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Idioms for challenges, effort and decisions

Idioms & fixed expressions · B2 · 16 words

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Sixteen B2 idioms for talking about problems, hard work, risks and success in a natural, colorful way.

Level
B2
Topic
Idioms & fixed expressions
Theme
Word power
Words
16 words with meanings and examples
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First words in the deck

  • a blessing in disguise — something that seems bad at first but later brings good results
  • back to square one — at the beginning again, because an attempt has failed
  • the last straw — the final problem in a series of problems that makes you lose patience completely