Idioms Flashcards
At one’s wit/wit’s end
To get puzzled
To take someone to task
To scold someone
To face the music
To bear the consequences
To blow one’s own trumphet
To praise one’s own self
To run one down
To disperse someone
At snail’s pace
Very slow
To turn a deaf ear
To be indifferent
To take to one’s heels
To run off
To have something up one’s sleeves
Having a secret plan
To end in smoke
To come to nothing
Under wraps
Secretly
On tenterhooks
Very tense
Fill flat
Failed to have an effect
Go to the dogs
Deteriorate shockingly
Pull something off
Make something happen
To have eggs on one’s face
To be embarassed due to one’s actions
Thick as thieves
Having a close friendship
Butter fingers
To be clumsy
Large hearted
Generous; kind
Make up
To settle their differences
To poke one’s nose into
To take interest in other’s affairs
Cook the books
To folsify financial records
To cut corners
Not to do a thing well in order to save money or effort
A fire in someone’s belly
One who is energetic and enthusiastic about something
Needle in a haystack
Something impossible to find
A blessing in disguise
Something good that is not recognised at first
Rank and file
Ordinary worker in a company
For good
Forever
Burn the midnight oil
Work late into the night
To come round
To become conscious again
Break the ice
To start a conversation
A lean patch
A period of poor performance
