Idioms beginning with Y
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you can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs
Meaning: to have to go through something seemingly not nice for a good result
Example: The course requires a lot of effort on your part. It is true that you can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs. Read more ➺
Meaning: everybody leaves their wealth behind after death
Example: The whole world knows that you can't take it with you but they still have so much affiliation to their worldly possessions. Read more ➺
Meaning: for sure
Example: The manager will pull this deal off. You bet on something else about him because this is definitely happening. Read more ➺
Meaning: To express disbelief or surprise at something that seems unbelievable.
Example: You've got to be kidding. There's no way he finished that project in one day. Read more ➺
Meaning: new members that provide various new schemes and ideas for the organization
Example: The Peace corps is in need of a young blood like Adam. Read more ➺
Meaning: used to agree with another person or group of people
Example: She said, "This horrible weather has been killing me." He said, "You can say that again!" Read more ➺
Meaning: used to express disappointment when someone makes a mistake which they probably shouldn't have
Example: She told me that you abused her, you know better than that. Read more ➺
Meaning: used to make a sardonic comment
Example: I told her that we have been dating for 5 years now and she said "you wish!" Read more ➺
Meaning: indicates the reality that it is not possible to always succeed
Example: To be very frank, I am very disappointed that they did not give me the post of the manager as I feel I truly deserved it after 5 years of work experience. Oh well, you can't win them all you see. Read more ➺
Meaning: to make a decision and to accept the consequences of those decisions
Example: Don't come back when it is all over and you have nowhere to go. Once you've made your bed , you'll have to lie in it. Read more ➺
