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Slang is

"very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid and ephemeral than ordinary language" (Random House Unabridged Dictionary) - learn ~600 slang expressions

An idiom is

an expression "whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements… or from the general grammatical rules of a language"

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Al McGuire

(1929-2001) U.S. basketball coach I think the world is run by C students.

Americans about English accents

What Americans think about different English accents (Elon Gold).

Idioms to Learn Today

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get a head start on

[get a head start on] {v. phr.} To receive preliminary help or instruction in a particular subject so that the recipient is in […]

of the same mind

[of the same mind] {adv. phr.} In agreement; in consonance. * /It is a good thing when father and son are of the same mind […]

fly-by-night

[fly-by-night] (2) {n.}, {informal} 1. A company that sells many cheap things for a big profit and then disappears. * /A […]

out of thin air

[out of thin air] {adv. phr.} Out of nothing or from nowhere. * /The teacher scolded Dick because his story was made out of […]

Moses Maimonides, Hilboth Tshuvah

(Laws of Repentence), ca. 1195 Astrology is a disease, not a science.