Be All Ears # Idioms For IELTS
If you ever want to be successful in life, you need to be all ears to your heart.
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SENTENCE-: the house cost me next to nothing.
MEANING-: to cost nothing or very little - MISS THE BOAT
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SENTENCE-: Don’t hide from work hard, you never know when you will miss the boat.
MEANING-: miss an opportunity - LOOK DOWN ON
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SENTENCE-: don’t look down on people, you never know what you missed in them.
MEANING-: to assume something to be not worthy enough - HEAD OUT FOR
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SENTENCE-: I will be heading out for Australia next year.
MEANING-: to start a long trip - HAVE A HEART CHANGE
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SENTENCE-: It is not wrong to have a heart change if your intentions are good.
MEANING-: to change a previous decision - MAKE ENDS MEET
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SENTENCE-: For some just to be able to make ends meet is a great success.
MEANING-: to have enough money to be able to buy all what you need - HARD HEADED
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SENTENCE-: Gandhi was a hard headed man.
MEANING-: stubborn or unwilling to change their own ideas - DRIVE SOMEONE UP A WALL
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SENTENCE-: Don’t try to drive me up a wall, you are not ready for the consequences.
MEANING-: to make someone very angry - BE ALL EARS
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SENTENCE-: Tell me your story, I am all ears.
MEANING-: to be eager and ready to listen. - COST AN ARM AND LEG
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SENTENCE-: Buying that bungalow will cost me an arm and leg.
MEANING-: to be very expensive