Black Friday; used as a noun

Context:

Alex: What are you doing over the Thanksgiving break?

Armando: Well, I'm spending Thanksgiving evening with my parents, and then I'm spending the night in a Best Buy parking lot.

Alex: Why would you do that?

Armando: It's Black Friday. I need a new computer, and they are selling a laptop I've had my eye on for really cheap. But they will have like 5 at that price, so I'm going to camp out in front of the stoor.

Alex: That's sounds dreadful. I will be wishing you luck from the comfort of my apartment.

Meaning: The expression "Black Friday" is a nickname for the day after Thanksgiving in the United States. Thanksgiving is a harvest celebration, and in the US, it's always celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. Because it's on a Thursday, most schools and companies stay closed on the day after. Since everyone is off work and it's roughly a month before Christmas, the day has become one of the most popular shopping days in the US. In order to attract customers, stores usually offer their best sales on that day, although many of these sales are limited, as explained by Armando in the example above. Because of these limited sales, some people have made the day almost a competitive shopping holiday, and every year there are reports of shoppers fighting over an item and people falling and being trampled when the store's doors open.

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The late __ (person's name or social position)

Context #1:

​I was married to my husband for 37 years. I miss him so much. He passed away 5 years ago. When it rains, I miss him even more...​My late husband used to enjoy his garden, especially after it rained. He was a good man.​

Context #2:

November has been a very sad month in America. Many bad things happened, but for me, the saddest thing was to find out that one of my favorite singer/song writers passed away. He died on November 10th. The late Leonard Cohen was great and ​wrote many of my favorite songs.

Meaning: dead. We use "the late" before a name or title to indicate that person is not alive. If the person is loved and respected, we often use "the late great" before the name or title.

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To Dig In

Idiom: To dig in

Context #1:

Tony: Hey guys!  The pizza is ready, so dig in!

Joe: Should we wait for John?

Tony: No, he called and said he's not coming.

Context #2:

Bethany: I know your food hasn't come yet, but I am so hungry. Can I go ahead and start eating?

Chrissy: Yeah, don't worry about. Dig in!

Meaning: "To dig in" is a phrased that is used to tell someone to go ahead and start eating. Usually it is used in a situation where someone is politely waiting to eat. This idiom means, "You don't have to wait. Go ahead and start eating."

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To Be Stuffed

Idiom: To be stuffed

Context #1:

John: Man, that buffet was amazing!  I think I had like 5 plates full of food.

Steve: Me too. I am stuffed!

Context #2:

Susie: I don't think I can finish this hamburger.  It's huge!

Jill: Yeah, I actually finished one before. I was so stuffed!

Meaning: "To be stuffed" is a very common idiom in American English. It means "to be really full," and it usually means that you are so full you feel uncomfortable. When people say they are "stuffed" it usually means that they ate too much.

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Food Coma

Read this thank you note and try to guess the meaning of the idiom in bold:

What do you think the idiom food coma means?

A. The state of foods, especially vegetables, that are nearly dead before being completely cooked or ingested.

B. Feeling very tired and sleepy shortly after eating a big meal.

C. A punctuation mark in the shape of food indicating a pause between parts of a sentence.

The answer is.... 

B.  Feeling very tired and sleepy shortly after eating a big meal.

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Go Cold Turkey

Idiom: Go cold turkey

Example:

Frank: I’m thinking about quitting fast food.

Aaron: That’s really good.  It’s really unhealthy to eat fried food every day. 

Frank: Yeah, I’m going cold turkey.  No transition period.

Aaron: Wow!  That’s difficult.  I usually cut some foods slowly.  I can’t give up food I like all at once. 

Meaning: Go cold turkey is an expression used when someone stops doing something without a transition period.  It’s a very sudden stop to an action or habit.

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