General Idioms Flashcards
Something that annoys or irritates you
Get my goat
To be very determined or firmly decided about something
Dead set on
To speak directly and straightforwardly about it without hesitation
Make no bones about it
Something effective and efficient despite lacking refinement
Rough and ready
Feeling sad or depressed
Down in the dumps
Feeling at the limit of your patience. You have reached a point where you can no longer cope with a situation
At the end of the rope
To establish a stable and pleasant life in a particular place
Put down roots
Have a natural ability to do something well
Have a knack for
To take or bear responsibility, burden or duty for something
Have to shoulder
To endure a difficult situation with courage
Bite the bullet
To give up and admit defeat
Throw in the towel
To remove bad feelings between people
Clear the air
To cause trouble or controversy by introducing a provocative element into a stable situation
Set the cat among the pigeons
Although you are trying very hard you cant understand or do something
For the life of you
Knowing nothing about something
In the dark about
To be in opposition to something
Run counter to
To cause controversy, to upset or agitate people
To cause a stir
To speak for an extended period of time often in detail about something
Talk at length
To have prejudice or unfair preference leading to a negative attitude, judgment or actions towards a person
Have a bias against
To be new and different and change the traditional ways of doing things
Break the mould
To make something easier to understand because more information is known about it
Shed light on
Doing many things or often changing what you do makes life interesting
Variety is the spice of things
Being very interested in or enthusiastic about something often to the point of being addicted to it
Hooked on
To succeed despite having little chance of succeeding
Beat the odds
To be in control or make a decision in a situation. it implied having authority and the ability to dictate how things should proceed
Call the shots
To be in a difficult situation
Be in a pickle
It is being risked and might be lost or damaged if you are not successful
Be at stake
To forget it
Slip someone’s mind
Make someone aware of something
Bring to someone’s attention
