24 definitions by Zami Karzai

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
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To learn something the hard way (by experience)
Idiom

The problem with you is that you've been spoiled your whole life. You haven't had gone through the school of hard knocks to teach you what the world is really like!

I didn't go to college, but I went to the school of hard knocks. I learned everything by experience.

Synonym: The university of life
by Zami Karzai September 15, 2018
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Smart-phoning

Noun

To use your smart-phone for gaming, browsing, chatting etc....
Smart-phoning in the dark at night is a visual suicide for your eyes.
by Zami Karzai September 6, 2018
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In the sense that

Idiom

It is used to distinguish between two possible senses of a word or phrase.
I wouldn't describe myself as black in the sense that I do not actually have black-coloured skin - it is brown.
by Zami Karzai September 9, 2018
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Make the final cut

Idiom

to be finally selected
For every music album, song-writer writes many more songs out of which 12 or 15 are selected for the release, the rest that don't make the final cut are released in the Deluxe version of the album later on.
by Zami Karzai September 22, 2018
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Idiom

To achieve the standard that you are capable of
The teacher’s job is to help you reach your full potential.

Be proud of your progress and keep taking steps forward no matter how small, you'll eventually reach your full potential and you'll look back on the days you thought you'd never make it and you'll smile and be proud that you never gave up on yourself!

Synonym: Realize your full potential
by Zami Karzai September 13, 2018
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