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Phrase Means Good Eslpod Times Hand Dangerous Freeway

Id ESLPod_0691_WE_1056
Episode Id ESLPod 691
Episode Title Dangerous Freeway Driving
Phrase to get old
Text The phrase "to get old," in this podcast, means to become tiresome, boring, monotonous, and uninteresting: "I used to like that show, but now it's getting old. They need to add some new characters." The phrase "the good old days" refers to a period of time in the past that one believes is better than today: "In the good old days, we didn't have television, cell phones, or the Internet, but life was simple and we were happy." The phrase "for old times' sake" means to do something as a reminder of something fun or enjoyable one used to do: "Let's go to the beach together one last time, for old times' sake." Finally, the phrase "to be an old hand at" means to have experience doing something and to be good at it: "After 20 years of working in a mechanic's shop, she's an old hand at fixing cars."
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