Truth
be told, time just got away from me in the last
month. I've been as busy as a bee
between night school and work. Please say you’ll help me!
* truth
be told: a way of admitting that one either lied or was wrong
ex> Truth be told, I wasn't
sure if we were going in the right direction until I saw the sign for Montreal.
* be
as busy as bee: to be highly active
ex> My mother was always as
busy as a bee raising four kids on her own.
Fine! But you’re buying me dinner at the
Steak Shack for putting me through
this!
* put
someone through: to cause someone to experience something unpleasant
ex> We thought you were dead! You have
a lot of nerve putting us through so much grief!
Jeol, there are 32 names here! This is a monumental task for one afternoon.
Have you ever heard of online shopping?
* a
monumental task: a difficult project or undertaking
ex> Getting the new labor laws passed
was a monumental task.
I don’t trust the Internet, Lilly. Come
on, it’ll be fun. We can bang it out in three or four hours.
* bang
out: to complete something very quickly
= crank it out; whip it up; turn it out
ex> I don’t want to be here all
night, so let’s try to bang this final part of the project out.
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