Bl[u:]dy Idiom T[oi]m

Alriɡht, folksǃ

Here we go again with another piece of idioms, shall we dance?

1 "to spice things up"

Explanation: to make something hot in an indirect meaning. Imagine a boring evening (your usual evening, eh?) and, oh my God, you’ve decided to spice things up by going to a football match to spend some time there, shouting and fighting.

e.g. We are going to the Crimea for hiking, shall we count you in?

- Hmm, the idea is nice but it’s quite boring, I suggest you spice things up by going to Altay for hiking, how about this?

- You’re a crazy bastard, indeed.

2 "a coach potato"

"Again, folks, it’s definitely a day you're familiar with, lol, a collocation you may use to describe someone you might know.

Explanation: a coach potato is a person who lies on the sofa all day with a can of beer and a pack of crisps; a lazy bone, a useless parasite, an Internet warrior, amom’s warrior, and so on, you are free to choose whatever you like most.

e.g. Since the wedding day, she has been gaining weight, doing nothing, and acting definitely like a couch potato. I am very disappointed at being married.

- "Couch potato, couch potato!", - "Fuck off, jerk. Give me some time for the rest. I’ve literally worked a whole bloody life."

3 "to bring home the bacon"

Explanation: this phrase means earning enough money for a living; it’s not about millions of dollars, nice cars, and the stuff; it's just a necessary minimum for living, eh?

e.g. Some people are not interested in a career. If a job allows them to bring home the bacon and doesn’t take a lot of time, that’s a nice job, indeed.

4 "to compare apples and oranges"

Explanation: when somebody tries to compare absolutely different things that cannot be compared, in this situation we can say that they're trying to do the same as comparing apples and oranges (because they have no similarities, except the shape, lol).

e.g. (a conversation between two people who accumulate statistics)

- Hey, what’s going on? Why are you so nervous?

- Those bastards.. those.. faggots are even worse than us. They are trying to find the correlation between the changing of the number of hamsters on Earth and the development of the nuclear programme in Iran. It's like comparing apples and oranges. They are crazy.

5 "when it rains, it pours"

Explanation: this idiom describes the situation when some troubles appear together at the same time.

e.g. He has lost his job, and has been shitted by a bird, and, in addition, he has found out that his wife is not a woman. All of these troubles have waived him simultaneously. As they say, when it rains, it pours, doesn't it?

EXTRA: "chasing rainbows"

Explanation: this idiom means to dream about something impossible, saying metaphorically, flying in the skies, dreaming.

e.g. It’s hard to talk to him. He’s always chasing rainbows and doesn’t want to be serious.

e.g. I know people think that I am chasing rainbows and I want to answer them, yes, I am!

e.g. Alright guys, stop chasing rainbows and admit that we’ve fucked up.

So, folks, we've done it, use them well.

Cheers!