Tag: expression

Be me

Be yourself

Example

Asked what his advice was when they spoke, the politician said: “Be me.”

Be nudged

be persuaded through earnest appeals to follow a course of action

Examples

We look forward to being nudged even further on these issues.

Britons are being “nudged” to take advantage of high interest rate savings accounts before likely cut from the Bank of England later this year.

Kung fu somebody

Punch or blow somebody with Kung fu.

Example 

I thought Ann was going to kung fu him with iron fist then.

reduce (one) to tears 

To cause one to cry. 

Examples

I know it’s embarrassing, but sappy movies like that always reduce me to tears. 

One source told the Hollywood Reporter: “I’ve watched her reduce grown men to tears”.

Out of the same pot

Having the same origin or root or of the same type

Example

Wouldn’t it be nice to know who is behind and pushing all this diversity and inclusion, gender, migrants, etc.? It really feels that it is coming out of the same pot?

Be grilled  on or about

to be asked a lot of questions for a long time on or about something 

Ex.

He was being grilled on controversial COVID-era nursing-home policies.

The mayor was grilled by journalists on her far-left policies.