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📌 Couch potato
🔸 Spending too much time on the internet or watching TV.
🗣️ My uncle is such a couch potato! He often spends his Saturdays watching American football on TV.
📌 Full of beans
🔸 A person who is lively, active and healthy.
🗣️ My 6 year old nephew is full of beans! He has more energy than three adults.
📌 A bad egg
🔸 Someone who is untrustworthy.
🗣️ Hey, Sue, I think your neighbour is a bad egg. He has these scary looking guys in black leather hanging around his place all the time.
📌 Down to earth
🔸 Someone who is practical and realistic.
🗣️ My aunt Karen is so down to earth. She can figure out any difficult situation, and offer a good solution.
📌 Party pooper
🔸 A person who is gloomy, and having no fun at a social gathering.
🗣️ Listen, my friend, I’m so sorry to be a party pooper, but I have to study for my IELTS speaking exam tomorrow.
📌 Eager beaver
🔸 A person who is hardworking and enthusiastic.
🗣️ My colleague drives me crazy! She is such an eager beaver that she always volunteers for overtime.
📌 Ball in your court
🔸 It’s your decision or responsibility to do something now.
🗣️ Well, my friend, the ball’s in your court. I’ll wait for your decision.
📌 Get a head start
🔸 Start before all others.
🗣️ Let’s get up early tomorrow to get a head start on our drive to Toronto.
📌 Jump the gun
🔸 Start too early.
🗣️ I think I jumped the gun by buying my friends James and Susan a wedding gift. They just called off their engagement.
📌 Give it my best shot
🔸 Try your hardest.
🗣️ This test question is really tough! I’ll give it my best shot, and I’ll get some marks for doing my best.
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