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English Vocabulary: Character/appearance releted idioms

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English Advanced
 · 14 Oct 2017

- AS COLD AS ICE:
this idioms can be used to describe a person who does not show any emotion

- BLEEDING HEART:
is a person who is excessively sympathetic towards other people

- BORN WITH A SILVER SPOON IN YOUR MOUTH
born into a rich family

- CLASS ACT
someone who's a class act is exceptional in what they do

- CRY-BABY
is a person who gets emotional and cries too easily

- GOOD-FOR-NOTHING
a lazy person who doesn't do anything useful is a good-for-nothing

- HAIL-FELLOW-WELL-MET
someone whose behavior is hearty, friendly and congenial

- HAPPY AS A CLAM, HAPPY AS A LARK
extremely happy, overjoyed or pleased

- MAD AS HATTER
insane, crazy or deranged

- TWO-FACED
someone who is two-faced will say one thing to your face and another when you're not there

- YES-MAN
someone who always agrees with people in authority is a yes-man

- CUT A DASH
to make a striking impression by having a very positive appearance and wearing attractive clothes

- NOT A HAIR OUT OF PLACE
to have a perfect appearance

- LOOK A SIGHT
to look awful, unsuitable a very untidy

- LOOK IKE A MILLION DOLLARS
to look extremely good

- ALL SKIN AND BONE
to be very thin or too thin

- VERTICALLY CHALLENGED
this item is humoristic way of referring to someone who is not very tall

- PRETTY AS A PICTURE
someone who is (as) "pretty as a picture"is a very attractive appealing in appearance

- FIVE O'CLOCK SHADOW
this expression refers to patch of stubble on the face of a man who hasn't shaved for at least one day

- FACE THAT WOULD STOP A CLOCK
someone who has a shocking unattractive face

Source: http://languagelearningbase.com/88100/character-appearance-related-idioms

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