fire in the shopping centre. B
So, you got your 15 minutes of fame! I’ve already had mine. Once, I was… 12
If you’ve been “running around like a
headless chicken”, you’ve been trying
to do a lot of things in a crazy way, and
not really achieving much.
A
How’s your morning been? B
Terrible! I’ve been running around like a headless chicken. I was late for my appointment with the bank manager, then I got a call from the school to say that Luke was feeling sick so I had to go and pick him up, which meant I was late for my online meeting at work, so, I had to… Take everything with a pinch of salt (or grain) 7
If you tell someone to “take something
with a
pinch of salt”, you’re telling
them not to believe everything that
someone else says.
A
Paul was telling me about his new business idea, and how he was planning to climb Mount Everest. B
Ha! I’ve heard it all before. Take everything he says with a big pinch of salt! Everything but the kitchen sink 8
If you take “everything but the kitchen
sink ” on a holiday or trip, you take so
many things that it seems like the only
thing you didn’t take was the kitchen sink.
A
So, how was the camping trip? B
The weather was great, but Pete insisted on bringing everything but the kitchen sink: games, books, clothes for every type of weather… but you’ll never believe what we forgot to take – the sleeping bags! Pull the wool over someone’s eyes 9
If someone tries to “pull the
wool over
your eyes”, they try to stop you seeing,
knowing or finding out about something,
often by tricking you or lying to you.
A
