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Spring-related idioms

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Spring-related idioms

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Let's learn some wonderful spring-related idioms before spring turns into summer.

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👉 An expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but that has a separate meaning of its own.

💐 to be no spring chicken

"I’m no spring chicken, I can’t stay out till 2 AM drinking and dancing anymore."

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If you’re no spring chicken, ____

💐 to have a spring in your step

👉 To be full of energy and happy. It refers to the way someone walks when they’re feeling good, as if they’re bouncing off the ground.

"We could tell she got hired for the new job because she walked out of the office with a spring in her step."

💐 to be full of the joys of spring

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When you’re full of the joys of spring ____

"I was full of the joys of spring when I found out that I’d gotten an A on my hardest exam."

💐 One swallow does not make a spring (or a summer)

👉 One piece of evidence does not mean that something is definitely going to happen. Although something good has happened, the situation may not continue to be good.

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What is a swallow?

A: "I'm really worried the boss is going to fire me. He said he really wasn't happy with my work lately!" B: "Calm down, one swallow doesn't make a spring."

💐 to spring into action

This idiom refers to a situation where something or someone is quiet and calm and suddenly becomes active and starts moving or working.

"The lifeguard sprang into action when he noticed the child drowning."

💐 to spring up like mushrooms (after the rain)

👉 To increase in number suddenly and rapidly.

"After videos about making cupcakes became popular online, stores specializing in cupcakes sprang up like mushrooms all over town."

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As soon as the boss walked into the office, everyone ____.

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I don’t know how old Mike is, but he is obviously ____.

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They’ve ____ since they met.

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When the large company set up shops in the small town, new houses ____.

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He bounced into the office, full of ____.

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A: “I got great news this morning, things are finally looking up!” B: “Don’t be too optimistic, ____.”

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idiom

💐 to be no spring chicken

"I’m no spring chicken, I can’t stay out till 2 AM drinking and dancing anymore."

💐 to have a spring in your step

"We could tell she got hired for the new job because she walked out of the office with a spring in her step."

💐 to be full of the joys of spring

"I was full of the joys of spring when I found out that I’d gotten an A on my hardest exam."

💐 One swallow does not make a spring (or a summer)

A: "I'm really worried the boss is going to fire me. He said he really wasn't happy with my work lately!" B: "Calm down, one swallow doesn't make a spring."

💐 to spring into action

"The lifeguard sprang into action when he noticed the child drowning."

💐 to spring up like mushrooms (after the rain)

"After videos about making cupcakes became popular online, stores specializing in cupcakes sprang up like mushrooms all over town."

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