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  • Freudian Slip

    Meaning A “Freudian slip” is a mistake in speaking or writing where someone accidentally says something different from what they intended to say, often revealing a thought, feeling, or desire they may have been trying to keep hidden. The expression comes from the ideas of Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, who believed that seemingly accidental mistakes…

  • Fishing for Compliments

    Meaning “Fishing for compliments” is an idiom used when someone deliberately says or does something that encourages other people to praise them. Rather than asking directly for a compliment, they make a comment that gives others an opening to say something nice about them. For example, someone might say, “I look terrible in this dress,”…