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suggested you might like to go because… 
B
 Whoa! Hold your horses! I can’t go this Saturday because 
I’ve got a wedding. And don’t presume I want to go just 
because I haven’t been before. It isn’t exactly my idea of fun.
Go bananas
5
If someone or a 
crowd
of people “go 
bananas”, they become very excited, or 
extremely happy or angry. This idiom 
probably got its name from the way 
monkeys react to the sight of bananas.
A
 What was the concert like? 
B
 Amazing! As soon as the band came on the 
stage, the crowd went bananas.
More holes than a Swiss cheese
6
If something (an idea, argument, story, computer 
system, etc.) has “more holes than a Swiss cheese”, 
there are a lot of problems or issues with it. 
A
 Have you downloaded the app yet? 
B
 Yeah, but it keeps crashing, there are security issues,
and it doesn’t work on Android phones. It’s got more holes 
than a Swiss cheese
.

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15 minutes of fame 
11
Your “15 minutes of fame” is the time 
when you’re famous for a short period 
of time. For example, by appearing on 
TV. The expression comes from artist 
Andy Warhol who once said, “In the 
future, everyone will be world-famous 
for 15 minutes." These days, the phrase 
is often used negatively to refer to 
people who will do anything to be 
famous. 
A
 I was interviewed by a TV reporter about the