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Idioms List
An idiom is a group of words in current usage having a meaning that is not deducible from those of the individual words. For example, rain cats and dogs (meaning "rain very heavily") is an idiom; and over the moon ("extremely happy") is another idiom. In both cases, you would have a hard time understanding the real meaning if you did not already know these idioms!
1: Look on the bright side => used to refer to the good part of something that is mostly bad
2: Think big => to set high goals
3: Talk this over => to discuss
4: Blow it => to spoil something
5: Let’s face it => accept a difficult reality
6: Go to the drawing board => to start again from the beginning
7: Get off your high horse => to stop being arrogant or haughty
8: After all => desbite everything - the fact is
9: Heart set on => to want to get or achieve something very much
10: Hang in there => Telling someone to not give up
11: Sharp as a tack => very intelligent
12: Stabbed someone in the back => To harm someone who trusts you
13: Made up my mind => to decide
14: Live from hand to mouth => to barely have enough money to survive
15: What’s the matter => what’s the problem
16: Barely => by the smallest amount
17: Giving me the ax => to fire somebody
18: Beside the point => not relevant – not important
19: Change someone’s mind => to change one’s opinion or mind
20: It's a piece of cake => It's very easy
21: He looks blue => He looks sad
22: Last resort => last solutions
23: About to => ready to
24: Give me the creeps => to create a feeling of disgust or horror
25: This is a hot air => This is useless talk
26: I will go banana => I'm going crazy or I'm losing my mind
27: This is nuts => This is insane or nonsense
28: Worse comes to worst => in the worst case
29: Dead- end job => a job that won’t lead to anything else
30: No point in => no reason to
31: Easier said than done => more difficult than you think
32: About to go belly - up => to go bankrupt
33: Can’t stand => to hate
34: Stressed out => under severe strain = very anxious ( worried)
35: Save the day => to prevent a disaster
36: Right –hand man => the most helpful assistant or employee.
37: Over my head => beyond one’s understanding
38: Put up with => to endure without a complaint
39: Out of work => unemployed = not working
40: Thank goodness => I’m grateful
41: Top dollar => a large amount of money
42: Lost cause => something hopeless
43: Stop slacking off => stop wasting your time
44: Buckle down => to start working seriously
45: Hit the books => to start studying
46: At least => anyway
47: Keep your chin up => to stay positive
48: Give a hoot => to not care about
49: Cost (someone) an arm and a leg => to be very expensive
50: Told someone off => to scold
51: Lose my temper => to become very angry
52: Stand a chance => to have the possibility of success
53: He is a black sheep => He is a bad person
54: Break the ice => Pave the way or pave the way for something
55: Cheesy person => Means you aren't funny not a bad thing
56: She is in the clouds => She is absent-minded
57: Break a leg => for wishing someone good luck
58: Make ends meet => to be okay financially
59: Got canned => to get fired
60: Break the news => to tell someone about some important new information
61: Cut class => to miss class without an excuse
62: Real floap => a faliure