Idioms__II Flashcards
To check in with someone.
To talk to or visit with someone for the purpose of saying hi, or letting someone know that you are okay.
To have a rough time of it.
To experience difficulty dealing with a situation.
To feel or be under the weather.
To feel ill, to feel less than healthy.
To catch a bug.
To become sick with a cold or flu.
To get over something.
To no longer suffer the pain or discomfort of something. This expression can also mean, to move on, to feel better after a difficult situation.
To be back on your feet.
To recover from sickness, to feel healthy again.
To be up to speed on something.
To know or have all the necessary information about something.
To pass away.
To die.
To pull through.
To overcome a temporary difficult situation, including a serious injury or illness.
To take a nose dive.
To become worse very quickly. Notice that nose-dive is also a verb.
To go downhill.
To become bad very quickly. To deteriorate.
To catch off-guard.
To catch someone unprepared. To happen without expectation or by surprise.
To take something.
To react to a situation emotionally. To respond to something.
To be hanging in there.
To handle something as well as can be expected, especially a very difficult situation.
To be up to your neck in something.
To have a lot of something to deal with, look after, or take care of.
To cost a pretty penny.
To be expensive.
To be worth every dime.
To be a reasonable match of value and cost.
To bend over backwards.
To do more than is required or expected in order to help someone.
To take a toll on someone.
To have negative consequences for someone.
To pay your respects.
To visit the family of a deceased person in order to show you care and tell them you are sorry.
To catch a flight.
To take a plane to somewhere, sometimes on short notice.
To not attend your normally scheduled activity, such as work.
To take off from something.
To take away someone’s enthusiasm or hope for something.
To take the wind out of someone’s sails.
An opinion or interpretation of something.
A take on something.
To exaggerate one’s abilities or powers.
To talk a big game.
To support, to lend evidence or strength to something.
To back something up.
To be inexperienced or new at something.
To be wet behind the ears.
In the same situation.
In the same boat.
To be or get fired.
To be or get canned.
To fail to consider for something or to grant a reward for something.
To pass up for something.
To earn very little money.
To earn peanuts.
To earn enough money to pay for one’s expenses.
To make ends meet.
To be put off, to not be taken care of immediately.
To be on the back burner.
To be perfect together.
To be a match made in heaven.
To belong to someone, to be the logical or rightful property or achievement of a particular person.
To have someone’s name on it.
To maneuver someone into a position or situation that benefits you.
To get or have someone where you want him or her.
To be pressured by extreme necessity to do something.
To be hard-pressed.
To hire a person for an open or available position.
To fill a slot.
To have everything orderly and planned out.
To have your ducks in a row.
To volunteer yourself, to act responsibly in a time of need.
To step up to the plate.
To prepare a place in order to leave it.
To pack up shop.
To leave. To be gone.
To be out the door.
To take off from something.
To not attend your normally scheduled activity, such as work.
To take the wind out of someone’s sails.
To take away someone’s enthusiasm or hope for something.
A take on something.
An opinion or interpretation of something.
To talk a big game.
To exaggerate one’s abilities or powers.
To back something up.
To support, to lend evidence or strength to something.
To be wet behind the ears.
To be inexperienced or new at something.
In the same boat.
In the same situation.
To be or get canned.
To be or get fired.
To pass up for something.
To fail to consider for something or to grant a reward for something.
To earn peanuts.
To earn very little money.
To make ends meet.
To earn enough money to pay for one’s expenses.
To be on the back burner.
To be put off, to not be taken care of immediately.
To be a match made in heaven.
To be perfect together.
To have someone’s name on it.
To belong to someone, to be the logical or rightful property or achievement of a particular person.
To get or have someone where you want him or her.
To maneuver someone into a position or situation that benefits you.
To be hard-pressed.
To be pressured by extreme necessity to do something.
To fill a slot.
To hire a person for an open or available position.
To have your ducks in a row.
To have everything orderly and planned out.
To step up to the plate.
To volunteer yourself, to act responsibly in a time of need.
To pack up shop.
To prepare a place in order to leave it.
To be out the door.
To leave. To be gone.
To be under pressure or stress.
To be under the gun.
To have a lot of or too much of something.
To be up to one’s eyeballs in something.
To try something for the first time.
To try one’s hand at something.
To commit yourself to more than you can handle.
To bite off more than you can chew.
To be awake and doing something late at night.
To burn the midnight oil.
To dedicate yourself to an activity, to work very hard and seriously at something.
To buckle down.
To break. To be no more. To die.
To bite the dust.
To be an annoyance, a difficulty, a hindrance.
To be a pain in the neck.
To be in a position where you can’t do what you want to do because you’re caught between two options that are both difficult or disagreeable.
To be between a rock and a hard place.
To behave in an illogical or crazy way. To be crazy.
To not be playing with a full deck.
Said about a situation in which two people can benefit from each other’s help. Each will do the other a favor in order to get what he or she wants from the other person.
You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours.
To suddenly get very angry with someone and yell. To explode.
To blow up at someone.
To go to bed.
To turn in, or to turn in for the night.
To fail to spend the proper amount ofmoney, effort, or time on something.
To cut corners.
To talk about happier issues.
On a positive note.
To be very interested or active in something. To like something very much.
To be all about something.
