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Identify the Idioms in the picture
Important Idioms
A bull in China shop
a person who breaks things or who often makes mistakes or causes damage
Ex: This is the fourth coffee mug I’ve bought for you in the last two months. You are like a bull in a china shop, so be a little more careful with this one and try not to break it.
A dime a dozen –
Anything that is common and easy to get
A hot potato
Speak of an issue which many people are talking about and which is usually disputed
ABC
I don't the ABC of driving. (=basics)
ACID TEST
I already know how to compute decimals but the acid test will come when our Math professor will conduct assessment orally. (=prove the effectiveness of something.)
ACHILLES HEEL
Mayor Manato considers his love of women as his Achilles heel .(= weak spot that could cause one's downfall)
Add insult to injury
To further a loss with mockery or indignity; to worsen an unfavorable situation.
At the drop of a hat
without any hesitation; instantly.
Back to the drawing board
When an attempt fails and it's time to start all over.
Ball is in your court
It is up to you to make the next decision or step
Barking up the wrong tree
Looking in the wrong place. Accusing the wrong person
Beat around the bush
Avoiding the main topic. Not speaking directly about the issue.
Bed or roses
This world is not bed of roses. (=Not easy, comfortable)
Best of both worlds
Meaning: All the advantages.
Best thing since sliced bread
A good invention or innovation. A good idea or plan.
Big Cheese
Ambanis are really big cheese in the business world. (=an important person)
Bird Braina studpid person
Bite off more than you can chew
To take on a task that is way to big.
Bite the bullet
to face a difficult situation bravely
Black sheepa person who is different from the rest of their family or another group
BLACK AND WHITE
in writing or in print. Ex: I won't believe it until I see it in black and white.
Blue blood
Member of high society
Blessing in disguise
Something good that isn't recognized at first.
Break a leg
When you tell someone to "break a leg," you're wishing them luck
Break even
To have income equal to expenses.
Burn the midnight oil
To work late into the night, alluding to the time before electric lighting.
Cat nap
A Short sleep
Can't judge a book by its cover
Cannot judge something primarily on appearance.
Cock and Bull story
Ex: Speak the truth, dont tell cock and bull stories. (=false reasons/story)
Copy cat
a person who does the same thing as some one else.
Ex: My uncle is a copycat. He buys the same furniture that he sees in his neighbour's house.
Costs an arm and a leg
This idiom is used when something is very expensive
CROCODILE TEARSEx: "they weep crocodile tears for the poor and disadvantaged, but are basically happy with things as they are" (= tears or expressions of sorrow that are insincere:)
Cross that bridge when you come to it
Deal with a problem if and when it becomes necessary, not before.
Cry over spilt milk
When you complain about a loss from the past.
Curiosity killed the cat
Being Inquisitive can lead you into an unpleasant situation.
Cut corners
When something is done badly to save money.
Cut the mustard
To succeed; to come up to expectations; adequate enough to compete or participate
Devil's Advocate
One who argues against or attacks an idea, argument, or proposition—even if one is in favor of it—for the sake of debate
Donkey's years
A very long time
Eat a humble pie
to admit that you were wrong:
Elephant in the room
an issue that needs to be addressed, but it is being ignored or not acknowledged
Eleventh hour
I waited until the eleventh hour to submit my application but luckily I finished it
(=Too late or at last moment)
Every cloud has a silver lining
Be optimistic, even difficult times will lead to better days.
Far cry from
Very different from.
Feel a bit under the weather
Feeling ill
With flying colors –
Doing exceptionally well
Give the benefit of the doubt
Believe someone's statement, without proof.
Go Bananas
To become irrational or crazy (excited or angry).
Ex: The crowd went bananas when the concert began.
Grease Monkey
A mechanic
Hear it on the grapevine
This idiom means 'to hear rumors' about something or someone.
Hit the nail on the head
Do or say something exactly right
Hit the sack / sheets / hay
To go to bed.
It takes two to tango
Actions or communications need more than one person
Kickced the bucket
He was 75 and a week later he kicked the bucket (=to die)
Last straw
The final problem in a series of problems.
Let sleeping dogs lie
Meaning - do not disturb a situation as it is - since it would result in trouble or complications.
Let the cat out of the bag
To share information that was previously concealed
LIVE IN AN IVORY TOWER
Meaning: This means living a lifestyle that saves you from the real world problems.
Jay has problems in dealing with poor people because she has lived in an ivory tower.
Make a long story short
Come to the point - leave out details
Method to my madness
An assertion that, despite one's approach seeming random, there actually is structure to it.
Miss the boat
This idiom is used to say that someone missed his or her chance
Not playing with a full deck
Someone who lacks intelligence.
Oily Tongue
She has an oily tongue, but bad heart. (=excessively smooth-spoken)
On Cloud Nine
Extremely happy
Once in a blue moon
Meaning: Happens very rarely.
Piece of cake
A job, task or other activity that is easy or simple.
Sit on the fence
This is used when someone does not want to choose or make a decision.
Silver spoon
He is born with a silver spoon in his mouth (=very rich, through inheritence)
Smell a rat –
Suspect something foul
Spill the beans –
To disclose a secret
Steal someone's thunder
To take the credit for something someone else did.
Take with a grain of salt
This means not to take what someone says too seriously.
Taste of your own medicine
Means that something happens to you, or is done to you, that you have done to someone else
WET BLANKET
When you refer to someone as a wet blanket, you mean that they spoil other people's fun, or make an event less enjoyable than it could have been.
Ex: Come on Mike! Don't be such a wet blanket. You're spoiling the party!
Whole nine yards
Everything. All of it.
Yes-man -
Someone who always agrees with people in authority is a yes-man.
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Answers:
1. In a nutshell
2. Piece of cake
3. Cherry on the cake
4. Bald as a coot
5. A screw loose
6. Stiff upper lip
7. Born with a silver spoon in your mouth
8. Earworm
9. Keep your cards close to your chest
10. Joker in the pack
11. An ace up your sleeve
12. Heart on your sleeve
13. On a silver platter
14. Spill the beans
15. Big cheese
16. Red herring
17. Tie the knot
18. Put all your eggs in one basket
19. Walking on eggshells
20. Shadow of your former self
21. No room to swing a cat
22. The cat’s got your tongue
23. Kick the bucket
24. Pull your socks up
25. Cold feet
26. From rags to riches
27. Time flies
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