Author: Your Teacher, Michael

[content_band style=”color: #333;” bg_color=”#edf4fc” border=”all” inner_container=”true”] [custom_headline type=”left” level=”h3″ looks_like=”h4″ accent=”true”] play hooky[/custom_headline][column type=”5/6″] Explanation: Someone who plays hooky is illegally absent from school. How to use it: [someone] plays hooky Example: The teacher got angry when she found out the kids were playing hooky. [/column] [column type=”1/6″ last=”true”][custom_headline style=”margin-top: 0;” level=”h3″ looks_like=”h4″][x_icon type=”volume-up”] [/custom_headline][/column][/content_band]

[content_band style=”color: #333;” bg_color=”#fcfaf2″ border=”all” inner_container=”true”] [custom_headline type=”left” level=”h3″ looks_like=”h4″ accent=”true”] play hardball[/custom_headline][column type=”5/6″] Explanation: Someone who plays hardball is very aggressive. How to use it: [someone] plays hardball Example: The car salesman was playing hardball, so I got upset and left the store. [/column] [column type=”1/6″ last=”true”][custom_headline style=”margin-top: 0;” level=”h3″ looks_like=”h4″][x_icon type=”volume-up”] [/custom_headline][/column][/content_band]

[content_band style=”color: #333;” bg_color=”#edf4fc” border=”all” inner_container=”true”] [custom_headline type=”left” level=”h3″ looks_like=”h4″ accent=”true”] play a mean guitar[/custom_headline][column type=”5/6″] Explanation: Someone who plays a mean [musical instrument] plays that instrument very well. How to use it: [someone] play a mean [musical instrument] Example: Megumi plays a mean flute and I heard she is good at the piano too.…

[content_band style=”color: #333;” bg_color=”#fcfaf2″ border=”all” inner_container=”true”] [custom_headline type=”left” level=”h3″ looks_like=”h4″ accent=”true”] plan B[/custom_headline][column type=”5/6″] Explanation: Plan B is an alternative to your main plan. How to use it: [someone] has or [something] is a plan B Example: Even if your plan is a great idea, you need a Plan-B. [/column] [column type=”1/6″ last=”true”][custom_headline style=”margin-top: 0;”…

[content_band style=”color: #333;” bg_color=”#edf4fc” border=”all” inner_container=”true”] [custom_headline type=”left” level=”h3″ looks_like=”h4″ accent=”true”] pitch dark[/custom_headline][column type=”5/6″] Explanation: When a place is pitch dark, it is completely dark. How to use it: [a place] is pitch dark Example: It was pitch dark when the electricity went out, so I lit a candle. [/column] [column type=”1/6″ last=”true”][custom_headline style=”margin-top: 0;”…

[content_band style=”color: #333;” bg_color=”#fcfaf2″ border=”all” inner_container=”true”] [custom_headline type=”left” level=”h3″ looks_like=”h4″ accent=”true”] pig out[/custom_headline][column type=”5/6″] Explanation: When you pig out you eat too much. How to use it: [someone] pigs out Example: I pigged out on chips last night after work. [/column] [column type=”1/6″ last=”true”][custom_headline style=”margin-top: 0;” level=”h3″ looks_like=”h4″][x_icon type=”volume-up”] [/custom_headline][/column][/content_band]

[content_band style=”color: #333;” bg_color=”#edf4fc” border=”all” inner_container=”true”] [custom_headline type=”left” level=”h3″ looks_like=”h4″ accent=”true”] pie in the sky[/custom_headline][column type=”5/6″] Explanation: When a person’s ideas are a pie in the sky, they are unrealistic. How to use it: [an idea] is pie in the sky Example: The boss said Tom’s idea was innovative, but too pie in the sky.…

[content_band style=”color: #333;” bg_color=”#fcfaf2″ border=”all” inner_container=”true”] [custom_headline type=”left” level=”h3″ looks_like=”h4″ accent=”true”] pick up the tab[/custom_headline][column type=”5/6″] Explanation: Someone who picks up the tab pays for the meal at a restaurant. How to use it: [someone] picks up the tab Example: David picked up the tab dinner tonight. [/column] [column type=”1/6″ last=”true”][custom_headline style=”margin-top: 0;” level=”h3″ looks_like=”h4″][x_icon…

[content_band style=”color: #333;” bg_color=”#edf4fc” border=”all” inner_container=”true”] [custom_headline type=”left” level=”h3″ looks_like=”h4″ accent=”true”] penny pincher[/custom_headline][column type=”5/6″] Explanation: Someone who is a penny pincher does not like to spend money. How to use it: [someone] is a penny pincher Example: Fred is a real penny pincher, so he never treats us for dinner. [/column] [column type=”1/6″ last=”true”][custom_headline style=”margin-top:…

[content_band style=”color: #333;” bg_color=”#fcfaf2″ border=”all” inner_container=”true”] [custom_headline type=”left” level=”h3″ looks_like=”h4″ accent=”true”] pay through the nose[/custom_headline][column type=”5/6″] Explanation: When you pay through the nose for something you pay too much for it. How to use it: [someone] pays through the nose Example: Jack said he paid through the nose for his computer repair. [/column] [column type=”1/6″…