Did you hear about Todd’s latest harebrained idea?
* harebrained: poorly thought out;
pea-brained
= half-baked
idea; rash idea; foolish idea
ex> What a bunch of pea brained
idiots.
ex> When I was a kid, I had a lot of harebrained
money-making idea.
Max, Todd is following his passion. Don’t
act like this is a bolt from the blue.
He’s always loved art and the stories of the great artists, so it’s a perfect fit.
* bolt
from the blue: a complete surprise
ex> The letter from my old professor
was like a bolt from the blue.
Note> Imagine a complete surprise
like a bolt of lightning from a clear blue sky.
* a
perfect fit: something made for someone; the right choice
ex> The yellow convertible is a
perfect fit for her outgoing personality.
Well, you’ll eat your words when he asked to move back in after he graduates. If
he graduates.
* eat
one’s words: to be proven wrong
ex> Ronny had to eat his words
when his sister won the election.
Yeah, I was. But then my father told me
to get my head out of the clouds and
think about my future, and… oh my gosh!
* have
one’s head in the clouds / get one’s
head out of the clouds: to have unrealistic dreams; daydream
ex> When I was a kid, I used to walk
around all day with my head in the clouds, dreaming about being a
billionaire.
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