Idioms 2 Flashcards
and finally (used to introduce the last and often worst thing in a list)
and, to cap it all
immediately and without thinking
at the drop of a hat
to have less money than you should have
to be out of pocket
unfair and cruel
below the belt
to fit perfectly
to fit like a glove
to be dismissed from your job
to get the boot
to get angry about something
to get hot under the collar about something
to have already achieved or done something
to get/have something under your belt
to have a secret plan or idea
to have something up your sleeve
it you were in somebody’s place
if you were in his/her shoes
to work harder and start trying to improve your work
to pull your socks up
to be the dominant partner of the two people involved
to wear the trousers (in that house)
to be bruised everywhere
to be black and blue all over
to look angrily and somebody
to give somebody a back look
written or printed
in black and white
the illegal buying and selling of goods or the illegal changing of money
the black market
not very often
once in a blue moon
suddenly and unexpectedly
out of the blue
you can scream/argue as much as you like but I won’t change my mind
you can {verb} until you are blue in the face, but
an area of countryside that surrounds a city and in which the construction of houses is strictly controlled
the green belt
to give somebody permission to do something
to give somebody the green ligth
to be very good at growing and looking after plants
to have green fingers/a green thumb
to catch or discover somebody while they are in the middle of doing something wrong
to catch somebody red-handed
an office job
white-collar job
to lose all the colour in your face because you are very shocked or sick
to go as white as a sheet
the telephone directory that contains the telephone numbers of local businesses and services
the yellow pages
two yellow lines along the side of the road which mean no parking
a double yellow line
to be a coward
to be yellow
to become very angry or excited
to go bananas
a person who supports a family with the money they earn
to be the breadwinner
to be very pleasant to somebody because you want something from them
to butter somebody up
very different from each other
as different as chalk and cheese
I don’t particularly like something
something is not my cup of tea
to ask somebody a lot of questions to make them confess to something
to grill somebody
this room is very hot
it’s like an over in here
very small
peanuts
very easy to do
it’s a piece of cake
to calm down, having been very angry
to simmer down
not to believe that something is completely accurate or true
to take something with a pinch/grain of salt
To attain the same level of achievement
To reach the heights of (somebody)
“Do you mind if I listen to music while you work?”
Would you have any objection to my listening to music while you work?
