Commonly-Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs - Saigontre

cut class
- to not go to class
I cut class last week and went to a movie.
cut corners
- to economize
We will have to cut corners in order to save money for our holiday.
cut down on something
- to use less of something
Recently the man has cut down on his smoking in order to become more healthy.
cut from the same cloth
- to share a lot of similarities
The two cousins were cut from the same cloth and were similar in every way.
cut no ice with (someone)
- to have no influence on someone
The excuses of the girl cut no ice with her teacher or the principal.
cut off one`s nose to spite one`s face
- to make things worse for oneself because one is angry at someone else
The man is cutting off his nose to spite his face. Taking revenge on his neighbor will
only cause him more problems.
cut one's eyeteeth on (something)
- to have done something since one was very young
The man cut his eyeteeth on fixing bicycles and he is now an expert.
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