80 idioms in english
Souped up
Made more powerful or stylish
Sell like hot cakes
Bought by many people
Big cheese
Very important person (VIP)
Cream of the crop
The best
Butter someone up
Be extra nice to someone
One smart cookie
A very intelligent person
Egg someone on
Urge someone to do something
Hard nut to crack
Difficult to understand, often a person
Cool as a cucumber
Very relaxed
Apple of one’s eye
A person that is adored by someone
| As fit as a fiddle | To be heathy and phsically fit |
| At death’s door | Very near death |
| As pale as a ghost | Extremely pale |
| Bitter pill to swallow | An unpleasant fact that one must accept |
| Get a charley horse | To develop a cramp in the arm or the leg |
| Have one foot in the grave | To be near death |
| Run in the family | To be a common family characteristic |
| Under the weather | Not feeling well |
| Sick and tired of | Extremely annoyed by something that occurs repeatedly |
| Go under the knife | Undergo surgery |
Helicopter Parenting
Over attentive child-raising
Bob’s Your Uncle
The rest is easy; you’re almost finished
My Old Man, My Old Lady
My spouse
Pop the Question
Propose marriage
Up the Duff
Pregnant
Like Taking Candy from a Baby
Very easy
Accident Of Birth
Luck in something due to family good fortune
One big happy family
A group of people who live or work together or in close proximity
Family man
A man devoted to taking care of his wife and children
Spitting Image
Have a strong resemblance, often familiar
On another planet
not paying attention, acting strangely
Bells and whistles
extra features and trimmings
To blow a fuse
to lose your temper
Cutting edge
advanced and innovative
A shoulder to cry on
someone who listens to your problems
By Hook or by Crook
By some possibly dishonest means
To push someone’s buttons
to provoke someone
Cog in the machine
said about one part of a large system or organization
Get your wires crossed
being confused or not understanding someone
At boiling point
reached one’s limit in patience or temper
Blow a fuse
become very angry/lose one’s temper
Not rocket science
easy to do or understand
a piece of cake
A task that can be accomplished very easily.
up and running
properly functioning
like two peas in a pod
very similar
to be as thick as thieves
to be very close or friendly
to bury the hatchet
to end a conflict
to clear the air
to defuse the tension
a shoulder to cry on
someone who listens to your problems
strike up a friendship
to become friends
to see eye to eye with someone
to agree with someone
Friends in high places
has friends who have important or influential positions
to know someone inside out
to know someone very well
to build bridges
to promote friendly relations between people or groups
To foot the bill
To pay for something
Money talks
Rich people can get what they want
Be made of money
If you are made of money, you are rich man
Banner Year
A year marked by strong successes
Money to burn
Extra money to spend however one likes
To cut your losses
To stop doing something for avoid loosing money
To make a killing
To earn a lot of money
As sound as a dollar
Very secure and dependable
Cash-and–carry
Selling something for cash only and with no delivery
Get a run for one’s money
to receive a challenge, to receive what one deserves
Get the Ball Rolling
Do something to begin a process
Against The Run Of Play
Atypical of the way a game has been going
Ballpark figure
A rough estimate
Throw in the Towel
To give up, admit defeat
Take the Gloves off
Negotiate in a more aggressive way
