english-language

• Far cry from

  Something is significantly different from or inferior or superior to something else.

• read someone like a book

  To understand someone's thoughts, feelings, and intentions completely and easily.

• Put on one's thinking cap

  To begin to think seriously and intensively about a problem or challenge, often requiring creativity or deep concentration.

• Fill someone's shoes

  To successfully take over the role or responsibilities of another person, often a predecessor, especially when that person was highly skilled or respected.

• All day

  Continuously throughout the entire day, often used to emphasize a prolonged effort, enjoyment, or duration.

• lost to time

  No longer remembered or existing due to the passage of a very long period, often centuries.

• A ghost of a memory

  A very faint, vague, or barely perceptible recollection of something.