You’ll be racking up frequent flyer miles in no time. Where are you heading?
* rack up: to rapidly accrue something;
collect credits
ex> You had better be careful where
you part. You’ll start racking up traffic tickets in no time.
Why are you so pumped up about it?
* pumped up: excited and enthusiastic
about something
ex> I have never seen someone so pumped
up about going to school as Jacklyn.
It’s not the fact that It’s Canada, it’s
the fact that I was tapped to give
the presentation for the Simmons Oil project that we bid on.
* be tapped: to be selected
ex> When my father was younger, he was
tapped to fight in the Vietnam war by the selective service.
They must think you fit the bill for this project since it’s a more high-tech project
than your average pipeline.
* fit the bill: to match the
qualifications for something; be the right person for the job
= be cut out for; be suitable for; be right
for
ex> Although he was young and
handsome, the male model didn't quite fit the bill as the spokesman for
the new project.
cf> foot the bill: to pay for sth
Don’t
put words in my mouth! I only meant that you look
classier and smarter than the average male engineer.
* don’t put words in my mouth: to
admonish someone for manipulating the meaning of something you said
ex> Don’t put words in my mouth.
I never once told Bill that he was going to get the promotion over you.
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