Phrases and Expressions

Stroke of serendipity

Unexpected lucky event that happened to you

AWOL

Absent Without Official Leave

OOTD

Outfit Of The Day

Sugar spice and everything nice

If you describe someone, especially a woman or a girl, as being sugar and spice, you mean that that person is behaving in a kind and friendly way

At/In One fell swoop

If you do something at/in one fell swoop, you do it all at the same time

(Let’s) Play it by ear

to decide how to deal with a situation as it develops, rather than acting according to plans made earlier

(Let me) Get back to you on that

to talk to someone again, usually on the phone, in order to give them some information or because you were not able to speak to them before

Mannerizm

Something that the person does with their face, hands or voice that they may not realize they do it

Virtue

the good moral quality in a person

Tout

to praise sb to make people think that they are important OR to try to persuade sb to buy sth

Aeon

​ a period of time that is so long that it cannot be measured

A stitch in time saves nine

said to mean that it is better to act or deal with problems immediately, because if you wait and deal with them later, things will get worse and the problems will take longer to deal with

to cast a pall over sth

to create a bad feeling or mood; to spoil the atmosphere