Phrases & Expressions

A lot of anger or worry about something that is not important.

• Their argument was just a storm in a teacup.
• The whole fuss about the new logo was a storm in a teacup.

To indicate interest in someone on a dating app by sliding your finger to the right.

• If you like the profile, swipe right.
• He swiped right on her picture immediately.

A saying suggesting that generosity leads to receiving good things in return.

• The more you give, the more you get, so be generous.
• It's a philosophy: the more you give, the more you get.

To make food or something else very quickly.

• Can you whip up a quick lunch?
• She whipped up a delicious cake in less than an hour.

Having almost no possibility of success or survival.

• The team has a snowball's chance in hell of winning.
• Without more funding, the project has a snowball's chance in hell.

On or to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, used especially by British and North American people.

• My sister lives across the pond in Canada.
• We are planning a trip across the pond next year.

To improve or become more attractive as one gets older.

• She really ages like fine wine.
• Some people age like fine wine.

A day when your hair looks untidy and will not go the way you want.

• I'm having a bad hair day today.
• Even celebrities have bad hair days.

An approximate number or estimate, especially of a cost or quantity.

• The mechanic couldn't give me the exact cost, but he offered a ballpark figure.
• We need a ballpark figure for the project budget.

To keep talking about or working on something that is already settled or hopeless.

• We're just beating a dead horse by arguing about this.
• Stop talking about it; you're beating a dead horse.