When something is "A Dime a Dozen," it's common and easy to get and therefore without extraordinary value.
Example:
- Look what I found!
- Oh, that's nothing. Those bracelets are a dime a dozen.
CUNY - College of Staten Island - English Language Institute
Friday, November 23, 2012
A Dime A Dozen
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The English Language Institute (ELI) offers an exciting and innovative academic program for students learning English as a second language. Our course of study is designed to challenge and engage students. Students are immersed in the language, culture, and the ethnicity of New York City.
Monday, November 12, 2012
TURN OVER A NEW LEAF
To turn over a new leaf means to make a change in one's life; to begin over or anew. The "leaf" is not one from a tree but one from a book, as if one's life was a book.
For example: In the New Year, he decided to turn over a new leaf and improve his life.
For example: In the New Year, he decided to turn over a new leaf and improve his life.
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The English Language Institute (ELI) offers an exciting and innovative academic program for students learning English as a second language. Our course of study is designed to challenge and engage students. Students are immersed in the language, culture, and the ethnicity of New York City.
Monday, November 5, 2012
BE IN THE DARK
To be in the dark means that you don’t know what is really going on in a particular situation because you were uninformed.
They didn’t want him to know, so they kept him in the dark about the company going bankrupt.
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The English Language Institute (ELI) offers an exciting and innovative academic program for students learning English as a second language. Our course of study is designed to challenge and engage students. Students are immersed in the language, culture, and the ethnicity of New York City.
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