Tài liệu CAMBRIGDE INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF IDIOMS_ CHƯƠNG 2.11 pptx

year
year
years
put years on
sb
to make someone look or feel much older
• The breakup of his marriage put years
on him.
OPPOSITE
take years off
sb •
Losing all
that weight has taken years off her.
yellow
yellow journalism
American
writing in newspapers that tries to get
people's attention or influence their
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opimons by using strong language or
false information • The paper is
practising yellow journalism at its worst
with its scandalous stories about the
Governor and his
family.
yellow-bellied
yellow-bellied
old-fashioned
a yellow-bellied person is not at all brave
• You're a load of yetloui-betlied fools, too
frightened to stand upfor what you believe

in!
yes
x
a yes man
someone who agrees with everything
their boss or leader says in order to
please them. He denies that he's simply
a yes man, and insists he'll be making
major changes to the way the club is
run.
young
7'
young blood
f!'o
young people in an organization who will
provide new ideas and energy • These
companies are suffering from a lack of
young blood.
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z's
zero-sum
a zero-sum game American
a situation where two people compete
and if one of them wins anything,
exactly the same must be lost by the other
• Radio has become a zero-sum game, with
stations gaining listeners only at each
other's expense.
x

z's
catch/cop/get some z's American,
informal
to sleep
fb
In funny drawings, people
who are sleeping are often shown with z's
coming out of their mouths .• All I want
to do is go home and catch some z's.
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