Structures Idioms
Structures Idioms a ballpark figure | a ballpark estimate If you give a ballpark figure or a ballpark estimate, you give a number which you think is fairly close to the actual one. a night on the town | out on the town If you have a night on the town, or go out on the town, you go out for dinner and then go to a show or a dance club or some other entertainment venue. a roller coaster | a roller-coaster ride You can say an experience is a roller coaster, or a roller-coaster ride, if it involves many emotional highs and lows, or really good times alternating with really difficult times. burn your bridges | burn your boats You have burned your bridges, or burned your boats, if you were in a situation and you then left it after doing something that made it impossible to go back there. cross that bridge when we come to it You can say "we'll cross that bridge when we come to it" if someone mentions a problem that might occur in the future, but yo...