WORDS AND IDIOMS OF THE DAY

(Break a leg Sam, I'm sure your performance will be great.)- BREAK A LEG MEANS....

• Wishing someone bad luck
• Encouraging someone to dance
• Asking someone to take a break
• Wishing someone good luck

My coach always said, "Basketball is not rocket science. It's about putting the ball in the basket." - IT IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE MEANS...

• As complicated as quantum physics
• Not difficult to understand or do
• Similar to brain surgery
• Like solving a Rubik's cube blindfolded

“Okay, let's get the ball rolling,” said the manager at the beginning of the meeting. - GET THE BALL ROLLING MEANS...

• To start something or to get a process or activity underway
• To change direction or focus on a different task
• To slow down the progress of something
• To stop something or to halt a process or activity

I met a lady who went in for exquisite hand knitting. - EXQUISITE MEANS...

• extremely beautiful and delicate
• cheap and low-quality
• average and ordinary
• very ugly and rough

The puppy snuggled up against the sleeping boy. - SNUGGLE MEANS..

• To run away quickly
• To lie or press closely together
• To jump up and down
• To stand still and stare

• "I need an abundant supply of coffee in the morning" - ABUNDANT MEANS...

• plentiful
• sparse
• limited
• scarce

• "Football ran through his veins and he was very passionate about it." - PASSIONATE MEANS..

• feeling indifferent
• having strong emotions or intense feelings towards something
• having no interest
• being apathetic

• "getting my degree was a great achievement" - ACHIEVEMENT MEANS...

• Failure
• Disappointment
• Defeat
• Accomplishment or success

• "she was paid an enormous amount of money to do the job" - ENORMOUS MEANS..

• Average or moderate
• Tiny or minuscule
• Small or insignificant
• Very large or huge

• "she's always been very outgoing and she's got heaps of friends" - OUTGOING MEANS...

• Friendly and sociable
• Reserved and standoffish
• Unfriendly and antisocial
• Shy and introverted