Collocations

Learning lots of collocations will improve your level of English. Here are some useful collocations for you to learn.

• Not to be on the agenda: to be something that people are not prepared to do or to talk about.
• Be one step ahead: to be better prepared or more successful than someone else.
• Be below the belt: to be cruel and unfair ( a comment or action).
• A breath of fresh air: something or someone that is new, different and exciting.
• Be up in the air: if a topic/subject/matter is «up in the air», no decision has been made about it.
• Set the alarm bells ringing: if something » sets the alarm bells ringing» it makes you feel worried because it is a sign that there may be a problem.
• Great minds think alike: something you say when someone else has the same ideas as you, or makes the same suggestion as you.
• Be eaten alive: to be criticized a lot, and very angrily.