# A hot potato
Speak of an issue (mostly current) which many people are talking about and which is usually disputed
# A penny for your thoughts
A way of asking what someone is thinking
# Actions speak louder than words
People’s intentions can be judged better by what they do than what they say.
# Add insult to injury
To further a loss with mockery or indignity; to worsen an unfavorable situation.
# An arm and a leg
Very expensive or costly. A large amount of money.
# At the drop of a hat
Without any hesitation; instantly.
# Back to the drawing board
When an attempt fails and it’s time to start all over.
# Ball is in your court
It is up to you to make the next decision or step
# Barking up the wrong tree
Looking in the wrong place. Accusing the wrong person
# Be glad to see the back of
Be happy when a person leaves.
# Beat around the bush
Avoiding the main topic. Not speaking directly about the issue.
# Best of both worlds
All the advantages.
# Best thing since sliced bread
A good invention or innovation. A good idea or plan.
# Bite off more than you can chew
To take on a task that is way to big.
# Blessing in disguise
Something good that isn’t recognized at first.
# Burn the midnight oil
To work late into the night, alluding to the time before electric lighting.
# Can’t judge a book by its cover
Cannot judge something primarily on appearance.
# Caught between two stools
When someone finds it difficult to choose between two alternatives.
# Costs an arm and a leg
This idiom is used when something is very expensive.
# Cross that bridge when you come to it
Deal with a problem if and when it becomes necessary, not before.
# Cry over spilt milk
When you complain about a loss from the past.
# Curiosity killed the cat
Being Inquisitive can lead you into an unpleasant situation.
# Cut corners
When something is done badly to save money.
# Cut the mustard [possibly derived from “cut the muster”]
To succeed; to come up to expectations; adequate enough to compete or participate
# Devil’s Advocate
To present a counter argument
# Don’t count your chickens before the eggs have hatched
This idiom is used to express “Don’t make plans for something that might not happen”.
# Don’t give up the day job
You are not very good at something. You could definitely not do it professionally.
# Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
Do not put all your resources in one possibility.
# Drastic times call for drastic measures
When you are extremely desperate you need to take drastic actions.
# Elvis has left the building
The show has come to an end. It’s all over.
# Every cloud has a silver lining
Be optimistic, even difficult times will lead to better days.
# Far cry from
Very different from.
# Feel a bit under the weather
Feeling slightly ill.
# Give the benefit of the doubt
Believe someone’s statement, without proof.
# Hear it on the grapevine
‘To hear rumors’ about something or someone.
# Hit the nail on the head
Do or say something exactly right
# Hit the sack / sheets / hay
To go to bed.
# In the heat of the moment
Overwhelmed by what is happening in the moment.
# It takes two to tango
Actions or communications need more than one person
# Jump on the bandwagon
Join a popular trend or activity.
# Keep something at bay
Keep something away.
# Kill two birds with one stone
This idiom means, to accomplish two different things at the same time.
# Last straw
The final problem in a series of problems.
# Let sleeping dogs lie
Meaning – do not disturb a situation as it is – since it would result in trouble or complications.
# Let the cat out of the bag
To share information that was previously concealed
# Make a long story short
Come to the point – leave out details
# Method to my madness
An assertion that, despite one’s approach seeming random, there actually is structure to it.
# Miss the boat
This idiom is used to say that someone missed his or her chance
# Not a spark of decency
Meaning: No manners
# Not playing with a full deck
Someone who lacks intelligence.
# Off one’s rocker
Crazy, demented, out of one’s mind, in a confused or befuddled state of mind, senile.
# On the ball
When someone understands the situation well.
# Once in a blue moon
Happens very rarely.
# Picture paints a thousand words
A visual presentation is far more descriptive than words.
# Piece of cake
A job, task or other activity that is easy or simple.
# Put wool over other people’s eyes
This means to deceive someone into thinking well of them.
# See eye to eye
Two (or more people) agree on something.
# Sit on the fence
This is used when someone does not want to choose or make a decision.
# Speak of the devil!
This expression is used when the person you have just been talking about arrives.
# Steal someone’s thunder
To take the credit for something someone else did.
# Take with a grain of salt
This means not to take what someone says too seriously.
# Taste of your own medicine
Something happens to you, or is done to you, that you have done to someone else
# To hear something straight from the horse’s mouth
To hear something from the authoritative source.
# Whole nine yards
Everything. All of it.
# Wouldn’t be caught dead
Would never like to do something
# Your guess is as good as mine
To have no idea, do not know the answer to a question
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