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(1894—1963)
English novelist
To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.

]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2026 03:30:02 +0300 D https://www.english-slang.com/eng/qz/idiom-quizzes/quizzes-d https://www.english-slang.com/eng/qz/idiom-quizzes/quizzes-d English Slang #English #EnglishQuiz

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]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2026 03:30:02 +0300 hot and heavy https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_h/3796-hot-and-heavy https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_h/3796-hot-and-heavy English Slang #English #informal #adverb #Idioms #esl
hot and heavy  {adv. phr.},  {informal}
Strongly; vigorously; emphatically.
Fred got it hot and heavy when his wife found out how much he had lost at cards.
The partners had a hot and heavy argument before deciding to enlarge their store.
Categories: adverb informal

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]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2026 03:30:02 +0300 stand on one's own feet https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_s/7548-stand-on-ones-own-feet https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_s/7548-stand-on-ones-own-feet English Slang #English #verb #Idioms #esl
stand on one's own feet or stand on one's own two feet  {v. phr.}
To depend on yourself; do things yourself; earn your own living; be independent.
After his father died, John had to stand on his own feet and earn his own living.
You should learn to stand on your own two feet.
Categories: verb

]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2026 03:30:02 +0300 The Best 20 Video Playlists For Learning English https://www.english-slang.com/eng/online-lessons/learn-english-play-lists https://www.english-slang.com/eng/online-lessons/learn-english-play-lists English Slang #English #englishlessons

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]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Franck's Accent - Father of the Bride https://www.english-slang.com/eng/fun/frank-accent-father-of-the-bride https://www.english-slang.com/eng/fun/frank-accent-father-of-the-bride English Slang #English #fun #accents

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Transcript


Now, let me do the talking, girls, okay?
Well, I negotiate better than you.
- Now what's this guy's name?
- Franck.
- Frank.
- Franck.
- Franck?
- Franck.
- Franck. Franck. Franck.
- Oh, this is it.
Okay, here we go.
- Ah, Mom.
- No. No. This is just--
- Oh, my, Annie.
- This is amazing.
- Look. Look at this trim.
- What?
- Oh!
- Isn't this beautiful? Pearls.
- Oh!
- Oh, gee.
-Oh, wow. I love how they did this, Mom.
-Annie.
- Yeah?
- Do you like this place setting?
- Oh, it's beautiful.
- That china also comes... in a wonderful Sara Lee yellow.
- Hi. You must be Franck?
- I wish.
I'm Franck's assistant, Howard Weinstein.
-Well, I'm Nina Banks and this is Annie.
-Hello.
- Hi. Hi.
- Oh.
- The bride, and, uh...
- George, my husband.
- How do you do?
May I offer anyone any refreshments:
Pellegrino, espresso, champagne?
- Oh. Um, no. No.
- No.
I'll alert the boss that you're here.
Look around. Have fun.
Oh. Oh.
This is so great.
- Annie.
- Yeah?
- Oh! Wouldn't this be perfect for you?
- Oh, it's gorgeous!
Look how it goes with the crystal.
Oh, perfect.
Moster and Missus Banks and de luffly bride. Hello.
Hello.
I am Franck.
A plasure to mat you.
Howard's has affer you sumding to drink, I hop.
- Oh, yes.
- Yes.
- Oh, the bride, the bride.
Right away, I realized this was a mistake of gargantuan proportions.
This guy was going to coordinate our wedding? How? With subtitles?
Nu!
Okay, please come wit me and we'll talk all about yer big day!
-Okay.
-The big day for de bride. Papala, coom.
Oh, seet down on my own design.
I design that.
Very nice, I think.
Now, so, you have not made up your list yet... but you know that you want de wedding at hom on Jawn-wary six, rit?
- Uh-huh. Yeah.
- Excuse me?
Yes, we would. We would like a wedding at home on January the sixth.
Mmm, I luff the weddings at the homs.
They're vary personable, very varm 'n' cuzy, vary fabulous.
Oh, so, Jawn-wary six gif us seven munths.
Uh-oh! Hello!
That's five munths!
Five munths not much!
But that don't bother me so much because it's a little bit tight... but we can do it and it will be spak-takuler!
I saw you wurry a second. Don't wurry 'bout dat.
So now, les see.
This is what I sugjoost. I sugjoost that we select a keck furst.
- Okay.
- You know, cuz de keck... vary often determun vhat kind of wedding that you end up having.
So les just choose de keck, okay?
Okay.
- Choose-- Choose-- Choose the what ?
- The cake, Dad.
Thank you, der assistant.
Dis ees fun!
So dis ees a vary popular keck... with the many of the foshinable woddings, you know.
And this, I jus don't do any more.
And this is fabulliz.
Oh! Oh!
That is incredible!
Annie, that's just like the one we saw in the magazine.
Do you like it, Dad?
Well, what is that? ls that-- Is that dollars? $1200?
Vel, Moster Bonks, dis ees a vary raisonable price... for a keck of dis magnootud.
A cake, Franck, is made of flour and water.
- My first car didn't cost $1200
- George.
Well, welcome to the 90's, Moster Bonks.
Not only did I not understand a syllable this guy was saying... now I had the feeling he was putting me down.
Excuse me, um, Franck.
- Could we please have a second?
- Oh, of course!
Take two seconds. Howard, letz return calls. Could we--
All right, George, what's the problem?
Do you want to leave?
- Do you?
- No. I like him.
I think he's going to make this a beautiful wedding.
Don't look at me. You guys decide.
Give the man a chance, George, please.
Annie, do you like this cake?
It is incredible, Dad.
- Well, all right.
But, look, let's just--
- I know.
We-- We're going to, George.
We're gonna hold things down.
- We just-- We won't go nuts.
- No. No.
- Thank you.
- Franck!
- Coming!
- We'll take the cake.
- Oh, good, good.
Don't worry, Moster Bonks. I'm gonna bring de crew over to the house.
We gif everything that we haf in the once-over department... and then in the end you be vary, vary happy, trust me.
- You just smile away.
Now, interesting idea.
- Yes.
Wit regard to thame and kolor of de wedding, dis is how I see it:
I think we go vary elegant, inside de tent, you know--
With one swift move, I'd been cut out of the deal.
Annie, Nina and Franck were in charge now.
...and bootiful china--
Now, spo! And crystal to drop over dead for!
Old Dad was history.

]]> Mon, 19 Oct 2026 03:30:02 +0300 N Apostrophe T - Song https://www.english-slang.com/eng/fun/N-Apostrophe-T https://www.english-slang.com/eng/fun/N-Apostrophe-T English Slang #English #fun

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]]> Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:30:02 +0000 Robert Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy, 1621 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-3795 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-3795 English Slang #English #quoteoftheday #sayings
Hard students are commonly troubled by gowts, catarrhes, rheums, cachexia, bradypepsia, bad eyes, stone, and collick, crudities, oppilations, vertigo, winds, consumptions, and all such diseases as come by over much sitting; they are for the most part lean, dry, ill-colored; spend their fortunes, lose their wits, and many times their lives; and all through immoderate pains and extraordinary studies.

]]> Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:30:02 +0000 face lift https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_f/2165-face-lift https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_f/2165-face-lift English Slang #English #noun #Idioms #esl
face lift  {n. phr.}
1. A surgical procedure designed to make one's face look younger.
Aunt Jane, who is in her seventies, had an expensive face lift and now she looks as if she were 40.
2. A renovation, a refurbishing.
Our house needs a major face lift to make it fit in with the rest of the neighborhood.
Categories: noun

]]> Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:30:01 +0000 kick down https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_k/4412-kick-down https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_k/4412-kick-down English Slang #English #slang #verb #Idioms #esl
kick down  {v. phr.},  {slang}
To shift an automobile, jeep, or truck into lower gear by hand-shifting.
Joe kicked the jeep down from third to second, and we slowed down.
Categories: cars hand slang verb

]]> Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:30:01 +0000 Erica Jong https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/j/aphorism-4637 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/j/aphorism-4637 English Slang #English #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1942-- )
U.S. poetnovelist
Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilt and I'll show you a man.

]]> Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:30:02 +0000 Prankster Cam: Annie's 'Bossy R' https://www.english-slang.com/eng/fun/Annie-s-Bossy-R https://www.english-slang.com/eng/fun/Annie-s-Bossy-R English Slang #English #fun

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]]> Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:30:02 +0000 keep one's head https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_k/4368-keep-ones-head https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_k/4368-keep-ones-head English Slang #English #verb #Idioms #esl
keep one's head also keep one's wits about one  {v. phr.}
To stay calm when there is trouble or danger.
When Tim heard the fire alarm he kept his head and looked for the nearest exit.
Compare: COUNT TO TEN. Contrast: LOSE ONE'S HEAD.
Categories: verb

]]> Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:30:01 +0000 run off at the mouth https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_r/6782-run-off-at-the-mouth https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_r/6782-run-off-at-the-mouth English Slang #English #verb #Idioms #esl
run off at the mouth  {v. phr.}
To talk too much; be unable to stop talking.
"Shut up, John," our father cried. "You are always running off at the mouth."
Categories: verb

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]]> Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:30:01 +0000 Dilberted https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/business-slang/Dilberted https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/business-slang/Dilberted English Slang #English #slang
Dilberted
To be exploited and oppressed by your boss, as is Dilbert, the comic strip character.
"Damn, I've been dilberted again! The old man revised the specs for the fourth time this week."
Categories: slang

]]> Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:30:02 +0000 fools rush in where angels fear to tread https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/more_expressions/fools-rush-in https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/more_expressions/fools-rush-in English Slang #English
fools rush in where angels fear to tread  {proverb}
The idiom is used where people who are inexperienced or lack knowledge do something that more informed people would avoid.
Categories: proverb

]]> Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:30:02 +0000 HAND https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/internet-slang/164-HAND https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/internet-slang/164-HAND English Slang #English #slang
HAND
"Have a nice day"
Categories: slang
]]> Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:30:02 +0000 Holbrook Jackson, Ladies' Home Journal https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/j/aphorism-2499 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/j/aphorism-2499 English Slang #English #quoteoftheday #sayings
(January, 1950)
No man is ever old enough to know better.
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  • eagle eye
  • ear to the ground
  • eat crow
  • fall back
  • fall due
  • ham it up
  • hand it to
  • jump the track
  • just the other way
  • lash out

]]> Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:30:02 +0000 pour out https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_p/6295-pour-out https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_p/6295-pour-out English Slang #English #verb #Idioms #esl
pour out  {v.}
1. To tell everything about; talk all about.
Mary poured out her troubles to her pal.
2. To come out in great quantity; stream out.
The people poured out of the building when they heard the fire alarm.
Categories: verb

]]> Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:30:01 +0000 to heel https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_t/8310-to-heel https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_t/8310-to-heel English Slang #English #adjective #Idioms #esl
to heel  {adj. phr.}
1. Close behind.
The dog ran after a rabbit, but Jack brought him to heel.
2. Under control; to obedience.
When Peter was sixteen, he thought he could do as he pleased, but his father cut off his allowance, and Peter soon came to heel.
Categories: adjective

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]]> Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:30:01 +0000 come down on like a ton of bricks https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_c/1415-come-down-on-like-a-ton-of-bricks https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_c/1415-come-down-on-like-a-ton-of-bricks English Slang #English #slang #verb #Idioms #esl
come down on like a ton of bricks  {v. phr.},  {slang}
To direct one's full anger at somebody.
When the janitor was late for work, the manager came down on him like a ton of bricks.
Categories: anger slang verb

]]> Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:30:02 +0000 David Lloyd George https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/l/aphorism-3222 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/l/aphorism-3222 English Slang #English #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1863—1945)
English politician
Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

]]> Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:30:02 +0000 have an eye for https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_h/3430-have-an-eye-for https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_h/3430-have-an-eye-for English Slang #English #verb #Idioms #esl
have an eye for  {v. phr.}
To be able to judge correctly of; have good taste in.
She has an eye for color and style in clothes.
He has an eye for good English usage.
Categories: clothes verb
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Categories: American

]]> Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:30:02 +0000 Mordecai Richler https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/r/aphorism-2451 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/r/aphorism-2451 English Slang #English #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1931--), Canadian writer
Beauty, like male ballet dancers, makes some men afraid.

]]> Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:30:02 +0000 Ohnosecond https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/business-slang/Ohnosecond https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/business-slang/Ohnosecond English Slang #English #slang
Ohnosecond
That minuscule fraction of time during which you realize you've just made a terrible error.
Categories: slang
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]]> Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:30:02 +0000 miss the boat https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_m/5228-miss-the-boat https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_m/5228-miss-the-boat English Slang #English #informal #verb #Idioms #esl
miss the boat also miss the bus  {v. phr.},  {informal}
To fail through slowness; to put something off until too late; do the wrong thing and lose the chance.
Mr. Brown missed the boat when he decided not to buy the house.
In college he didn't study enough so he missed the boat and failed to pass.
Ted could have married Lena but he put off asking her and missed the boat.
Categories: informal study verb

]]> Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:30:01 +0000 out of one's head https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_o/5889-out-of-ones-head https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_o/5889-out-of-ones-head English Slang #English #informal #adjective #Idioms #esl
out of one's head or out of one's mind or out of one's senses also off one's head  {adj. phr.},  {informal}
Acting in a crazy way; especially, wildly crazy.
The patient was feverish and out of his head and had to be watched.
Her friends thought she was out of her mind to marry that man.
Compare: OFF ONE'S ROCKER. Contrast: COME TO ONE'S SENSES.
Categories: adjective crazy informal

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]]> Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:30:01 +0000 Gallegher https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/g/aphorism-2926 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/g/aphorism-2926 English Slang #English #quoteoftheday #sayings
American comedian
I don't know why they say "you have a baby."
The baby has you.
Categories: children humor

]]> Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:30:02 +0000 before long https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_b/529-before-long https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_b/529-before-long English Slang #English #adverb #Idioms #esl
before long  {adv. phr.}
In a short time; without much delay; in a little while, soon.
Class will be over before long.
We were tired of waiting and hoped the bus would come before long.
Categories: adverb time

]]> Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:30:01 +0000 pave the way https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_p/6055-pave-the-way https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_p/6055-pave-the-way English Slang #English #verb #Idioms #esl
pave the way  {v. phr.}
To make preparation; make easy.
Aviation paved the way for space travel.
A good education paves the way to success.
Categories: success travel verb
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]]> Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:30:01 +0000 pie-eyed https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/more_expressions/pie-eyed https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/more_expressions/pie-eyed English Slang #English
pie-eyed  {adj.phr.}  {informal}
Said about someone very drunk.
I am completely pie-eyed.
Compare: cockeyed
Categories: adjective informal

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]]> Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:30:03 +0000 Russell Peters - Accents Clip https://www.english-slang.com/eng/fun/Russell-Peters https://www.english-slang.com/eng/fun/Russell-Peters English Slang #English #fun #accents

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]]> Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:30:03 +0000 Sophocles https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/s/aphorism-2936 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/s/aphorism-2936 English Slang #English #quoteoftheday #sayings
(495—405), Greek playwright
Not to be born is best.
]]> Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:30:03 +0000 YHL https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/internet-slang/482-YHL https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/internet-slang/482-YHL English Slang #English #slang
YHL
"You have lost"
Categories: slang
]]> Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:30:03 +0000 one-night stand https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_o/5650-one-night-stand https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_o/5650-one-night-stand English Slang #English #noun #Idioms #esl
one-night stand  {n. phr.}
1. A single performance given by a traveling company while on a tour.
After they went bankrupt in the big cities, the traveling jazz quartet played one-night stands in the country.
2. A brief affair or sexual encounter.
"With AIDS all around us?" said Jane. "Nobody is having one-night stands anymore."
Categories: noun

]]> Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:30:02 +0000 up in arms https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_u/8615-up-in-arms https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_u/8615-up-in-arms English Slang #English #adjective #Idioms #esl
up in arms  {adj. phr.}
1. Equipped with guns or weapons and ready to fight.
All of the colonies were up in arms against the Redcoats.
Syn.: IN ARMS.
2. Very angry and wanting to fight.
Robert is up in arms because John said he was stupid.
The students were up in arms over the new rule against food in the dormitory.
Categories: adjective
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]]> Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:30:02 +0000 Norman Douglas https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/d/aphorism-2607 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/d/aphorism-2607 English Slang #English #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1868—1952)
British author
It seldom pays to be rude. It never pays to be only half-rude.

]]> Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:30:02 +0000 friction tape https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_f/2617-friction-tape https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_f/2617-friction-tape English Slang #English #noun #Idioms #esl
friction tape  {n.}
Black cloth tape with one sticky side used around electric wires.
The boy fixed his cracked baseball bat with some friction tape.
Categories: noun

]]> Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:30:01 +0000 more than one could shake a stick at https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_m/5261-more-than-one-could-shake-a-stick-at https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_m/5261-more-than-one-could-shake-a-stick-at English Slang #English #informal #adjective #Idioms #esl
more than one could shake a stick at  {adj. phr.},  {informal}
Very many; a great many; more than you can count.
There were more people at the game than you could shake a stick at.
I had more assignments for homework than I could shake a stick at.
Categories: adjective informal

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]]> Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:30:01 +0000 Chip Jewelry https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/business-slang/Chip-Jewelry https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/business-slang/Chip-Jewelry English Slang #English #slang
Chip Jewelry
Old computers destined to be scrapped or turned into decoration.
"I paid three grand for that Mac and now it's nothing but chip jewelry."
Categories: slang

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]]> Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:30:02 +0000 go down the tubes https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/more_expressions/down-the-tubes https://www.english-slang.com/eng/e-slang/more_expressions/down-the-tubes English Slang #English
go down the tubes  {v. phr.}  {informal}
To transit to a state of failure or ruin.
The whole scheme is likely to go down the tubes.
Categories: informal verb

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(1916—1986), Saturday Review, 1966
There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

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carry out  {v.}
To put into action; follow; execute.
The generals were determined to carry out their plans to defeat the enemy.
John listened carefully and carried out the teacher's instructions.
Categories: verb

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]]> Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:30:01 +0000 smooth over https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_s/7340-smooth-over https://www.english-slang.com/eng/american/i_s/7340-smooth-over English Slang #English #verb #Idioms #esl
smooth over  {v.}
To make something seem better or more pleasant; try to excuse.
Bill tried to smooth over his argument with Mary by making her laugh.
Syn.: GLOSS OVER. Compare: PATCH UP.
Categories: verb

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