Английские идиомы - только важные (1)

Предыдущая статья по теме английского: 

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Небольшое введение, здесь я буду публиковать только идиомы и значения, а вот упражнения к этим идиомам можно будет получить на следующей неделе - следите за статьями.

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get the hang of something

If you get the hang of an activity, you learn how to do it well. [INFORMAL]

After a few months you will start getting the hang of the language and expressing yourself quite well.

get the picture

If you get the picture, you understand what is happening in a situation. [INFORMAL]

NOTE: I This expression is often used when someone does not understand something immediately.

Anna was giggling. She was beginning to get the picture.

get the wrong end of the stick or get hold of the wrong end of the stick

If someone gets the wrong end of the stick or gets hold of the wrong end of the stick, they completely misunderstand a situation or something that is said. [INFORMAL]

Did I get hold of the wrong end of the stick? Was that not what he meant?

get your head around something or get your head round something

If you get your head around a fact or an idea, you succeed in understanding it or accepting it. [BRITISH, INFORMAL]

At first people laughed at me because they simply could not get their head around what I was telling them.

It's hard to get your head round figures this big.

go in one ear and out the other

If something that you tell someone goes in one ear and out the other, they pay no attention to it, or forget about it immediately.

I've told him so many times - it just goes in one ear and out the other.

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