Idioms Flashcards

1
Q

get cold feet

A

suddenly lose confidence

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2
Q

feel under the weather

A

do not feel well

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3
Q

head over heels

A

fall in love

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4
Q

a blessing in disguise

A

a good thing that did not seem to be good at first

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5
Q

a dime a dozen

A

very common

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6
Q

beat around the bush

A

avoid saying something because it makes people uncomfortable

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7
Q

Better late than never

A

Better to arrive late than not to come at all

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8
Q

bite the bullet

A

get something over because it is unavoidable

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9
Q

Break a leg

A

good luck

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10
Q

call it a day

A

stop doing something or working

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11
Q

cut somebody some slack

A

don’t be so critical

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12
Q

cut corners

A

sacrifice the quality of something to save time or money

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13
Q

Easy it down.

A

Slow down.

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14
Q

get out of hand

A

get out of control

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15
Q

get something out of my system

A

do the thing you’ve been wanting to do so you can move on

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16
Q

get your act together

A

work better or leave

17
Q

give someone the benefit of the doubt

A

trust what someone says

18
Q

go back to the drawing board

A

start over

19
Q

Hang in there

A

Don’t give up

20
Q

hit the sack

A

go to sleep

21
Q

It’s not rocket science

A

It’s not complicated

22
Q

let someone off the hook

A

to not hold someone responsible for something

23
Q

make a long story short

A

tell something briefly

24
Q

miss the boat

A

it’s too late

25
No pain, no gain.
You have to work for what you want
26
on the ball
doing a good job
27
pull someone's leg
to joke with someone
28
Pull yourself together
Calm down
29
So far so good
Things are going well so far
30
Speak of the devil
The person we were just talking about showed up!
31
That's the last straw
My patience has run out
32
the best of both worlds
an ideal situation
33
Time flies when you're having fun
You don't notice how long something lasts when it's fun
34
to get bent out of shape
to get upset
35
to make matters worse
make a problem worse
36
We'll cross that bridge when we come to it
Let's not talk about that problem right now
37
wrap your head around something
understand something complicated
38
You can say that again
That's true, I agree
39
Your guess is as good as mine
I have no idea