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
