idioms Flashcards
have your work cut out for you
be faced with a hard or lengthy task
have a crack at doing smth
to have or get an opportunity to attempt to do smth
have no inkling that
have no idea that
a shot in the dark
a wild guess
sensible
smart and practical
have the upper hand
have control
have your feet firmly on the ground
be sensible/realistic
have a good head for smth
be good at smth
have your eye on smth/sb
wish to possess
show wiling to
offer to help
airs and graces
proud behavior, especially in order to impress people
get this show on the road
get sth started
rough and ready
not perfect, but good enough for a particular purpose
part company with
end association
swim against the tide
not follow what everyone else is doing
have recourse to
resort to
make amends for sth
try to compensate for a past action
since year dot
for a long time
speck of dust
a bit of dust
hot on their heels
following closely
spring to mind
come to mind
bog down
- to make smth sick into mud or wet ground
- to prevent someone from making progress in an activity
rough sea
a sea with big waves
terse writing style
brief, using few words
within an inch of
very close to happen
get my goat
annoy me
to not give two hoots
not to care
heyday
golden age, prime
pull the wool over someone’s eyes
deceive someone
hide nor hair
a trace of smth
egg on
to urge or encourage someone to do smth that is foolish or dangerous
by your own admission
used to say that a person agrees that smth is true, especially smth that does not show them in a positive way
budge an inch
utterly refuse to change their opinion
cast a shadow over
spoil a good situation with smth unpleasant
to fall out of favour (with sb)
lose sb’s approval/acceptance
exert yourself to do smth
put effort to do smth
a snippet of information
a small piece of information
superfluous
unnecessary
the threshold of pain
the point at which a sensation becomes painful
to dawn on you
to suddenly understand smth
by and large
in general
to scream blue murder
protest
square deal
a fair bargain or treatment
bring off
successfully accomplish smth difficult
bear up
resist pressure
bring out
make clear
thumb a lift
hitchhike
to and fro
back and forth
conspicuous
easily noticeable
to poke your nose into
pry into
brush aside
disregard sb/sth
have the edge over others
have a slight advantage
hard and fast
fixed
enmity
hatred
be in high spirits
be happy/excited
have an excellent command of
have an excellent knowledge of a subject, especially a language
straight from the horse’s mouth
a reliable source
down in the dumps/mouth
depressed
clean sb/sth out
take away all money/possessions
quarrelsome
always ready to argue
follow suit
do the same thing as sb else
far and wide
over a large area
take the rough with the smooth
take the bad with the good
see eye to eye
to agree
come into
inherit
hot spell
period of hot weather
frame of mind
mood
living beyond your means
spend more money than you earn
lose face
suffer a loss of respect or reputation
allay fears
make someone feel less afraid, worried
food for thought
smth to think about
intent on
determined to
utter bliss
complete happiness
steer clear of
stay away from
not up to scratch
not as good as it should be
bone idle
extremely lazy
shelve
postpone
can’t make head nor tail of smth
can’t understand smth at all
lose heart
stop wanting/doing smth due to lack of confidence
bestow
give as a gift
onus
responsibility
sow the seeds
start the process that leads to a particular situation or result
sleep a wink
not be able to sleep
settle the score
take revenge
farewell
goodbye
a stone’s throw
a short distance
in jeopardy
in danger
fall heir
inherit smth
hot potato
a difficult issue that people don’t want to deal with
sleeping partner
sb who financially supports a business
rolling stone
sb who wanders from place to place and never settles down
shift the blame onto sb (blame-shifting)
unfairly make sb else responsible for smth you did
shift sb’s ground
change sb’s opinion
derelict
abandoned
perish
die
mend one’s ways
improve one’s behaviour
much of a muchness
very much alike
run-of-the-mill
ordinary
middle-of-the-road
average
stroke of luck
when smth good happens suddenly by chance
harboured ambitions
have a strong plan to achieve smth
well-off
rich
for donkey’s years
for a long time
in hot water
in trouble
counterfeit money
fake money
con man
sb who deceives others, especially for money or other cause
crack down on
use force or authority to stop smth
go back on a promise
fail to keep a promise
do smth parrot fashion
repeat smth without really understanding it
fight tooth and nail
fight really hard
stick your neck out for sb
take a risk for sb
knock off
finish work for the day
spurred on
urged, motivated to act
made plain
made very clear
to be beside yourself/worried sick
extremely anxious
to be above suspicion
assumed to be innocent
like two peas in a pod
exactly the same
poles apart
very different
swallow your pride
do smth although it is embarrassing for you
face the music
face the consequences
lenient
not strict
grin and bear it
accept a difficult situation without complaining or showing how you feel
to be few and far between
very rare
make a dance and song about it
complain too much about it
odds and ends
small, unimportant things
one’s own flesh and blood
a relative
spick and span
very clean
up-and-coming
likely to achieve success soon or in the near future
to throw a tantrum
to become very angry and unreasonable
you can… till cows come home, but it won’t..
you can do sth for a long time, but it won’t change anything
a wild goose chase
a hopeless search
first-hand
directly experienced
narrow-minded
unwilling to accept or try to understand ideas that are new or diff
broad-minded
prepared to accept other views or behaviors
to foot the bill
to pay the bill
to have a head start
to have an advantage over others
can’t put your finger on
to know smth is wrong/diff, but unable to say exactly what it is
to get hot under the collar about sth
to get angry about sth
white-collar job
an office job
through hell and high water
to hell and back
pour oil on troubled waters
calm things down
throw the towel
give up
get the knack
a special skill, talent, or aptitude
get the better of
gain an advantage over or defeat (someone) by superior strength or ability
get a kick out of
To be delighted by; to be amused by
beyond a shadow of a doubt
you are certain that it is true
get a grip on yourself
to get control of yourself
it is too (adjective) a (substantiv) to
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it is academic now
it is irrelevant now
by hook or by crook
cu orice preț
your credit stretches to
iti permite bugetul
in a class of its own
unequalled in excellence or perfomance
come to a halt
stop
stark contrast with/to
very different from
to afford sb a chance
give sb a chance
information transpires
unknown facts become known
conceive the notion
to form a notion or idea of
set your sights on
hope strongly to achieve or reach
rile sb
to annoy or bother
