth

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You "put your foot in your mouth" when you say something that makes a person feel embarrassed

Example: Last night I was telling a joke, and I really put my foot in my mouth. I had no idea I was talking about Rob's wife

You can imagine how embarrassed you would feel and how funny you would look if you actually put your foot in your mouth

Example: "I am so embarrassed. Are you sure he could hear me when I was talking in the next room?" Reply: Yes. You really put your foot in your mouth

Note: The word "foot" is always singular when you say foot in your mouth

Example: Let's all be very careful what we say at the meeting tomorrow. I don't want anyone putting their foot in their mouth
When you say something which makes someone feel embarrassed or causes an embarrassing situation, you have put your foot in your mouth

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Lost His Head

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You lose your head when you get upset and lose control of your actions
Example: I got so angry yesterday. I completely lost my head
Example: I'm really sorry about what I did. I lost my head

You are overcome by emotions (especially anger) and lose control of your actions when you lose your head

Example: Okay, I'll tell you what happened. But first promise that you won't lose your head

A person who loses his head is not in control of his actions because is not thinking clearly

Example: He lost his head, so they threw him out of the game

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A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

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A wolf in sheep's clothing" is a dangerous person pretending to be harmless

Example: I want you to stay away from that boy. He's a wolf in sheep's clothing

A wolf in sheep's clothing is a person who plans to do something bad ("a wolf") while pretending to be good and innocent in sheep's clothing

Example: I do not trust the salespeople at that store. They are all wolves in sheep's clothing

In past times wolves had a reputation as wild and dangerous animals that hunted and killed sheep
A wolf in sheep's clothing is a very dangerous wolf because we do not prepare ourselves for the attack

Example: She may look cute, but that girl is a wolf in sheep's clothing

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Don't Burn Your Bridges

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Our relationships with others are like bridges that take us from one place to another; when we "burn our bridges" we destroy our relationships and it is difficult to go back

Example: On his last day on the job he got in a huge fight with his boss
Answer: "Why would he want to go burning his bridges like that? Someday he might want to work there again

Don't burn your bridges means that it is important to remember and value the relationships that get you where you are and not damage those relationships

Example: I wish you hadn't been rude to that man just now; he is very important in this town and you shouldn't go around burning bridges

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Our relationships with others are like bridges that take us from one place to another; when we "burn our bridges" we destroy our relationships and it is difficult to go back



Good idiom , but sometimes we need to "burn our bridges" with someone .

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if u said that a few weeks a go i would have
diagreed with u.. but now i'm totally with u

sometimes that's what we should do in order to regain ourselves
coz some kinds of relationships makes u lose a part of urself
and it'd be much better to burn it than to burn a part of u