#confusing_words

🫧Assure / Ensure / Insure🫧



🔸Assure means to tell another person something to remove doubt or anxiety.

➖ I was afraid we’d miss the flight, but my husband assured me we’d get to the
airport in time.


➖After assure, we always have a person: assure you, assure him/her, etc.



🔸Ensure is something you do to guarantee a specific result.

➖Please send the document by express mail to ensure that it arrives on time.


🔸Insure (spelled with an “I”) is when you get a financial plan to pay for any damage or loss to a person or thing.

~This is related to the word insurance, such as health
insurance, car insurance, etc.

➖Our house is insured against fires, floods, and theft.

Colour idioms 🟢🔴🔵⚫


1. Green with envy - Feeling jealous or envious of someone else's success or possessions.

Example: "When Sam got the promotion, his coworker was green with envy because he wanted it too."
 
2. Caught red-handed - Caught in the act of doing something wrong or illegal.

Example: "The teacher caught Tim red-handed cheating on the exam."

3. Once in a blue moon - Something that happens very rarely or infrequently.

Example: "Tom only visits his hometown once in a blue moon since he moved away for college."

4. Out of the blue - Something unexpected or surprising.

Example: "Sally received a job offer out of the blue from a company she hadn't applied to."

5. Black sheep - Someone who is considered the odd one out or behaves differently from the rest of the group.

Example: "In a family of doctors, Sarah was the black sheep because she chose to pursue a career in art."

معنى angry غضبان
معنى stomach معدة
معنىear أذن.
A hungry stomach has no ears.
معناها ساعه البطون تتوه العقول.
Someone who is hungry cannot focus on anything but their hunger.
الشخص الجائع لا يستطيع التركيز على أي شيء سوى جوعه.
و هذا المثل مشهور و احيانا تستخدم كلمة belly بدلا من stomach.
A hungry belly has no ears.
e.g.
A: "I'm sorry, I know you're trying to talk to me, but I really need to get something to eat first." B: "Oh, sure. I know that a hungry belly has no ears."
"أنا آسف، أعلم أنك تحاول التحدث معي، ولكنني أحتاج حقًا إلى تناول شيء ما لأكله أولاً." ب: " بالتأكيد. أعلم أنه ساعة البطون تتوه العقول."

#Phrasal_verbs

🫧Eke something out


~Eke out a living/existence = to manage to live with very little money or food.

▪️They eke out a miserable existence in cardboard shacks.


2) to make a small supply of something such as food or money last longer by carefully using small amounts of it.

▪️ How did she manage to eke out the food?

#Expressions


🫧Sitting duck / Sitting target.
noun [C]

➖someone who is easy to attack or easy to cheat.


🔸Out in the open, the soldiers were sitting ducks for enemy fire.