Slightly
101on speaking terms — slightly acquainted; moderately friendly. → speaking …
102out of sorts — slightly unwell or unhappy. → sorry for …
103(a) man for all seasons — slightly formal a man who is very successful in many different types of activity. He s chairman of a large chemicals company as well as a successful painter really a man for all seasons …
104(a) meeting of minds — slightly formal a situation in which two people find that they have the same ideas and opinions and find it easy to agree with each other. Government officials say there was a meeting of minds between the two leaders during the six hour talks in… …
105bag and baggage — slightly formal with all the things that you own. We were told we d have to be out of the house, bag and baggage, in a week s time …
106come of age — slightly formal 1. to reach the age when you are an adult and are legally responsible for your behaviour. So what of all the fifty thousand youngsters who come of age this spring? Who will they be voting for? 2. something or someone that has come …
107in due course — slightly formal if you say that something will happen in due course, you mean that it will happen at a suitable time in the future. You will receive notification of the results in due course …
108in reduced circumstances — slightly formal if someone, especially someone from a high social class, is in reduced circumstances, they have a lot less money than they did before. They found him living in reduced circumstances in a flat off Fulham Road …
109Let bygones be bygones. — slightly formal something that you say in order to tell someone to forget about unpleasant things that have happened in the past. Why can t you put all that bad feeling behind you and let bygones be bygones? …
110monkey business — slightly informal silly behaviour or dishonest behaviour. So what kind of monkey business have you kids been up to while I was out? The tax inspectors discovered that there had been some monkey business with the accounts …
