Английские идиомы - только важные (19)

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Involvement and interest (Part 2)

Part 1 here is: https://cont.ws/@thyrise746/18...

mean business

If you mean business, you are serious and determined about what you are doing.

One of them pointed a shotgun at me. I could see he meant business.

a nosey parker

A nosey parker is someone who wants to know too much about other people. [BRITISH, INFORMAL]

Note: 'Parker' may refer to Matthew Parker, who was an English archbishop in the sixteenth century and had a reputation for interfering in people’s business.

The village's nosey parker, Olive, likes to spy on her neighbours with binoculars.

Note: 'Nosey' is sometimes spelled 'nosy'.

poke your nose into something or stick your nose into something

If someone pokes or sticks their nose into something, they interfere in something that does not concern them. [INFORMAL]

He has no right to go poking his nose into my affairs.

Why did you have to go and stick your nose in?

Note: Keep your nose out of something means the opposite of poke your nose into something.

Nancy realized that this was his way of telling her to keep her nose out of his business.

steer clear of something

If you steer clear of someone or something, you deliberately avoid them.

I'd advise anyone with sensitive or dry skin to steer clear of soap.

try your hand at something

If you try your hand at something, you try doing it in order to see whether you are good at it.

After he left school, he tried his hand at a variety of jobs - bricklayer, baker, post man.

up to your ears

If you are up to your ears in work or in an unpleasant situation, you are very busy with it or are deeply involved in it.

I can't come out this evening - I'm up to my ears in reports.

whet someone's appetite

If something whets your appetite for a particular thing, it makes you want it.

Winning the World Championship should have whetted his appetite for more success.

Note: Most speakers of English only ever use the verb ‘whet’ in this expression. It is rarely used elsewhere.

your heart isn't in something

If your heart isn't in something you are doing, you are not enthusiastic about it.

She was a successful teacher, popular with her pupils and her colleagues, but her heart wasn't in it.

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