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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