TODAY'S IDIOM: YOU BET / YOU BET YOUR BOOTS / YOU BET YOUR LIFE

"YOU BET / YOU BET YOUR BOOTS / YOU BET YOUR LIFE"

You can say "you bet", "you bet your boots" or "you bet your life" when you strongly agree with a statement or a suggestion, or to emphasise what you're saying.

Example: Fela Kuti said "Do you want to join my band?" and I said, "You bet I do!"

Seguro / Claro / Por supuesto

Example sentences:

• You can bet your boots that the rent will go up in January. It always does / Puedes estar segurísimo de que la renta subirá en Enero. Siempre lo hace.

• Sheena said "Would you like to go out with me?" and Jamal said, "You bet your life I would" because he really liked her / Sheena dijo "¿Quieres salir conmigo?" y Jamal dijo, "Claro que saldría contigo" porque a él realmente le gustaba.

Additional examples:

• Are you coming to the party? You bet  

• Do you think you can find a home for this puppy? You bet!

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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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TODAY'S IDIOM: UPPER CRUST

"UPPER CRUST"

If you are one of the upper crust, you are a member of society's highest class.

Example: If Laura was really part of the upper crust, she wouldn't need to borrow money all the time, would she?

Alta sociedad.

Example sentences:

• Only children from the upper crust go to that school / Sólo los niños de la alta sociedad van a esa escuela.

• Ralph wants people to think he's in the upper crust, so he wears expensive clothes / Ralph quiere que la gente piense que él es de la alta sociedad, así que usa ropa costosa. 

• James is from the upper crust, but he is penniless / James es de la alta sociedad, pero está sin dinero.

Additional examples: 

• Marge does a great imitation of an upper-crust "society queen". It's really funny, and her upper-crust accent is perfect.

• Jane speaks like that because she pretends to be from the upper crust, but her father was a miner.  

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TODAY'S IDIOM: LABOUR OF LOVE / LABOR OF LOVE

"LABOUR OF LOVE / LABOR OF LOVE"

A labour of love is work that's done for pleasure or for someone's benefit rather than for money. 

Example: Hiroko's website was a labour of love that he made so that people could learn about jazz and blues music.

Por amor al arte.

Example sentences:

• Bill would never waste his time on a labor of love. He's only interested in making money / Bill nunca perdería su tiempo por amor al arte. El solamente está interesado en hacer dinero.

• Karen's book is a labour of love, so she doesn't really care about making money from it / El libro de Karen es por amor al arte, así que realmente ella no se preocupa por hacer dinero de él.

Additional examples:

• The research took three years but it was a labor of love.

• He coached amateur baseball teams as a labor of love.

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