Category: Idiom of the Day

To deal with and create the best possible outcome of a bad, unfortunate, or unpleasant situation or set of circumstances. Watch the video

To cause someone to pause in astonishment, awe, or disbelief, especially with their mouth left open. Watch the video

To become or make something prepared for something or someone. Watch the video

To advance or progress, especially through life, according to one’s own efforts, inclinations, or designs. Watch the video

To make someone uncomfortable, embarrassed, or disconcerted by what is being said. Alludes to the ears growing red from blushing. Watch the video

To make an already bad, unpleasant, or difficult situation even more so. (Sometimes used as an independent clause in the infinitive form: “to make matters worse.”) Watch the video

humorous slang To depart or leave, especially at once or in a hurry. (A pun on “to split,” a slang term meaning to leave or depart, and a “banana split,” an ice-cream-based dessert featuring a banana halved lengthwise.) Watch the video

To improvise continuously as one does something; to do something without formal guidelines, structure, rules, etc. Watch the video

To make something harder or more laborious to do, especially more than is usual or necessary. Watch the video

To become more successful, popular, important, or accepted. Watch the video