A bridge too far : A bridge too far is an act of overreachinggoing too far and getting into trouble or failing.
A penny for your thoughts : This idiom is used as a way of asking someone what they are thinking about.
Add fuel to the fire : If people add fuel to the fire, it will burn with more intensity. Therefore, it means to make a bad situation worse. Add insult to injury: When people add insult to injury, they make a bad situation even worse.
Air your dirty : If you air your dirtylaundry in public laundry in public, you reveal aspects of your private life that should really remain private, by telling a secret, arguing in public, etc. All ears: If someone says they're all ears, they are interested in hearing about something.
All roads lead to Rome : This means that there can be many different ways of doing something.
All your eggs in one basket: If you put all your eggs in one basket, you risk everything at once, instead of trying to spread the risk. (This is often used as a negative imperative--Don't put all your eggs in one basket'.)
As a rule:If you do something as a rule, then you usually do it. At a snail's pace : If something moves at a snail's pace, it moves very slowly.
At arm's length : If something is at arm's length, it is a safe distance away from you. :
At odds : If you are at odds with someone, you cannot agree with them and argue.
At the end of the day : This is used to mean ‘in conclusion' or 'when all is said and done'.
Axe to grind : If you have an axe to grind with someone or about something, you have a grievance, resentment and you want to get revenge or sort it out.
: Back to square one : If you are back to square one, you have to start from the beginning again.
Ball is in your court : If the ball is in your court, it is up to you to make the next decision or step.
Bear the brunt: To bear the negative consequences at oddsIf you are at odds with someone, you cannot agree with them and argue.
At the end of the day : This is used to mean ‘in conclusion' or 'when all is said and done'.
Beat about the bush : If someone doesn't say clearly what they mean and try to make it hard to understand, they are beating about (around) the bush.
Behind bars : When someone is behind bars, they are in prison.
. Behind closed doors : If something happens away from the public eye, it happens behind closed doors.
Better half : Your better half is your husband or wife. Beyond belief: If people behave in such a way that you find it almost impossible to accept that they actually did it, then you can say that their behaviour was beyond belief.
Blessing in disguise : If some has bad luck or misfortune ultimately results in something positive, it's a blessing in disguise. Blow your own trumpet: If someone blows his own trumpet, he boasts about his talents and achievements.
Born with a silver spoon in your mouth : If you are born with a silver spoon in your mouth, you are born into a rich family. To make both ends meet : If you make both ends meet, you live off the money you earn and don't go into debt.
Bread and butter : Bread and butter issues are ones that affect people directly and in a very important way.
Bridge the gap: If you bridge the gap, you make a connection where there is a great difference.
Brush under the carpet: If you brush something under the carpet, you are making an attempt to ignore it, or hide it from others. Bundle of nerves: Someone who is a bundle of nerves is very worried or nervous.
Burn the candle at both ends : Someone who burns the candle at the both ends lives life at a hectic pace, doing things which are likely to affect their health badly.
Busy as a bee: If you are as busy as a bee, you are very busy indeed.
By hook or by crook : If you are prepared to do something by hook or by crook, you are willing to do anything, good or bad, to reach your goal.
impractical and To build castles in the air : Plans that are will never work out are castles in the air.
Close to your heart: If something is close to your heart, you care a lot about it. (Dear to your heart' is an alternative.)
Cold shoulder : If you give or show someone the cold shoulder, you are deliberately unfriendly and uncooperative towards them.
Count your blessings : When people count their blessings, they concentrate on all the good things in their lives instead of the negative ones.
Crack of dawn : The crack of dawn is very early in the morning
Crocodile tears : If someone cries crocodile tears, they pretend to be upset or affected by something.
Do's and don'ts: The do's and don't's are what is acceptable or allowed or not within an area or issue, etc.
Drop in the ocean : A drop in the ocean implies that something will have little effect because it is small and mostly insignificant.
Eagle's eyes : Someone has eagle eyes sees everything; no detail is too small.
Earn a living : To make money, Example: We need to get a good job to earn a decent living.
Easier said than done: If something is easier said than done, it is much more difficult than it sounds. It is often used when someone advises you to do something difficult and tries to make it sound easy. Eye for an eye: This is an expression where the punishment equals the crime.
Eye-opener : Something surprising, unexpected which reveals the truth about something or someone.
Face the music : If you have to face the music, you have to accept the negative consequences of
French leave: To take French leave is to leave a gathering without saying goodbye or without permission.
From pillar to post : If something is going from pillar to post , it is moving around in a meaningless way, from one disaster to another.
: From rags to riches: Someone who starts life very poor and makes a fortune goes from rags to riches.
From scratch : This idiom means “from the beginning'. Give and take : Where there is give and take, people make
concessions in order to get things they want in negotiations.
Hale and hearty: Someone who is hale and hearty is in very good health.
Hand in glove : If people are hand in glove, they have an extremely close relationship.
Heart of gold : Someone with a heart of gold is a genuinely kind and caring person.
High and mighty : The high and mighty are the people with authority and power. If a person is high and mighty, they behave in a superior and condescending way.
In a nutshell : This idiom is used to introduce a concise summary
In a tight spot or corner: If you're in a tight spot, you're in a difficult situation.
In another's shoes : It is difficult to know what another person's life is really like, so we don't know what it is like to be in someone's shoes.
In the soup: If you're in the soup, you're in trouble. Jack-of-all-trades: A jack-of-all-trades is someone that can do many different jobs.
Just for the heck of it: When someone does something just for the heck of it, they do it without a good reason.
Keep in touch : If you keep in touch with someone, you keep communicating with them even though you may live far apart. Keep someone at arm's length : If you keep someone or something at arm's length, you keep a safe distance away from them. Keep your fingers crossed : If you are keeping your fingers
crossed, you are hoping for a positive outcome.
Larger than life : If something is excessive or exaggerated, it is larger than life. :
Leave no stone unturned : If you look everywhere to find something, or try everything to achieve something, you leave no stone unturned.
Left in the dark : If you are left in the dark about something, you aren't given the information that you should have. Lend an ear: If you lend an ear, you listen to what someone has to say. Mend your ear is an alternative form.
Like a fish out of water : If someone feels like a fish out of water, they are very uncomfortable in the situation they are in a
Make a mountain out of a molehill: If somebody makes mountain out of a molehill, he exaggerates the importance or seriousness of a problem. ends
Make ends meet : If somebody finds it hard to make meet, they have problems living on the money they earn. Matter of life is a matter of life and
and death : If something death, it is extremely important. get
Nerves of steel: If someone has nerves of steel, they don't frightened when what the other people do.
Not my cup of tea : If something is not in your cup of don't like it very much.
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Off the record : Something off the record is said in confidence because the speaker doesn't want it attributed to them, especially when talking to the media.
On top of the world : If you are on top of the everything is going well for you.
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Once in a blue moon : If something happens once in a blue moon, it happens very rarely indeed.
Open book : If a person is an open book, it is what they think or how they feel about things.
Other side of the coin : The other side of the coin is a different, usually opposing, view of a situation. (Flip side of the coin' is an alternative.)
Out of hand:If something gets out of hand, it gets out of control. Presence of mind : If someone behaves calmly and rationally in difficult circumstances, they show presence of mind.
Put all your eggs in one basket : If you put all your eggs in one basket, you risk everything on a single opportunity which, like eggs breaking, could go wrong. :
Rags to riches : Someone who starts life very poor and becomes rich goes from rags to riches.
Read between the lines : If you read between the lines, you find the real message in what you're reading or hearing, a meaning that is not available from a literal interpretation of the words.
Rome was not built in a day: This idiom means that many things cannot be done instantly, and require time and patience.
Safe and sound : If you arrive safe and sound, then nothing has harmed you on your way.
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See eye to eye : If people see eye to eye, they agree about everything.
Show your true colours : To show your true colours is to reveal yourself as you really are.
Silence is golden : It is often better to say nothing than to talk, so silence is golden.
Small fry: If someone is small fry, they are unimportant. The term is often used when the police arrest the less important criminals, but are unable to catch the leaders and masterminds.
a Sow the seeds : When people sow the seeds, they start something that will have a much greater impact in the future. Spick and span : If a room is spick and span, it is very clean and tidy.
Spur of the moment: If you do something on the spur of the moment, you do it because you felt like it at that time, without any planning or preparation.
Sweep things under the carpet : If people try to ignore unpleasant things and forget about them, they sweep them under the carpet.
Tables are turned : When the tables are turned, the situation has changed giving the advantage to the party who had previously been at a disadvantage.
Take for granted : If you take something for granted, you don't worry or think about it because you assume you will always have it.
Grass is always greener: This idiom means that what other people have or do looks preferable to our life. The complete phrase is “The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence'.
Throw caution to the wind : When people throw caution to the wind, they take a great risk.
Throw your weight around : If someone throws his weight around, he uses their authority or force of personality to get what he want in the face of opposition. :
Tie the knot : When people tie the knot, they get married. Tied to your mother's apron strings : Describes a child (often a boy), who is so used to his mother's care that he (or she) cannot do anything on his (or her) own.
Turn a blind eye : When people turn a blind eye, they deliberately ignore something, especially if people are doing something wrong.
Turn a deaf ear : If someone turns a deaf ear to you, he doesn't listen to you.
a new leaf : If someone turns a new leaf, he changes his behaviour and stop doing wrong things Uncalled
Turn for
: If someone does something bad and unnecessary without consideration for another's feelings, what he does is uncalled for.
Weight off your shoulders: If something is a weight off your shoulders, you have relieved yourself of a burden, normally a something that has been troubling you or worrying you.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do : This idiom means that when you are visiting a different place or culture, you should try to follow their customs and practices. :
Where there's a will, there's a way: This idiom means that if people really want to do something, they will manage to find a way of doing it. a
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