Vocabulary — Success Idioms

"His efforts didn't work at all — his project is dead in the water."

ما معنى التعبير dead in the water؟

"If you get a high score on your math test, you can go to the party — ace the test."

ما معنى ace a test؟ وما أصل الكلمة ace؟

"I think we are making a lot of progress. Our team has won ten out of twelve matches. We are on a roll."

ما معنى on a roll؟

"Don't support someone you know always fails — don't back the wrong horse."

ما معنى back the wrong horse؟

"Thousands of young people join the ranks of the unemployed each summer."

ما معنى join the ranks of؟

"I want to take up diving. It's an adventurous sport."

ما معنى take up؟ وكيف يختلف عن start؟

"I'm going to give up learning Chinese because it's too difficult."

ما معنى give up؟ وما الفرق بينه وبين stop؟

"If I like this job, I'll carry on next year."

ما معنى carry on؟ وما الفرق بينه وبين continue؟