ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET
- TO GIVE A GRAND WELCOME TO
AN IMPORTANT GUEST
CROSS YOUR FINGERS
- HOPING STH. HAPPENS THE WAY
YOU WANT
BIRDS OF A FEATHER (FLOCK
TOGETHER)
- SIMILAR PEOPLE GO TO THE
SAME PLACES AND DO THE SAME
THINGS TOGETHER
OVER MY DEAD BODY
- THERE IS NO WAY I WILL
ALLOW YOU TO DO THAT
IN(S) AND OUT(S)
- THE KNOWLEDGE GAINED FROM
EXPERIENCE
START FROM SCRATCH
- STARTING STH. FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING
FINDING YOUR FEET
- FEELING MORE COMFORTABLE
IN WHAT YOU ARE DOING
GO COLD TURKEY
- QUIT TAKING AN ADDICTIVE
DRUG BY STOPING IMMEDIATELY
THE STRAW THAT BROKE THE
CAMEL’S BACK
– ONE LAST THING THAT
FINALLY MADE YOU UPSET
THE BIGGER THEY ARE (THE
HARDER THEY FALL)
- IT’S MORE DIFFICULT TO BEAT
STRONGER OPPONENTS, BUT WE CAN,
AND THEY SUFFER A BIGGER LOSS
WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS
– IT HASN’T HAPPENED FOR A
LONG TIME, AND THEN IT
HAPPENS ALL AT ONCE
ONE FOR THE ROAD
- ONE LAST THING YOU DO
BEFORE LEAVING A PLACE
BITING THE HAND THAT FEEDS
YOU
- HURTING A PERSON WHO HAS
BEEN HELPING YOU
GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN
- MAKING THINGS DIFFICULT BY
ACTING AGAINST THE WISHES
OF OTHERS
AS SICK AS A DOG
- VERY SICK WITH A COLD OR THE
FLU
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
- THE MORE YOU PRACTICE, THE
BETTER YOU WILL BECOME
VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
- LIFE IS EXCITING WHEN YOU
TRY DIFFERENT TYPES OF
EXPERIENCES
CAN'T CUT THE MUSTARD
- NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO
PARTICIPATE
BURNING THE CANDLE AT BOTH
ENDS
- WORKING FOR MANY HOURS
WITHOUT GETTING ENOUGH
REST
EVERYTHING BUT KITCHEN SINK
- ALMOST EVERYTHING HAS BEEN
INCLUDED
PUT YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD
- GO AHEAD AND GIVE IT YOUR
BEST TRY
BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL
– WORKING HARD LATE INTO
THE NIGHT
WHEN PIGS FLY
- THAT THING WILL NEVER
HAPPEN
CRYING OVER SPILLED MILK
- COMPLAINING ABOUT SOME
PAST LOSS
OUT OF THE FRYING PAN (AND
INTO THE FIRE)
- TO GET OUT OF A BAD
SITUATION AND END UP IN ONE
THAT IS EVEN WORSE
CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT
- CURIOSITY CAN BE DANGEROUS
BITING OFF MORE THAN YOU
CAN CHEW
- TAKING ON A CHALLENGE THAT
IS TOO BIG
GO FOR BROKE
- RISKING IT ALL FOR THE
CHANCE TO WIN BIG
UNDER THE GUN
- UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE TO
GET SOMETHING DONE
THE EARLY BIRD (CATCHES THE
WORM)
- BEING EARLY LEADS TO
SUCCESS
HAVE A CHIP ON THE SHOULDER
- BE ANGRY BECAUSE OF SOME
THING THAT HAPPENED IN THE
PAST
TO BE ALL GREEK
- STH. IS SO HARD TO
UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS LIKE
READING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
BARK UP THE WRONG TREE
- YOU TRY TO FIND STH., BUT
YOU LOOK IN THE WRONG PLACE
ON CLOUD NINE
- YOU ARE SO HAPPY THAT YOU
FEEL LIGHT AND WEIGHTLESS
BLUE STOCKING
- AN EDUCATED, INTELLECTUAL
WOMAN
COUCH POTATO
- A PERSON WHO SPENDS MOST
OF HIS OR HER FREE TIME
SITTING OR LYING ON A COUCH
IN FRONT OF THE TV
GIVE SB THE COLD SHOULDER
- TO BE UNFRIENDLY TO
SOMEONE ON PURPOSE
KICK THE BUCKET
- TO DIE
LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG
- TELL A BIG SECRET
LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE
MOUTH
- TO BE UNGRATEFUL TO
SOMEONE WHO GIVES YOU STH
PAY THROUGH THE NOSE
- PAY AN EXORBITANT PRICE FOR
SOMETHING
STORM IN A TEACUP
- WHEN SB EXAGGERATES A
PROBLEM OR MAKES A SMALL
PROBLEM SEEM FAR GREATER
THAN IT REALLY IS
EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER
LINING
- EVEN BAD THINGS CAN HAVE A
GOOD RESULT