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ENERGY IDIOMS

a bright spark: an intelligent

Fred is a bright spark - he knows the capital of Mangolia


full of beans: has a lot of energy.

Andrea's full of beans this morning


take coal to Newcastle : supplying something where it is need.

Do you really think we can sell our cars in Japan? It's like taking coal to Newcastle.


let off steam : release (nervous) energy.

After a tough day at work in the office. Ruth loves to let of steam with a game of squash.


full steam ahead : time to go at top speed.

There are two months before my IELTS test , so from now on, it's full steam ahead.


burn the midnight oil: working late at night.

Steff has been burning the midnight oil for the last two weeks .


add fuel to the fire: making a bad situation worse.

Derek is already in a bad mood. Don't tell him about the broken photocopier right now. That will just be adding fuel to the fire.

try to use these idioms in your speech

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