lunes, 15 de febrero de 2016

TODAY'S IDIOM: KICK THE HABIT

"KICK THE HABIT"



If you kick the habit, you manage to stop doing something that has become a bad habit.

Example: I wish I could stop smoking cigarettes but I just can't kick the habit.

Dejar el hábito.

Example sentences:

  • Rashid used to bite his fingernails but his girlfriend made him kick the habit / Rashid solía morderse las uñas pero su novia lo hizo dejar el hábito.

  • If a cigarette smoker says they want to kick the habit, it means they want to stop smoking cigarettes / Si un fumador de cigarros dice que quiere dejar el hábito significa que quieren dejar de fumar cigarros.

Additional examples:

  • Some smokers use hypnosis to try and kick the habit.

  • She tried and tried to kick the habit.




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