| Idiom / Saying | Explanation |
|---|---|
| To put all your eggs in one basket For example: "You shouldn't invest all your money in Microsoft, it would be like putting all your eggs in one basket." |
To risk everything on one person or thing. |
| To buy a lemon. For example: "That car he bought is a real lemon." |
To buy something that proves to be worthless. |
| To buy a pig in a poke. For example: "That car he bought is a real pig in a poke." |
To buy something that proves to be worthless. |
| "To buy the farm." For example: "He bought the farm last week." |
To die. |
| "Own brand." For example: "Marks and Spencers only sell own brand goods." |
When a company makes and sells its own products. |
| "The drinks are on me." For example: "He was celebrating his birthday, so the drinks were on him." |
To offer to pay for something - usually food or drink. |
| To pay one's way. For example: "He's a good friend, he always pays his way." |
To contribute one's share of the expenses. |
| To pay over the odds. For example: "She definitely paid over the odds for that dress." |
To pay too much for something. |
| "To pay through the nose" For example: "He ended up paying through the nose for that car." |
To pay too much for something. |
Closed shop. For example: "The motor industry in the UK used to be a closed shop." |
a place of work where you have to belong to a particular trade union. |
| To be all over the shop. For example: 1) "His papers were all over the shop." 2) "I've looked for it all over the shop, but I still can't find it." |
1) To be in complete disarray. 2) To look everywhere for something. |
| To shop around. For example: "I always shop around before I buy something." |
To visit a number of shops to compare prices. |
| "To shop lift." For example: "He was caught shop lifting." |
To steal goods from a shop. |
| "To shop someone." For example: "He shopped her to the police. |
To tell someone in authority of someone elses wrong doings. |
| To shop till you drop. For example: "She shopped till she dropped yesterday." |
To go on an extremely long shopping trip. |
| To shut up shop For example: "Winter is so quiet we just shut up shop and go on holiday. |
To close somewhere (usually a business) |
| To talk shop. For example: "He is very boring, all he does all day is talk shop." |
To discuss one's business or profession. |
| "Shopping therapy." For example: "She was very upset so I took her into town for some shopping therapy." |
The idea that buying things can cheer you up - works for me :-) |
| To try it on. For example: "He never tells the truth about anything, he is always trying it on." |
To attempt to decieve or fool someone. |
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