75 common idioms with short meaning
75 common idioms with short meaning
.Cut to the Chase - Get to the point
. Get a second wind - Energized again
. Once in a blue moon - Rarely happens
. Face the music - accept consequences
. Jump on the bandwagon - join a trend
. When pigs fly - Never going to happen
. Ball is in your Court - your decision
. Caught red handed - caught in the act
. Method to the madness - strange logic
. Fall head over heels - Deeply in love
. Steal someone's thunder - Take credit
. Back to the drawing board - start over
. Burst your bubble - Disappoint someone
. Go down in flames -fail spectacularly
. Costs an arm and a leg - very expensive
. Pull someone's leg - Tease or jock with
. Raining cats and dogs - raining heavily
. Cry over spilled milk - regret the past
. Throw caution to the wind - Take a risk
. Bite the bullet - Face something painful
. Devil's advocate - Argue against a point
. Add insult to injury - Make things worse
. Bend over backwards - Try hard to please
. Burning the candle at both ends - overwork
. Hit the nail on the head - Be exactly right
. Take it with a grain of salt - Be skeptical
. Let the cat out of the bag - Reveal a secret
. Braking up the wrong tree - wrong accusation
. Taste of your own medicine - Repay treatment
. Elephant in the room - obvious issue ignored
. It takes two to tango - Both are responsible
. Every cloud has a silver lining - Good in bad
. Put all eggs in one basket - Rely on one thing
. Hit the road - Leave
. Kick the bucket - Die
. Break a leg - Good luck
. Piece of cake - very easy
. Fit as a fiddle - Healthy
. Hit the sack - Go to sleep
. Last straw - Final problem
. Jump the gun - Act too soon
. Break the ice - Ease tension
. Call it a day - Stop working
. Throw in the towel - Give up
. See eye to eye - Fully agree
. Put your foot down - Be firm
. Out of the blue - Unexpectedly
. Throw in the towel - Surrender
. On cloud nine - Extremely happy
. Under the weather - Feeling sick
. Spill the beans - share a secret
. Go the extra mile - Extra effort
. Keep an eye on - Watch carefully
. At the drop of a hat - Instantly
. Hold your horses - Wait a moment
. Burn the midnight oil - Work late
. On the ball - Alert and attentive
. In the same boat - same situation
. As right as rain - Perfectly fine
. Keep your chin up - stay positive
. Walking on eggshells - Be careful
. Cut corners - Do something cheaply
. Burn bridges - Ruin a relationship
. Miss the boat - Miss an opportunity
. Sit on the fence - Unable to decide
. Make a long story short - summarize
. No pain, no gain - work for results
. Don't judge a book by its cover - Looks deceive
. Let's sleeping dogs lie - Avoid bringing up issues
. Beating around the bush - Avoiding the main issue
. Kill two birds with one stone - Achieve two things
. Bite off more than you can chew - Take on too much
. Let the chips fall where they may - Accept outcome
. Actions speak louder than words -
show through actions
. Birds of a feather flock together - similar people stick
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