Advanced English Conversations - Robert Allans, Ahmet Mustafaoglu, Metin Emir 2019

Set (67) - Don't rub it in!

Dialogue

Mike: They are trying to teaching me a lesson for turning down the report! I feel like knocking my head against the wall trying to point it out but they just won’t listen! See! That’s what you get out of your goodwill.

Peter: It serves you right because you’ve allowed them to walk all over you.

Mike: Don't rub it in! I don't like getting the short end of the stick.

Peter: What I want to say is unless you’re giving them the green line, they won’t dare to take you for granted.

Mike: Do you think it’s too late to turn the tables on them?

Peter: Not at all! It’s never too late to take the gloves off.

Vocabulary

Knock one's head against the wall: to waste time in futile effort to improve or change something.

Serve someone right: be someone's deserved punishment or misfortune.

Walk all over someone: to take advantage of someone.

Rub it in: to constantly refer to a mistake or fault.

Get the short end of the stick: to receive unfair, unequal treatment.

Give the green line: to allow.

Take for granted: To underestimate or undervalue someone or something.

Turn the tables: to change or reverse something dramatically.

Take the gloves off: To begin to behave in a more hostile or tenacious way.

Exercise;

Fill in the gaps with the correct phrases;

knock one's head against the wall

walk all over someone

rub it in

get the short end of the stick 

take for granted

turn the tables

take the gloves off   

serve someone right

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