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    1.A Chip Off The Old Block.: Meaning:To Be Very Similar To One'S Father or Mother in Character or Appearance

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    This document defines and provides examples of common English idioms and phrases grouped alphabetically from A to F. Some of the idioms explained include "a chip off the old block" meaning to be very similar to one's parent, "a cock and bull story" meaning an absurd story, "beat about the bush" meaning to avoid giving a direct answer, and "bite the dust" meaning to fail or stop existing. The document provides idiom definitions and example sentences to illustrate the meaning of each expression.

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    1.A Chip Off The Old Block.: Meaning:To Be Very Similar To One'S Father or Mother in Character or Appearance

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    This document defines and provides examples of common English idioms and phrases grouped alphabetically from A to F. Some of the idioms explained include "a chip off the old block" meaning to be very similar to one's parent, "a cock and bull story" meaning an absurd story, "beat about the bush" meaning to avoid giving a direct answer, and "bite the dust" meaning to fail or stop existing. The document provides idiom definitions and example sentences to illustrate the meaning of each expression.

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    This document defines and provides examples of common English idioms and phrases grouped alphabetically from A to F. Some of the idioms explained include "a chip off the old block" meaning to be very similar to one's parent, "a cock and bull story" meaning an absurd story, "beat about the bush" meaning to avoid giving a direct answer, and "bite the dust" meaning to fail or stop existing. The document provides idiom definitions and example sentences to illustrate the meaning of each expression.

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    A

    1.A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK.


    MEANING:TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO
    ONES FATHER OR MOTHER IN
    CHARACTER OR APPEARANCE.
    SENTENCE:HE IS JUST AS LAZY AS
    HIS FATHER.HE IS A CHIP OFF THE
    OLD BLOCK.
    2.A COCK AND BULL STORY
    MEANING:AN ABSURD AND
    UNBELIEVABLE STORY.
    SENTENCE:DO NOT LISTEN TO
    HIM.HE ALWAYS TELLS A COCK AND
    BULL STORY.

    B
    1.BEAT ABOUT THE BUSH
    MEANING:AVOID GIVING THE
    DIRECT ANSWER.
    SENTENCE:STOP BEATING ABOUT
    THE BUSH AND TELL ME WHAT YOU
    WANT.
    2.BITE THE DUST
    MEANING:TO FAIL OR STOP
    EXISTING.
    SENTENCE:MANY SMALL BUSINESS
    BITE THE DUST EVERY YEAR.

    C
    1.CALL IT A DAY.
    MEANING:TO STOP DOING
    SOMETHING.
    SENTENCE:AFTER WORKING FOR
    THIRTY YEARS,STEVEN HAD TO
    CALL IT A DAY AS HE WAS GETTING
    OLD.
    2.CANT MAKE HEAD NOR TAIL OF
    SOMETHING.
    MEANING:TO BE UNABLE TO
    UNDERSTAND SOMETHING.

    SENTENCE:I CANT MAKE HEAD


    NOR TAIL OF THIS LETTER.

    D
    1.DO AWAY WITH
    MEANING:GET RID OF
    SENTENCE:LETS DO AWAY WITH
    ALL THESE NEWSPAPERS.
    2.DONKEYS YEARS
    MEANING:A VERY LONG TIME
    SENTENCE:IT HAS BEEN DONKEYS
    YEARS SINCE I LAST SAW YOU.

    E
    1.EARLY ON
    MEANING:AT AN EARLY STAGE OF A
    SITUATION,RELATIONSHIP AND
    PERIOD OF TIME.
    SENTENCE:I KNEW QUITE EARLY ON
    THAT I WOULD NEVER PASS THE
    EXAM.
    2.EAT LIKE A BIRD
    MEANING:EAT VERY LITTLE
    SENTENCE:SHE IS THIN BECAUSE
    SHE EATS LIKE A BIRD.

    F
    1.FACE THE MUSIC
    MEANING:ACCEPT THE
    UNPLEASANT
    SENTENCE:YOU WILL HAVE TO FACE
    THE MUSIC IF YOU ARE CAUGHT
    LYING AGAIN.
    2.FOOT THE BILL
    MEANING:PAY THE BILL
    SENTENCE:PLEASE FOOT THE BILL
    AT THE COUNTER.

    PREPARED BY:
    YASMIN ERISSA BT MOHD KHAIRUL
    AKHIAR.

    THE END OF THE PAGE.

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