4TR P3 Flashcards
Stubborn as a donkey
refusing to change your actions or opinions.
Have kittens
to be very worried, upset, or angry about something
Flog a dead horse
to waste effort on something when there is no chance of succeeding
Sheep in wolf’s clothing
a person with a pleasant and friendly appearance that hides the fact that they are evil
Let sleeping dogs lie
warn someone that they should not talk about a bad situation that most people have forgotten about
Like water off a ducks back
A potentially hurtful remark or situation that has no apparent effect on the person involved.
Put the cat among the pigeons
say or do something that is likely to cause trouble or controversy
Take the bull by the horns
to deal with a difficult situation in a very direct way
Have a bee in one’s bonnet
to talk and think a lot about something
Elephant in the room
there is an obvious problem or difficult situation that people do not want to talk about.
One-trick pony
a person or thing with only one special feature, talent, or area of expertise
Let the cat out of the bag
reveal a secret carelessly or by mistake
Quit cold turkey
when the quitting brings physical symptoms of withdrawal, as with heroin or other highly addictive drugs.
Like a fish out of water
someone who is uncomfortable in a specific situation
Ants in your pants
Be extremely restless, uneasy, impatient, or anxious
Open a can of worms
you are warning them that they are planning to do or talk about something which is much more complicated, unpleasant, or difficult than they realize and which might be better left alone.
Wild goose chase
A foolish and hopeless pursuit of something unattainable.
The world is your oyster
You are in a position to take the opportunities that life has to offer.
Dog-eat-dog
a situation in which people will do anything to be successful, even if what they do harms other people:
Get your ducks in a row
to be well prepared or well organized for something that is going to happen
Hold your horses
wait, slow down
Puppy love
romantic love that a young person feels for someone else, which usually disappears as the young person becomes older
Shooting fish in a barrel
one side in a battle or contest is so much stronger than the other that the weaker side has no chance at all of winning
Like a bull in a China shop
they are very careless in the way that they move or behave:
Butterflies in one’s stomach
you are anxious and have a nervous feeling in your stomach
Can’t teach an old dog new tricks
it is very difficult to teach someone new skills or to change someone’s habits or character
All bark, no bite
Full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious
Get someone’s goat
to upset or irritate someone
Fish or cut bait
to make a decision
Watch like a hawk
observe them very carefully
New method or idea
Innovation
The first version of something
Prototype
System of providing fresh air to a room or building
Ventilation
Easily broken
Fragile
Pour liquid into a premade shape so it hardens and makes something solid
Cast
Flattened
Compressed
Overlook
Oversee
Have similar views or attitudes to something
See eye to eye
Wait and see
Look someone in the eye
Be in the Lookout
Look into
Investigate
See about
Prepare, attend or deal with something
Look up to someone
Action of knowing and identifying something or someone
Recognition
Cause something to happen
Trigger
Technology that allows digital information to be viewed on top of something real
Augmented reality
Digital content that is placed on top of a reality on a smart phone screen
Aura
Put one thing on top of another
Overlay
Mark or label something
Tag up
The optimist sees the world through rose colored glasses
The pessimist always sees dark cloud on the horizon
The glass is half full
There’s light at the end of the tunnel
Every cloud has a silver lining
Every bad situation has some advantage
Look on the bright side
The glass is half empty
There’s no hope in sight
If something bad can happen, it will
