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What Does “memory like a sieve” mean? Definition: To have a memory like a sieve means to have a very […]

What Does “be part of the furniture” mean? Definition: if someone or something is part of the furniture, they have

What Does “cut a rug” mean? Definition: To dance. Example(s) The couple impressed everybody when they cut a rug at

What Does “have a lot on one’s plate” mean? Definition: This idiom is used to mean that one is very

What Does “a watched pot never boils” mean? Definition: This expression is used to mean that things appear to go

What Does “armchair critic” mean? Definition: An armchair critic is a person who knows or pretends to know a lot

What Does “sweep something under the carpet” mean? Definition: (also sweep something under the rug.) to hide or ignore something.

What Does “call on the carpet” mean? Definition: To reprimand; to censure severely or angrily. Example(s) I hope he wouldn’t

What Does “in one’s cups” mean? Definition: If someone is their cups, they are drunk or in the act of

What Does “off the shelf” mean? Definition: ready made for purchase; in a form that is ready to be used.

What Does “on the table” mean? Definition: being discussed or considered. Example(s) Everybody agreed to leave the plan to build