When a person is "banking on" something, it mean that they are depending on it to happen, and are fairly confident that it will happen.
"As deaf as a post" is an idiomatic phrase that means 'very or extremely deaf'.
It means corn-fed, country, unworldly, simple, naive, or unsophisticated.
The idiomatic phrase before another verb is spelled "supposed to", meaning should, intended to, or ought to.
If you are looking for the literal meaning, it means that something was electrically charged. If you mean the idiomatic or figurative meaning, it means that a situation was emotionally "charged" and volatile.
No, "at" is a preposition when used to indicate a specific location or time. In the phrase "at first," "first" is functioning as an ordinal number to describe the initial occurrence or rank in a sequence.
The meaning of the idiomatic expression, get a foothold in, is that you only need a small opening. This phrase is often used in business. One example of getting a foothold in would be getting an introduction to someone who works in a company that you would like to work in.
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You didn't say if you meant the phrase "in the dark" as the literal meaning or the idiomatic meaning. Literal: "When the moon sets, we will be in the dark." Idiom: "Bill is mad at me, but I am in the dark about the reason."
No, "in addition" is not a preposition. It is a phrase that is used as an adverb to introduce additional information or to indicate something is being added to what has already been stated.
"Touch base" is typically written as two words. It is used informally to indicate making contact or reconnecting with someone.
That is the correct spelling of the idiomatic phrase "up to."
The idiomatic usage is not hyphenated. The term "used to" is a colloquial phrase meaning either - (adjective) accustomed to - (auxiliary verb) did previously, in the past