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LET ALONE CHAMPAGNE

let alone

used after a negative statement to say that the next thing you mention is even more unlikely; used to indicate that something is far less likely or suitable than something else already mentioned.

The baby can’t even sit up yet, let alone walk!

They can't afford a meal out, let alone a holiday

He was incapable of leading a bowling team, let alone a country

I can't afford wine, let alone champagne

  Most could not read or write, let alone speak English.

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CALLING SOMEBODY NAMES

call someone names to call someone by an abusive or insulting name; to speak to or about another in offensive terms; to verbally abuse someone, use offensive epithets:

Billy cried when the other kids called him names.

John was punished for calling his teacher names.

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WE MIGHT AS WELL WALK THERE

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NO SOONER HAD SHE READ THE LETTER THAN SHE STARTED CRYING

If the second event occurs immediately after the first, we can express that idea using the structure no sooner … than.

Note that in this structure no sooner introduces the event that occurred first.

• No sooner had I arrived at the station than the train came. (= I came first and the train arrived right after me.)
• No sooner had we heard the noise than we rushed to the spot.
• No sooner had she finished one project than she started working on the next.
• No sooner had I closed my eyes than I fell asleep.

Source: https://www.englishgrammar.org/sooner-hardlywhen

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BEAT AROUND THE BUSH

beat around the bush (also beat about the bush) to avoid talking about what is important; to spend a long time getting to the main point of what you are saying, especially because it is embarrassing

Stop beating around the bush and tell me the truth.

Don't beat around the bush - get to the point!

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