every day idioms

*Everyday Idioms* 

Use these idioms in your own sentences. 

A grey area – Something unclear

A rip-off – Too expensive

Add fuel to the fire – To add more to an existing problem

As easy as ABC – Something is very easy

Call it a day – Time to quit

Cool as a cucumber – To be very calm under stress

Crack a book – Open up a book and study

Down to the wire – At the last minute

Draw a blank – Can’t remember

Fill in the blanks – Provide more information

Get a kick out of it – Really enjoy/like something

Get your act together – Behave properly

Give it a shot – To try to do something

Have mixed feelings – Be unsure of how you feel

Have second thoughts – Have doubts

In hot water – Be in trouble

In the same boat – Be in the same situation

It’s in the bag – It’s a certainty

I've got your number – To say you can't be fooled by someone since you have them figured out

Miss the boat – You missed your chance

Mumbo jumbo – To call something total nonsense

Out of the blue – With no warning

Pass with flying colors – To succeed at something easily

Piece of cake – Something very easy

Read between the lines – Find the hidden meaning

Second to none – The best

The icing on the cake – Something additional that turns good into great 

*Body Part Idioms* 

Cross your fingers – For good luck

Fell on deaf ears – People wouldn't listen to something

Get cold feet – Be nervous

Giving the cold shoulder – Ignore someone

Have a change of heart – Changed your mind

I’m all ears – You have my full attention

It cost an arm and a leg – It was expensive

Play it by ear – Improvise

See eye to eye – Agree

Slipped my mind – I forgot

Speak your mind – Say what you really feel

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*Animal Idioms* 

A bull in a china shop - Someone who is very clumsy

A little birdie told me - Someone told me a secret

Bee in her bonnet - She is upset

Birdbrain - Someone who is not very smart

Busy as a bee – To be very active and working hard at something

Cat got your tongue? - Why aren’t you talking?

Cry crocodile tears - To pretend to be upset

Curiosity killed the cat - Asking too many questions may get you in trouble

Different kettle of fish - Something completely different

Doggy bag - A bag to take home leftovers from a restaurant

Fish out of water - Being somewhere you don’t belong

For the birds - Something that is not worth anything

Get off your high horse - Quit thinking you are better than others

Goose is cooked - Now you’re in trouble

Hold your horses - Wait a minute

Horse of a different color - Something that is quite different, a separate issue

Hot dog - A person doing athletic stunts that are dangerous

Let the cat out of the bag - Tell a secret

Make a mountain out of a molehill - Make something unimportant into a big deal

Night owl - Someone who stays up late

Pig out - To eat a lot

Put a bug in his ear - Make a suggestion

Raining cats and dogs - It is raining very hard

Snail's pace – To move extremely slow

Stir a hornet's nest – To cause a lot of trouble

Teacher's pet – The teacher's favorite student

The world is your oyster – You can achieve whatever/go wherever you want

When pigs fly - To say something is impossible

Wolf in sheep’s clothing - A person who pretends to be nice but is not

You can't teach an old dog new tricks - It’s harder for older people to learn new thing

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