Day 1 Flashcards
Above Board
Legitimate, Legal
She knows it shouldn’t be kept a secret. She wants to keep everything above board
Across the Board
Including everyone or everything.
The company had a successful year. All salaries were increased by 10% across the board.
Air one’s dirty laundry in public
Discuss personal problems openly.
He is a very private person. If he has a problem in his family he doesn’t want to air his dirty laundry in public
All along
All the time. She was accepted into the university, but she knew all along that she’d get in.
All thumbs
Clumsy, unable to fix things. Don’t ask me to put that clock back together. I’m all thumbs.
An arm and a leg
A large amount of money. It cost an arm and a leg to fix the stove.
Ants in one’s pants
Nervous, anxious.
He wasn’t sure if he would be chosen to win the award. He had ants in his pants.
Apple doesn’t fall from the tree
Being similar to a parent or family member
He acts just like his father. You know, the apple doesn’t fall from the tree.
Apple of one’s eye
Someone special, usually a son or daughter
Although he loves his son, his daughter is the apple of his eye.
At fault
Responsible for making errors.
He is at fault for making errors on the computer.
At odds
In disagreement. He is at odds with his boss.
At one’s beck and call
Always ready to do what is ordered.
Whenever she calls him, he is always helping her. He is at her beck and call.
At one’s wit end
Anxious, frantic
I need to speak with him to finish the report by tomorrow but he is not available. I’m at my wit’s end.
At the end of one’s rope
Desperate, with nowhere to turn.
I’ve tried every which way to figure out this problem but i can’t. I’m at the end of my rope.
Back to the drawing board
Rethink an idea, need to start over.
When my supervisor told me that our idea would not work, we had to go back to the drawing board to come up with something else.
