American Slang time 🇺🇸💬

“Break the ice”

Meaning: to get something

started, to start a conversation or a gathering.

In the beginning nobody spoke at the company dinner last night. But I broke the ice by asking how everyone celebrated their New Years weekend.

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Cristian Salmiento 2021.01.20 21:55

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@F2F Jimmy - Beijing
Chen Yiwen 2021.01.19 10:26

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@F2F Jimmy - Beijing ✌thanks, I will keep going. 👻
Kiky chan 2021.01.19 10:18

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@F2F Jimmy - Beijing here we go!
Robert Den 3930 2021.01.19 04:47

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@F2F Jimmy - Beijing have a good day
F2F Jimmy - Beijing 2021.01.19 04:42

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Good job everyone! 👍 You guys can look at my older posts and learn more idioms and slang 😎 Try to pronounce word by word correctly 💪
Garren 2021.01.18 09:16

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Thanks for your sharing
susu苏 2021.01.17 23:48

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@adang 这是最好的点评，又翻译中文又说英文。👍
Mohamed 2021.01.17 13:12

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Thanks
阿泰 2021.01.17 11:09

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It's always hard for me to break the ice🤣I'm terrible at finding a topic
Rin 2021.01.17 09:43

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뭔데 왜 다 따라 읽는거야
Cathy 2021.01.17 06:59

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Good
An An 2021.01.17 06:03

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I broke the ice by my joke while everyone was focus on finishing their homework. Is the example right?
倾听者 2021.01.17 04:02

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in Chinese call破冰
Mr.Ary 2021.01.17 03:19

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In portuguese we say quebrar o gelo - se aproximar
sunyata 2021.01.16 22:00

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勇敢的集会英雄Brave assembly hero
Francesco 2021.01.16 19:39

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in italiano: rompere il ghiaccio
Sandra 2021.01.16 18:44

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In Spanish we have the same expression: “romper el hielo”
Bado Dani 2021.01.16 18:24

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What is slang?
Kiky chan 2021.01.16 15:48

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In french we use the same expression...it means "briser la glace"
Nile 2021.01.16 15:43

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Um... what are you all doing???
ada 2021.01.16 15:19

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666
Ahmad 2021.01.16 15:11

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Is that slang? 🤔