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work on your idioms knowledge and
understanding
get the hang of something
if you get the hang of an activity you
learn how to do it well
informal
after a few months you will start
getting the hang of the language and
expressing yourself quite well
get the picture
if you get the picture you understand
what is happening in a situation
informal
note this expression is often used when
someone does not understand something
immediately
anna was giggling she was beginning to
get the picture
get the wrong end of the stick or get
hold of the wrong end of the stick
if someone gets the wrong end of the
stick or gets hold of the wrong end of
the stick they completely misunderstand
a situation or something that is said
informal
did i get hold of the wrong end of the
stick was that not what he meant
get your head around something or get
your head round something
if you get your head around a fact or an
idea you succeed in understanding it or
accepting it british informal
at first people laughed at me because
they simply could not get their head
around what i was telling them
it's hard to get your head round figures
this big
go in one ear and out the other
if something that you tell someone goes
in one ear and out the other they pay no
attention to it or forget about it
immediately
i've told him so many times it just goes
in one ear and out the other
a gray area
if you call something a gray area you
mean that it is unclear for example
because nobody is sure how to deal with
it or it falls between two separate
categories of things
tabloid papers paint all sportsmen as
heroes or villains
there is no gray area in between
not have a clue
if you do not have a clue about
something you do not know anything about
it or you have no idea what to do about
it informal
i don't have a clue what i'm supposed to
be doing
jump to conclusions
if someone jumps to conclusions they
decide too quickly that something is
true when they do not know all the facts
forgive me i thought you were married i
shouldn't jump to conclusions
note you can also say that someone jumps
to a the conclusion
i didn't want her to jump to the
conclusion that the divorce was in any
way her fault
note people sometimes use leap instead
of jump
the medical establishment was careful
not to leap to conclusions
put two and two together
if you put two and two together you
correctly guess the truth about
something from the information that you
have
he put two and two together and guessed
what the police were searching for note
i you can say that someone puts two and
two together and makes five to mean that
they guess something more exciting or
interesting than the truth
mr lane solicitor said that the police
had put two and two together and made
five
read between the lines
if you read between the lines you
understand what someone really means or
what is really happening in a situation
even though it is not stated openly he
didn't go into details but reading
between the lines it appears that he was
forced to leave
note iu can also talk about what is
between the lines
he didn't give a reason but i sensed
something between the lines
take something on board
if you take an idea suggestion or fact
on board you understand it or accept it
british
note i the literal meaning of this
expression is to take something onto a
boat or ship
i listened to them took their comments
on board and then made the decision
up to speed
if you are up to speed you have all the
latest information about something
we try to keep people entertained and up
to speed with what's going on in town
note you can say that you bring someone
up to speed or that they get up to speed
when you give them all the latest
information about something i guess i
should bring you up to speed on what's
been happening since i came to see you
yesterday the president has been getting
up to speed on foreign policy
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