#budge/give an inch
- I can't believe how tight this bolt is on here - it won't budge an inch!
- Once my brother gets his mind made up, he won't budge an inch, so don't bother trying to reason with him.
If you try to reason with someone, you try to persuade them to do or accept something by using sensible arguments. - Neither side is prepared to give an inch in the negotiations.
#has a good ring to it
sounds good
#give a bell
Give me a bell after the movie, and we can meet somewhere for a drink
call on the phone
#I fell for it.
I fell for her trick.
낚였다
He didn't buy it
안낚였다
She played a trick on me.
#come towards = come up on
I'm coming towards on graduation/ end of current role. (normally suggests a few weeks/months) = my current role is coming to an end.
#due for something
thing is planned to happen or be given to them now, or very soon, often after they have been waiting for it for a long time.
- It finally happened. I'm skipping my language class tonight. I said I woudln't skip unless I was sick. well, today I have a weird cough, I'm cold, tired and I think I due for an early night with some good rest.
*due
when's the baby due?
the next train is due in five minutes. *(was supposed to be)
# steal someone's thunder
to lessen the effectiveness of someone's statement or action by using or doing it before that person
thunder represents the acclaim or praise that one is due.
- you get an A on your report card and go to brag about it to your parents but then you find out that your brother got straight A's, you can say
"Stop trying to steal my thunder!"