Commonly-Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs - Saigontre

sooner or later
- eventually
"Sooner or later you must give me my money so you should do it soon."
sore loser
- a person who gets angry when he or she loses
He is a sore loser when he does not win a game of tennis.
sort of (something)
- to be almost something, to be similar to something, to be not quite something
"Did you finish cleaning the kitchen?"
"Sort of, but not really."
sort out (something)
- to clear up confusion, to straighten out something that is disorderly
Our accountant is working hard to sort out the money problems.
sound as if
- to seem as if something were so from what has been said
It sounds as if my friend is planning to look for a new job.
sound like a broken record
- to say the same thing over and over again
The boy's mother sounds like a broken record when she tells him to clean his room.
sound like (something)
- to seem like something
It sounds like the stores are going to close early on Saturday because of the holiday.
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