Useful Idioms Flashcards
Cut to the chase
To talk about the important matter not waste time with irrelevants
Sit / be on the fence
To avoid / delay making a decision or taking sides
Bite the bullet
To finally do something which ypu really don’t want to do
The last straw
The final event / incident that forces you to lose patience so that you can’t continue in that situation anymore
Rest on your (one’s) laurels
To become satisfied and comfortable with what you’ve achieved and to stop making an effort
Hot potato
A difficult / controversial issue that nobody wants to deal with
Elephant in the room
A big, obvious issue that nobody wants to talk about
In a nutshell
Expressed using a few words, concisely
Can’t see the wood for the trees
To be so involved in the details of a situation that you can see or understand it clearly
To twist someone’s arm
To convince someone to do something
