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break the
ice
A person who breaks the ice is someone who does or says something to
make people relax in an uncomfortable situation.
He started by telling a joke to break the ice.
icing on
the cake
identity
theft
idiot box
if it ain't
broke
don't fix it
if you can't The expression 'if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen' means
stand the
that if you feel there is too much pressure, you can leave.
Amid the growing tension the organizer declared :
heat
"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen!"
ignorance
is bliss
This means that if you don't know about a problem or unpleasant fact,
you won't worry about it.
I didn't know our neighbour was an escaped prisoner until the
police arrived - ignorance is bliss!
ill-gotten
gains
industrial
strength
infomania
in a class
of one's
own
in dire
straits
in the first
place
in keeping
with
in the heat of
the moment
in the interim
in inverted
commas
in leaps and
bounds
in the long
run
This term refers to something that will have effect over or after a long
period of time.
Learning Chinese is going to be difficult, but it'll be worth it in
the long run because it will help me to get a better job.
in the lurch
in the
middle of
nowhere
in mint
condition
in one's
own sweet
time
If you do something in your own sweet time, you take as long as you
please to do it, in spite of the wishes of others.
OK, I'll do it - but in my own sweet time!
in over your
head
If you are in over your head, you are involved in something that is too
difficult for you to handle.
I accepted to organize the festival, but I quickly realized that
I was in over my head.
in raptures
in
retrospect
in safe hands
in seventh heaven
heaven!
in a stew
in the twinkling of
an eye
in two shakes of a
lamb's tail
in vino veritas
in words of one
syllable
The term 'ins and outs' of a situation means all the details or
facts.
I know he was involved in a car accident, but I don't
know the ins and outs of his injuries.
iron fist/hand
If you have a few, or many, irons in the fire, you are involved in
several projects at the same time.
The travel agency is not his only venture - he's got
be an item
To say that two people are an item means that they are
involved in a romantic relationship.
So Sally and Harry are an item, are they?