Zami Karzai's definitions

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

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

Step out in the real world

Idiom

To tackle problems in the real world or life.

If we don't interact with opposite gender, we won't know how to deal with them when we would step out in the real world for livelihood.

by Zami Karzai August 14, 2018

On your own head be it!

Idiom

used to tell someone that they will have to take full responsibility for what they plan to do

I am telling you, don't get married to her, she is a control freak but if you do then, on your own head be it!

If you want to quit a high-paying job to chase after some fantasy of being a travel writer, then on your own head be it!

by Zami Karzai September 13, 2018

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

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