English Idioms: Do the trick

English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: Do the trick
Meaning: Said about something that works.
Example: Some lemon juice should do the trick to make this sauce more delicious.

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  • English Idioms: Keep tabs on

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    Idiom: Keep tabs on
    Meaning: To monitor; to keep track of; to watch.
    Example: If you are careful to keep tabs on your finances, you should be able to stay within a budget.

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    Idiom: Tender age
    Meaning: A young age.
    Example: It’s easier to learn languages at a tender age.

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    Idiom: In the eyes of the law
    Meaning: Legally.
    Example: In the eyes of the law you are not allowed to treat people like that.

  • English Idioms: Name is mud

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    Idiom: Name is mud
    Meaning: If someone’s name is mud they are in trouble, disgraced, or discredited. The idiom’s origin is said to refer to Samuel Alexander Mudd (December 20, 1833 – January 10, 1883) who was an American physician, imprisoned for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. However, according to an online etymology dictionary, this phrase has its earliest known recorded instance in 1823, ten years before Mudd’s birth, and is based on an obsolete sense of the word “mud” meaning “a stupid twaddling fellow”.
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  • English Idioms: Tighten your belt

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    Idiom: Tighten your belt
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    Example: Going on holiday abroad cost us a lot of money so we’re all going to have to tighten our belts.