Common English Idioms and Expressions

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to go Dutch

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to share the cost, to pay one's own bills

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a jack of all trades

Back

a person who can do many things

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to keep up with the Joneses

Back

to want the same nice things that other people have

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a man/woman of means

Back

a rich person

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the real McCoy

Back

a true example of something

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to run in the family

Back

to be characterized by something common to many members of a family

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a smart aleck

Back

someone who acts as if he or she knows everything and is often rude about it

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Tom, Dick, or Harry

Back

Nobody special, just any person

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a wise guy

Back

someone who acts as if he or she knows everything and is often rude about it

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a man/girl Friday

Back

A person who can do many things.