IDIOMS |
MEANINGS |
A blessing in disguise |
A good thing that seemed bad at first |
Break a leg
|
Good luck |
Easy does it |
Slow down |
Get your act together |
Work better or leave |
To have an axe to grind |
To have private reasons for being
involved in something or for arguing for
a particular cause
|
Hang in there |
Don't give up |
To get to the bottom of someting
|
To find out the real cause of something,
especially something unpleasant
|
To feed somebody
|
To give advice, information to
somebody
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To get on somebody's nerves |
To make somebody annoyed, angry |
To keep an eye on
|
To watch or look after somebody/
something
|
To get out of hand |
To lose control of things |
See eye to eye
|
To agree with someone/to be in full
agreement
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On the tip of the tongue
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Not remembering something at the
moment
|
Fish out of water
|
A person who seems out of place or
uncomfortable
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Butterflies in your stomach
|
You are nervous |
Good things come to those who wait |
Be patient |
It's a piece of cake
|
It's easy |
Rain on someone's parade |
To spoil something |
Miss the boat |
It's too late |
Time flies when you're having fun |
You don't notice how long something
lasts when it's fun
|
Costs an arm and a leg
|
Very expensive |
Make a long story short |
Tell something briefly |
On the ball
|
Doing a good job |
You can say that again |
That's true, I agree |
Your guess is as good as mine |
I have no idea |