EXPRESSIONS

EXPRESSIONS

Rooting for the offense is the safe way to go. You win either way (support) * The starting point of all achievement is desire (breaking point vs turning point) * There's a way of playing safe, there's a way of using tricks and there's the way I like to play which is dangerously where you're going to take a chance on making mistakes in order to create something you haven't created before * Never let inexperience get in the way of ambition (to prevent something from happening * Anger often gets in the way of understanding a situation * The bottom line is to be in control of your own destiny * (To me) the bottom line is: good music is good music * The bottom line of Hollywood is money * The bottom line is that everyone thinks differently (the final outcome of a process, discussion, etc; the bottom line in a decision or situation is the most important factor that you have to consider * It's nothing to scream and shout about, but it does the trick * At first glance, this appears to be a meaningless rise. Just a few dollars, nothing to scream and shout about, but considering the circumstances ... * The Fitness room is average, nothing to scream and shout about

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I can wear a hat or take it off, but either way it's a conversation piece. (a strange or interesting object that people talk about, any object that arouses comment because of some striking or unusual quality, something interesting that stimulates conversation) * Desire is the starting point of all achievement * The starting point of all achievement is desire (breaking point vs turning point) * Everyone has a breaking point. Be careful * Your breaking point is really your making point * The tension on my nerves was near the breaking point (1.the point at which a person collapses under stress, 2. the point at which a situation or condition becomes critical, a crisis) * Will you stop interrupting me? I'm trying to make a point here! (say [sth] significant, important * I make a point of not falling for anyone to keep myself from getting hurt again.When I don't like a piece of music, I make a point of listening to it more closely (1. to do (something) because one thinks it important, 2. to make (something) one's regular habit / one's strict rule, habit, or practice * Rooting for the offense is the safe way to go. You win either way (support) * The bottom line is to be in control of your own destiny * (To me) the bottom line is: good music is good music * The bottom line of Hollywood is money * The bottom line is that everyone thinks differently (the final outcome of a process, discussion, etc; the bottom line in a decision or situation is the most important factor that you have to consider * The bottom line is that it's not profitable 2. in a business deal it is the least a person is willing to accept: She says £95,000 is her bottom line. 3. profits or losses, (as of a business). Slang: 1. the basic or most important factor, aspect, consideration, meaning, etc, 2. the final or ultimate statement, decision, etc * As I say, you get labelled. To stop all that, I've got to win things - that's the only way you make your mark (If you make your mark or make a mark, you become noticed or famous by doing something impressive or unusual * A fat joke: Yo mamma is so fat I took a picture of her last Christmas and its still printing * I'm not big on fat jokes. That's a little beneath me. I'm not a huge fan of making a joke - and as I say this, I'm sure I do it - completely at someone else's expense. * I'm not big on John Wayne's early movies, but I really like his later work * Well, I am not big on soccer, but do enjoy some of the 'big' games * To be big on sth (to be keen on). means you don't have knowledge, or skill or interest, in something. It means that you have little or no interest in whatever "something" may be. Note this does not necessarily imply that you don't like whatever it is you are not "big" on, it just means that there are other things that you like much better * If you say that someone or something is beneath you, you feel that they are not good enough for you or not suitable for you: * They decided she was marrying beneath her * Many find themselves having to take jobs far beneath them * I'd rather use 'on the list', just to be on the safe side) * Never let inexperience get in the way of ambition (to prevent something from happening; * Anger often gets in the way of understanding a situation * We had almost reached an agreement, but some unimportant details got in the way * We need to finish this project by Saturday but try not to lose sleep over it, we have plenty of time to work on it over the next two days. (to be worried about something) * I’m really not sure whether to buy your car or not. Do you mind if I sleep on it and let you know tomorrow? (to take a night to make a decision)