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To let the cat out of the bag: to reveal or tell a secret or a surprise by accident.
To look down upon: to consider someone or something as not important.
To lose one's head: to become confused or overly emotional about someone or something.
To make no difference: not to matter to someone.
To make room for: to provide space for someone or something.
To put on weight: to gain weight; to get fat.
To rains cats and dogs: raining very heavily.
To run errands: to take a short trip to do a specific thing.
To run out of: Exhaust a supply or quantity of something.
To serve one right: you deserve the punishment that you received.
To give someone a ring: to telephone someone, give somebody a buzz.
To go Dutch: to share the cost of something, especially a meal.
To go without saying: it should be generally understood or accepted.
To have another thing coming: is to be greatly mistaken.
To have one's heart set on: to want something very much.
To have time off: a period of time that is free from employment or school.
To keep one's head: Stay calm, retain self-control.
To keep up with: to move as quickly as someone else.
To knock it off: to stop doing something that annoys you or Quit or stop doing something.
To know by sight: to recognize a person's face, but not know the name.
To take someone for granted: to expect someone or something to be always available to serve
in some way without thanks or recognition; to value someone or something too lightly.
To be at the end of one's rope: Out of energy or patience; exhausted or exasperated.
To be up to something: doing or planning something secretly.
To cheer up: to make a sad person happy.
To ease someone out: to help someone continue to get out of something.
To face the music: to accept responsibility for something you have done.
To find fault with: to find things wrong with someone or something. OR Criticize, express
dissatisfaction with.
To get on one's nerves: to annoy someone, especially by doing something again and again.
To give birth to: to cause or be the origin of something.
To give one a big hand: to help someone do something, especially something that involves
physical effort.
On the spot: in trouble; in a difficult situation.
Once and for all: completely and finally
Out of the question: not allowed; not permitted.
Out of date: No longer in style; old-fashioned.
Out of order: not working correctly or broken.
Once in a blue moon: almost never or very seldom.
To put into practice: to make a suggested procedure the actual procedure.
To save someone's skin: to save someone from injury, embarrassment, or punishment.
So far, so good: something that you say which means an activity is continuing successfully,
especially when you think something may go wrong.
To take a load off your back: Sit down, relax or got rid of a burden.
A little bird told me: something that you say in order to let someone know that you are not
going to tell them who gave you the information being discussed.
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A pain in the neck: someone or something that is very annoying
A piece of cake: something very easy
To lay off: to stop using or doing something
Pigs can fly: There is no chance of that ever happening.
Dead tired: Totally exhausted or fatigued.
Call it a day: to quit work and go home; to say that a day's work has been completed.
In charge of: Having control over or responsibility for.
In the way: to be close to doing something.
Be my guest: Help yourself.; After you. (A polite way of indicating that someone else should go
first, help himself or herself to something, or take the last one of something.)
Named after: to give someone (usually a baby) the name of another person
No big deal: something not difficult or troublesome.
On top of the world: feeling wonderful; glorious; ecstatic.
To bear in mind or (to keep in mind): to remember a piece of information when you are making
decisions or thinking about a matter.
Behind someone's back: Out of one's presence or without someone's knowledge.
Build castles in the air: to daydream; to make plans that can never come true.
Drop someone a line: to send a short letter to someone.
Easy come, easy go: something that you say in order to describe someone who thinks that
everything is easy to achieve, especially earning money, and who therefore does not worry
about anything.
Every now and then: Occasionally, from time to time; also, periodically.
To follow someone's footstep: to do something that was done before.
Hit the hay: To get into bed and go to sleep.
To fool around: to waste time doing something unnecessary or doing something amateurishly.
To get Along With someone: if people get along, they like each other and are friendly to each
other.
To get in touch with or to be in touch with someone: To initiate or establish contact or
communication with someone.
To get rid of: Also, (be rid of). Eliminate, discard, or free oneself from.
To give someone the cold shoulder: To deliberately ignore or snub someone.
To hang in there: Be patient, things will work out.
If worst comes to worst: in the worst possible circumstances; if the worst possible thing should
happen.
In the long run: a long or short time in the future.
To be up to date: In or into accordance with current information, styles, or technology. "Fresh
news"
To keep an eye on: to watch someone or something; to monitor someone or something closely
To keep your fingers crossed: to hope that things will happen in the way that you want them to.
To keep under control: manageable; restrained and controlled; not out of control.
To keep nose clean: to keep out of trouble, especially trouble with the law.
To keep you posted: to keep someone informed (of what is happening); to keep someone up to
date.
To Keep your mouth shut: Do not tell anyone about someone or something.
To let bygones be bygones: Forgive someone for something he or she did in the past.
To let someone off the hook: freed from an obligation.
To live beyond one's means: to spend more money than one can afford.
To Make yourself at home: Please make yourself comfortable in my home.
82. To meet someone halfway: to agree to do part of what someone wants if that person will do
part of what you want.