Idioms
14
Explore the World's Best Ideas
Join today and uncover 100+ curated journeys from 50+ topics. Unlock access to our mobile app with extensive features.
Be on board (with…)
Meaning : To “be on board” with something is to be willing to go along with it, or to be enthusiastic about it.
Sentence : I thought we could start our own clothing store. Are you on board?
7
208 reads
Bring (something) Up
Meaning : To “bring something up” means to introduce that subject.
Sentence : I was going to ask him to pay me back, but he was in a really bad mood. So I didn’t bring it up.
6
172 reads
Jump Ship
Meaning : When you “jump ship,” you get yourself out of a situation, or abandon a plan.
Sentence : The job didn’t even pay very well, so I decided to jump ship.
9
166 reads
Nail Down
Meaning : To “nail down” something is to establish or figure it out.
Sentence : The first step is to nail down a business plan.
8
166 reads
Double Down
Meaning : To “double down” is to put even more effort into an action once it begins to fail.
(There’s a positive version of “doubling down,” which can describe taking a smart risk. But it’s often used to describe the behavior of someone who’s losing an argument, or who reacts badly to being corrected.)
Sentence : He could have just fixed the mistake. Instead, he doubled down and told me I was the one who was wrong.
6
159 reads
IDEAS CURATED BY
CURATOR'S NOTE
An idiom is a phrase that has a different meaning than its literal meaning. And you’re guaranteed to hear at least one (or ten) at any given time.
“
Similar ideas
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates