Idiomatic Expressions Flashcards
Play second fiddle
To allow someone else to be the leader
Smell something fishy
Something suspicious is going on
Weep crocodile tears
Pretend sorrow and sympathy
Sit on the fence
Don’t take sides in an argument
Work hand in glove
Work closely with someone
Have forty winks
Take a short nap
Face the music
Accept your punishment
Bury the hatchet
Forgive someone
Send to Coventry
Refuse to speak to someone
A bee in your bonnet
Something is bothering you
Blow your own trumpet
Boastful about yourself
Hit the nail on the head
Get something absolutely correct
A loggerheads
Fighting with someone
Make a beeline
Go straight there
Heart and soul
Put everything you’ve got into something
Fair and square
Everything is fair - you won that race fair and square
Beck and call
Come straight away or do something straight away when someone asks you to - when my mum is sick I am at her beck and call
Chop and change
Change your mind - you can’t chop and change once you’ve decided which friend you’d like to come and play
At sixes and sevens
Can’t make up your mind
