Idioms Flashcards by Maylin Wongjarupun | Brainscape

Q

Call the shots

In driver’s seat

A

In charge

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Chew the fat

Shoot the breeze

A

Chat

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Dont put the cart before the horse

Dont count your chickens before they’ve hatched

A

Dont count on smth you havent got yet

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Q

Go jump in a lake

Go fly a kite

A

Get lost

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Make waves

Rock the boat

A

Cause the trouble

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Off the rocker

Bats in your belfry

A

Crazy

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Pay through the nose

Cost an arm and a leg

A

To pay too much

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Play second fiddle

Take a backseat

A

To do less important job

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Rub the wrong way

Go against the grain

A

Do opposite of what someone wants you to do

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Blow your stack

Hit your roof

A

Lose your temper

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That’s the way the cookie crumbles.

That’s the way the balk bounces.

A

That’s just the way it is

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Bolt from the blue

Out of the clear blue sky

A

Suddenly, unexpectedly

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Face the music

Bite the bullet

A

Be brave/ face prob.

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Needle in a haystack

Wild goose chase

A

Doing smth impossible

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From soups to nuts

Everything but the kitchen sink

A

Everything/ thorough

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In the doghouse

Up a creek without a paddle

A

In a bad situation

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Leave no stone unturned

Go over with a fine-tooth comb

A

Do everything you can

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Let sleeping dogs lie

Dont open a can of worms

A

Dont cause trouble

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On pins and needles

Butterflies in the stomach

A

Nervous, anxious

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Rome was not built in a day

A

Takes time to do smth difficult

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Spill the beans

Let the cat out of the bag

A

Tell a secret

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Spitting image

Chip off the old block

A

Exactly the same

Q

Strike while the iron is hot

Make hay while the sun shines

A

Do smth while you have the opportunity

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In top of the world

In cloud nine

A

Having fun