B2idiomnatureIELTS-friendly
a breath of fresh air
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someone or something new and different that makes a situation more pleasant
Positive; used about people, films, ideas and places. Very close to Vietnamese 'làn gió mới'.
In context
Our new teacher is a breath of fresh air; her lessons are never boring.
After all those action films, this quiet love story was a real breath of fresh air.
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- come rain or shinewhatever the weather or situation; always, without exception
- let sleeping dogs lieto avoid raising an old problem because discussing it would only cause new trouble
- nip something in the budto stop a problem early, before it can grow into something worse