English Idiom -> ASL Flashcards
“From the horses mouth.”
Straight Information
“Give it ones best shot.”
Try Best
“Get up on the wrong side of the bed.”
Bad mood
“Bury the hatchet.”
Put aside
“Fishy.”
FS / Weird / Suspect (V)
“Bend over backward.”
Try hard
“Paint the town red.”
Have adventure / Good time
“Blew it.”
Failed
“Duck soup.”
No problem
“For the birds.”
Means nothing
“For a good cause.”
For good goal
“Scratch someone’s back.”
Support / Favor
“Stick to ones guns.”
Keep Opinion.
“Make a splash.”
Become successful.
“On the line.”
Warning / Danger
“Under ones hat.”
Keep secret
“Face the music.”
Accept problem.
“Bite the bullet.”
Perceiver / Get through
“Go fly a kite.”
Shoo / Go away
“Horse of a different color.”
Different situation
“Kick the bucket.”
Die
“Lose ones shirt.”
Big Bet / Lose a lot of money
“Spill the beans.”
Tattle
“In stitches.”
LAFF-LAFF
“Different strokes for different folks.”
Everyone have different taste / Different Goal
“Shape up or ship out.”
Behave yourself or punish
“Money talks.”
Money influence / Think-Money MM:(ma-ma-ma)
“Bite the dust.”
Feel lost / low self-esteem / Die ?
“Sitting pretty.”
Lucky ( ps-ps )
“Hang on.”
Continuous
“Out of the woods.”
Safe,but, be careful.
Hit the hay
Go to bed
All thumbs
Awkward/ Clumsy
Shake a leg
Hurry
Hit the ceiling
Become angry
Lemon
Have problem
Pull someone’s leg
Fool
Tongue in cheek
Joke
Smell a rat
Suspect
Raise a stink
Listen
Turn someone off
You-gross-me
Shoot off ones mouth
Exaggerate
On ones last legs
Sick/ deteriorating
Horse around
Fool around
Show job
Insincere
Play by eye/ear
Something happen /We’ll see
@ the end of ones rope
Stuck
Hot under the collar
Angry
Dressed to kill
Clothes-Fancy
Kick up ones heels
Celebrate
Get away clean
No-Punish
Eyes bigger than ones stomach
Eat Too-much
Get in someone’s Hair
Bother/ annoy
Give someone the slip
Escape
Stick out ones neck
Take a risk
One good turn deserves another
Doing a favor
Bark worse than ones bite
Look mean but really, no problem
Talk through ones hat
Foolish message / Know nothing
Dressed to the teeth
Dress above normal
Pull strings
Force
Put your money where your mouth is
Do what you say
“Eat Someone”
Bother / Annoy
“Jump down someone’s throat”
Angry
“Up ones sleeve/ conceal”
Hide
Fork it over
Persist pay
If the shoe fits
Confess truth
Take the bull by the horns
Solve problem now
Pay through the nose
Pay expensive
Get off someone’s back
Stop Bother-me
Sold him down the river
You betray-me /Stab-me
Leave someone high and dry
Dump
Feel like $1 Million
Feel wonderful
Might makes right
Better of 2 will control
No news is good news
No news same-as Good news
Drive someone up the wall
Make me crazy
Get the Ax
Excuse / Reject
Make ends meet
Budget
Go to bat for someone
Encourage / Help
Spread oneself too thin
Overwhelm
Sell someone short
Don’t show true value
For a Song
Cheap / Reduce Price
On Ice
Save for later
Out on a limb
Take a risk
Jump the gun
Excited Tell
Feed someone a line
Fool
Let the cat out of the bag
Inform beforehand
Toot ones own horn
Boast
Get the ball rolling
Do something now !
Let sleeping dogs lie
Don’t start problem
What he early bird catches the worm
Arrive early for benefit
