Summer: beach, picnic, summer, sun, swim
Sun
Idiom | Explanation | Example |
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under the sun | in the world/in existence | We have every ice-cream flavour under the sun. |
a place in the sun | beneficial position, usually at work | When Mary got a promotion she had found her place in the sun. |
think the sun shines out of somebody’s backside | have a good opinion of somebody and believe that everything they do is wonderful | My sister can do anything and our parents think it’s great. They think the sun shines out of her backside. |
Summer
Idiom | Explanation | Example |
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Indian summer | warm dry weather in autumn | We are experiencing a lovely Indian summer at the moment. |
one swallow doesn’t make a summer | don’t take something small as a sign for something big |
—It’s 5 degrees outside and the snow has melted. Spring is here! |
dog days of summer | the hottest days of the year | When I was a kid the dog days of summer always happened exactly when school started again for the year. |
Swim
Idiom | Explanation | Example |
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swim with/against the tide | obey, go with the mainstream idea or expectations/disobey, go against them | I know I’ll be swimming against the tide but I think I’m going to study maths instead of literature. |
sink or swim | either fail or succeed | On my first day on the job I had to serve customers, without any training the company left me to sink or swim. |
Picnic
Idiom | Explanation | Example |
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be no picnic | be hard and unpleasant | Driving through the mountains in the middle of winter was no picnic. It snowed, the road was icy and it was freezing cold. |
two sandwiches short of a picnic | a person who isn’t very intelligent or a person who is eccentric | I think my friend Mark is two sandwiches short of a picnic. |