Zami Karzai's definitions

Ears feel like burning

Idiom

To be irritated too much by someone's talkativeness.

My ears feel like burning whenever I talk to her - she talks until you are blue in the face.

by Zami Karzai August 25, 2018

Making a financial gain

when you make a financial gain you make money or accrue valuable things by fair means or foul.

Some girls are always on the qui vive for making a financial gain out of every date possible.

Similar usage: Make a political gain

by Zami Karzai September 9, 2018

All brawn and no brains

Idiom

Having great power or physical strength but lacking mental acuity or intelligence.

He may have been a good football player in high school, but he was all brawn and no brains, so he didn't get into any colleges.

by Zami Karzai September 1, 2018

Take the extreme step

Idiom

To commit suicide

I don't know why people take the extreme step for such a small problem.

by Zami Karzai August 14, 2018

Overshoot your goal

Idiom

If you overshoot your goal you achieve more than the goal you assigned to yourself.

If you want to overshoot your goal stop getting complacent!

You must overshoot your English goals to achieve them.

by Zami Karzai August 14, 2018

Play both ends against the middle

Idiom

To make two people or groups oppose each other so that you can gain/get an advantage from the situation.

Politicians often play both ends against the middle by bringing up religion into the politics.

Synonyms: Work both ends/sides against the middle.

by Zami Karzai September 2, 2018

To the point that

It is used to to talk about something that changes slowly, until it finally turns into something else.

Idiom

At first I was nervous, but as time went on I got more and more comfortable, to the point that now I actually enjoy it.

His behavior has gotten worse and worse, to the point that now we're thinking about pulling him out of regular school and sending him to a special school for kids with behavior problems

by Zami Karzai August 15, 2018