shopping idioms
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How often do you hit
the shops? Do you
ever pick up a
bargain?
How often do you go
window-shopping
?
Do you haggle
over the price when
shopping?
to argue when you are trying to agree about
the price of something
What do you most like shopping
around for? Did the product live up to the hype?if sth or sb lives up to a
particular standard or promise, they do as well as they were expected to, do
what they promisedattempts to make people
think sth is good or important by talking about it a lot on television, the radio
etc - used to show disapproval
When was the last time you went on a shopping
spree? What did you buy?
a short period of time when you do a lot of one activity, especially spending money or drinking
alcohol
Have you ever
made a few quid
by putting
something up for
sale?
be quids in to make a good profit: If this deal comes
off, we'll be quids in.
Do you ever talk
shop? Why
(not)?talk about things that
are related to your work, especially in a
way that other people find boring
Do you agree that
money doesn’t grow on trees?
Do you agree that
money is the root of all evil?