To have a private ulterior motive, often a grievance, for doing or saying something.
📖 general
General idioms that span a wide range of everyday topics.
To discard something valuable or essential along with something unwanted or unnecessary (usually as 'throw out the baby with the bathwater').
A smaller, perhaps less obvious but still significant, awkward, or taboo topic that everyone is aware of but avoids discussing.
A reciprocal phrase, typically meaning 'the same to you' or 'likewise,' often used in response to a greeting, wish, or mild insult.
To return to the beginning of a process or task, usually because a previous attempt failed.
In a desperate situation, with no easy escape or options left.
completely, including all possessions or belongings
a collection of strategies or resources available for use
a group of thirteen instead of twelve, often given as a bonus
to be precisely accurate or correct
without exception; the best of its kind
To pursue a mistaken course of action; to make a wrong choice; to accuse the wrong person.