1. **A piece of cake:** Something very easy. 2. **Bob's your uncle:** Everything is all right, or everything is sorted. 3. **Cost an arm and a leg:** Very expensive. 4. **Bite the bullet:** Endure a painful experience or face a difficult situation courageously. 5. **Break the ice:** To initiate a conversation in a social setting. 6. **Burn the midnight oil:** Work late into the night or early morning hours. 7. **Curiosity killed the cat:** Being inquisitive can lead to trouble. 8. **Donkey's years:** A very long time. 9. **Hit the hay:** Go to bed or go to sleep. 10. **Jump on the bandwagon:** Join others in doing something that has become fashionable or popular. 11. **Kick the bucket:** To die. 12. **Let the cat out of the bag:** Reveal a secret. 13. **Spill the beans:** Disclose a secret. 14. **Throw in the towel:** Give up or surrender. 15. **Under the weather:** Feeling ill or sick. 16. **Burn bridges:** Damage relationships by behaving badly or irresponsibly. 17. **Cry over spilled milk:** Regret something that has already happened and cannot be changed. 18. **Don't count your chickens before they hatch:** Don't make plans based on uncertain events. 19. **Grasping at straws:** Trying to find a solution in desperate circumstances. 20. **Jumping on the bandwagon:** Adopting a popular activity or trend. 21. **Out of the blue:** Something happening unexpectedly. 22. **Piece of cake:** Something very easy to do. 23. **Rain cats and dogs:** Heavy rainfall. 24. **Saved by the bell:** Rescued from a difficult situation at the last moment. 25. **The ball is in your court:** It is your responsibility to make a decision or take an action. 26. **Vanish into thin air:** Disappear without a trace. 27. **Walking on thin ice:** Engaging in a risky or dangerous situation. 28. **X marks the spot:** Pointing out the exact location. 29. **Your guess is as good as mine:** I don't know. 30. **Zero hour:** The time when a military operation is scheduled to start. 31. **All ears:** Listening eagerly. 32. **Apple of my eye:** Someone's favorite person. 33. **Back to the drawing board:** Start over after a failure. 34. **Chew the fat:** Have a casual conversation. 35. **Down to the wire:** Finishing something at the last moment. 36. **Every cloud has a silver lining:** There is something positive in every negative situation. 37. **Feather in your cap:** An achievement to be proud of. 38. **Get cold feet:** Become nervous or anxious. 39. **High and dry:** Abandoned or left without help. 40. **In a nutshell:** Summarizing something briefly. 41. **Jump ship:** Abandon a project or activity. 42. **Kick the can down the road:** Postpone a decision or action. 43. **Lend me your ear:** Listen to what I have to say. 44. **Make a long story short:** Summarize a lengthy story. 45. **Nest egg:** Savings set aside for the future. 46. **On the ball:** Quick to understand and react. 47. **Pay through the nose:** Pay a high price for something. 48. **Quick as a flash:** Very fast. 49. **Raining buckets:** Heavy rain. 50. **Spitting image:** Exactly resembling someone. 51. **The whole nine yards:** Everything, the whole thing. 52. **Up in the air:** Uncertain or unresolved. 53. **Wild goose chase:** Fruitless pursuit. 54. **A watched pot never boils:** Time seems to pass slower when you're waiting for something. 55. **Barking up the wrong tree:** Pursuing the wrong course of action or making the wrong assumption. 56. **Cut to the chase:** Skip the preliminary details and get to the main point. 57. **Dog's dinner:** Something messy or poorly done. 58. **Eat humble pie:** Admit your mistakes and apologize. 59. **Fit as a fiddle:** In good physical health. 60. **Green with envy:** Extremely jealous. 61. **Have a finger in every pie:** Involved in many activities or projects. 62. **In the doghouse:** In trouble or disfavor. 63. **Jump down someone's throat:** React angrily to something someone says. 64. **Kick up a fuss:** Create a commotion or protest. 65. **Let sleeping dogs lie:** Avoid stirring up old conflicts. 66. **Mum's the word:** Keep a secret. 67. **Not playing with a full deck:** Someone who is not mentally sound. 68. **Off one's rocker:** Crazy or insane. 69. **Penny for your thoughts:** Asking someone what they are thinking. 70. **Queer the pitch:** Spoil a situation. 71. **Rake someone over the coals:** Criticize or reprimand severely. 72. **Spill the beans:** Reveal a secret. 73. **Take the bull by the horns:** Confront a difficult situation boldly. 74. **Under the thumb:** Controlled or dominated by someone. 75. **Vanish into thin air:** Disappear without a trace. 76. **Wet behind the ears:** Inexperienced or naive. 77. **Xerox copy:** An exact copy of something. 78. **You can't have your cake and eat it:** You can't have everything. 79. **Zero in on:** Focus on or concentrate on something. 80. **All in the same boat:** In the same situation or predicament. 81. **Bite off more than you can chew:** Take on a task that is way too big. 82. **Caught between a rock and a hard place:** In a difficult situation with no easy solution. 83. **Dressed to the nines:** Dressed very elegantly. 84. **Elephant in the room:** An obvious problem or issue that people avoid discussing. 85. **Feather your own nest:** Act in a way that benefits yourself. 86. **Get your act together:** Organize yourself and start behaving responsibly. 87. **Hit the nail on the head:** Describe exactly what is causing a situation or problem. 88. **In the red:** Operating at a financial loss. 89. **Jump to conclusions:** Make hasty judgments without full information. 90. **Keep a stiff upper lip:** Remain brave and resolute in the face of adversity.
top of page
bottom of page
Comments