Commonly-Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs - Saigontre

unfamiliar territory
- an area of knowledge unknown to the speaker
Trying to pilot an airplane was unfamiliar territory for the flight attendant.
unknown quantity
- a person or thing which nobody knows much about
The new mayor was an unknown quantity and nobody knew what to expect.
until all hours (of the day or night)
- until very late
We stayed up until all hours playing cards.
until hell freezes over
- forever
He said that he would not talk to his girlfriend again until hell freezes over.
until the cows come home
- until very late
It is my birthday today so I plan to stay out and party until the cows come home.
up Idioms
up a blind alley
- on a route that leads nowhere, at a dead end
The police were up a blind alley in their search for evidence of the crime.
up against
- having trouble with
He came up against many problems when he went to university.
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