| Idioms for January |
1.good riddance |
Meaning:
People use good riddance to show that they are very glad to be getting rid of something or someone that they do not like. The phrase is sometimes used in the longer form good riddance to bad rubbish!
Example:
No one wants to live in those flats because they are in such a terrible state.
So it will be good riddance when they are demolished. |
2.give or take |
Meaning:
Give or take means ‘plus or minus’. People often use give or take informally after a number or quantity and before another number or quantity.
Example:
In the end the cost was 1500 dollars, give or take a dollar or two. |
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3.get the picture |
Meaning:
If someone says, informally, that they get the picture, they mean that they understand the situation.
Example:
I think I get the picture. Mary doesn’t want to go, and Alice is trying to get her to change her mind. |
4. get a move on |
Meaning:
If you tell someone to get a move on, you want them to hurry. If someone gets a move on, they go faster or do things faster.
Example:
Get a move on, Fred. The train goes in five minutes. |
5. funnily enough |
Meaning:
You can use funnily enough to show that what you are going to say contains information that seems to be rather strange or odd. When it begins a sentence, funnily enough means ‘it is curious that…’.
Example:
Funnily enough, I said precisely the same thing to Andrew only last week. |