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Idiom for the Day. Time.

     Idioms about Time.

A quick one today... Idioms related to time. There are many other idioms in English which actually feature the word 'time'- in time/on time/in the nick of time which you could also look at if you so wished.

To be Against the clock	If you do something against the clock, you are rushed and have very little time to do it. They are working against the clock to have the presentation ready for Monday.
To be All along	If something has existed or been somewhere all along, it has been there all the time, from the beginning. I had been looking for my keys for some time before I realized they had been in my pocket all along.
To be Better late than never	When someone does something late, this remark means that it is better to do it late than not do it at all. Do you know what time it is? You promised you'd come early to help me - but better late than never I suppose!
To be In the blink of an eye	If something happens in the blink of an eye, it happens nearly instantaneously, with hardly enough time to notice it. The pickpocket disappeared in the blink of an eye.
To be By degrees	If something happens or develops by degrees, it happens gradually or little by little as time goes by. By degrees their business relationship grew into friendship.
To Clock in/out	When you clock in or out, you record the time you arrive or leave your job by punching a time clock to the show the number of hours you have worked. I'm going to clock out early today.  I've got a dental appointment.
To Cut it/things fine	If you cut it/cut things fine, you leave barely enough time to do something. You're counting just an hour between the airport and the train station - isn't that cutting things a bit fine?
To be (doing something for)Donkey's years	If someone has been doing something for donkey's years, they have been doing it for a very long time. He knows the town inside out.  He's been living here for donkey's years.
To be Down to the wire	If something such as project or a match goes down to the wire, the situation can change up until the last possible moment. There's nothing as exciting as watching a game that goes down to the wire.
To (do something) At the eleventh hour	If something happens at the eleventh hour, it happens when it is almost too late, or at the last possible moment. Our team won after they scored a goal at the eleventh hour.
To have Five o'clock shadow	This expression refers to a patch of stubble on the face of a man who hasn't shaved for at least a day. He looked tired and had a five o'clock shadow.
To be In the interim	Something that happens in the interim takes place during a period of time between two events. I won't have the apartment until next month. In the interim I'm staying at a local hotel.
To be In the long run	This term refers to something that will have effect over or after a long period of time. Learning Chinese is going to be difficult, but it'll be worth it in the long run because it will help me to get a better job. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_eR0IVSOhY

Phrasal Verb for the Day. Cooking

   Phrasal Verbs for Cooking.

This week I have decided to do phrasal verbs for cooking and although they are quite specialized they include some cooking verbs and highlight particles. I'll discuss these later.

From the example you should see be able tell what the verbs mean e.g bake bread in a oven. You can assume that bake means to cook something in oven dry and without oil- bread, cakes etc. This will help with understanding words from context

Furthermore, the more you become familiar with phrasal verbs, especially the particles (the preposition or adverb at the end) the more instinctive they become. 

'Off', for example is frequently used in phrasal verbs to signify commencement or completion- start off, finish off. As there are so many phrasal verbs it is more practical to try to develop an instinctive understanding rather than try to remember every word.

P.S.
In case you didn't understand the picture; Gordon Ramsey is a British Chef popular on TV and who has a reputation for using the word fuck. 

By studying the picture you can see how fuck is extremely versatile and can be used as a noun, an adjective, an adverb, or as a verb, although this is rarer (ironically). 

Although for many British people the word 'fuck' represents more than 50% of their vocabulary I don't recommend that you follow their example.  

 

Phrasal Verb	Meaning	Example (Simple Past Tense)
To bake off	To finish baking partly baked food. For example bread.	She baked off the bread in the oven.
To boil away	To cause liquid to evaporate completely by boiling.	She forgot to switch off the cooker and all the water boiled away.
To boil down	To boil a liquid down to a thick sauce.	The sauce was too thin and needed to be boiled down.
To boil over	To cause liquid to overflow whilst boiling.	She forgot to turn down the heat and all the water boiled over the pan.
To chop up	To cut into pieces, usually with several sharp blows.	She chopped the onion up into small cubes.
To cut off	To remove by cutting.	He cut all the fat off.
To cut out	To shape or form by cutting.	He cut several pieces of pastry out.
To cut up	To cut into pieces using a sharp knife.	He cut the pie up into equal slices.
To eat out	To eat away from home, usually in a restaurant.	They ate out twice last week.
To eat up	To eat until everything is finished.	She ate everything up.
To fry up	The act of frying a meal, especially breakfast.	He always fried up a good breakfast in the morning..
To peel off	To remove the skin/rind/outer covering of fruit/vegetables etc.	She peeled the skin off the apples for the fruit salad.
To slice off	To divide or cut something from a larger piece.	He sliced the meat off the bone.

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