Idioms <—> Flashcards
To have a lot on the ball
To be intelligent / to be able to do a job well
To make a mountain out of a molehill
To exaggerate
Don’t count your chicken before they’re hatched (éclos)
Don’t make plans based on future events, outcomes or successes that might not come to pass
To get blood out of a stone
To do something impossible
The sky’s the limit
There are no limits, anything is possible
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again ! Don’t give up too easily. Persistent pays off in the end
Hard work always pays off in the end
To paint the town red
To have a hell of a lot of fun
A dime a dozen
Extremely cheap and common
To call a spade a spade
To speak clearly and directly, even about embarrassing or unpleasant things
A piece of cake
Something that is very easy to do
To beat around the bush
To delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant
To hit the nail on the head
To identify something exactly, to arrive at exactly the right answer
To cost an arm and a leg
To be very expensive
To grasp at straws
To make a desperate attempt to salvage a bad situation
To catch somebody red-handed
To see somebody doing something bad or illegal
To see someone doing something illegal or bad
To catch somebody red-handed
To make desperate attempts to salvage a bad situation
To grasp at straws
To be very expensive
To cost an arm and a leg
To identify something exactly, to find exactly the right answer
To hit the nail on the head
To delay or to avoid talking about something very unpleasant
To beat around the bush
Something that is very easy to do
A piece of cake
To speak clearly and directly, even when it is unpleasant to say or awkward
To call a spade a spade
Extremely cheap and common
A dime a dozen
To have a lot of fun
To paint the town red
