IDIOM OF THE DAY

IDIOM OF THE DAY

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πŸ”°Sell/go like hot cakes

To be disposed of very quickly and effortlessly, especially in quantity

⚜️His record sold like hot cakes on the first day after its release.

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πŸ”°Have (one's) cake and eat it (too)

To have or do two things that one desires that are normally contradictory or impossible to have or do simultaneously.

⚜️ You're never going to save enough money to buy a house if you keep buying expensive appliances and cars. You can't have your cake and eat it, too.

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πŸ”°Lay (one's) cards on the table

To reveal something that one has kept hidden, such as one's motives, intentions, opinion, etc.

⚜️You deserve honesty, so I'm going to lay my cards on the table: I can't offer you this job, but we may have another position that you'd be good for.

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πŸ”° Have (all) the cards

To be in a position of power or control over someone or something else.Β 

⚜️ I think my landlord doesn't have all the cards, I'm not going to move, whether he fixes the door or not, and he knows it.

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