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šIDIOM: kill two birds with one stone
āš¾Meaning:
If you kill two birds with one stone, you achieve two things with the one action.
āFor example:
šŗI need to go to the bank, and if I drop the books off at the library on the way I’ll be killing two birds with one stone.
šŗJenny says that she kills two birds with one stone if she does her own housework because she gets the house clean and she gets some exercise at the same time.
š„Sleep like a log
ā Sleep very deeply, sleep very well
š„Sell like hotcakes
ā Sell very well, very quickly
š„Like a fish out of water
ā Completely out of place, not belonging at all
š„Feel like a million
ā Feel very happy
š„Like a bump on a log
ā Do not react in a useful of helpful way to the activities around them
š„Read someone like a book
ā Know exactly someoneās thinking or feelings without having to ask
š„Watch someone like a Hawk
ā Watch someone very carefully, especially because you expect them to do something wrong
š„Fit like a glove
ā It fits exactly
š„Eat like a bird
ā Eat only small amount of food
š„Know someone or something like the back of oneās hand
ā Know very well, in every detail
IDIOMS: IN A NUTSHELL
Meaning: You can say “in a nutshell” if you’re about to describe something as briefly as possible, or you’re going to sum something up.
For example:
Similar: in short,Ā briefly, in brief, to put it briefly, to cut a long story short, in a word, to sum up, in sum, to come to the point, in essence, in outline