25 phrases and idioms with sentences
Answers
Answer:
25 Common English Idioms
as easy as pie means "very easy" (same as "a piece of cake") ...
be sick and tired of means "I hate" (also "can't stand") ...
bend over backwards means "try very hard" (maybe too much!) ...
bite off more than one can chew means "take responsibility for more than one can manage" ...
broke means "to have no money"
Answer:
1. Every dog has his day — everyone will be lucky someday;
2. Be like chalk and cheese — be absolutely different;
3. Cry over spilt milk — regret of something that you will never be able to change;
4. Once in a blue moon — very rarely;
5. A leopard can’t change his spots — some people cannot be changed ever;
6. Be snowed under — to be loaded with work;
7. Weather the storm — survive hard times;
8. Under a cloud — be suspected or not be trusted by others;
9. Bet your bottom dollar — be sure that something will happen;
10. Cost a fortune — very expensive;
11. Be in the red — be in debt;
12. Elephant in the room — something obvious and clear;
13. Like a cat on a hot tin roof — unable to relax, very worried about something;
14. Egghead — a person that always tries to look clever in the eyes of others;
15. Tie the Knot — get married;
16. Let sleeping dogs lie — not to disturb someone or not to remember problems that happened in the past;
17. It takes two to tango — something cannot be done by only one person; therefore two people should deal with the situation;
18. Vanish into thin air — disappear;
19. The green-eyed monster — jealousy;
20. To have green fingers/green thumb — to love gardening;
21. A white elephant — an expensive, but unneeded thing;
22. Always a bridesmaid, never a bride — a talented person that always fails to win;
23. Bark up the wrong tree — make a wrong choice or decision;
24. Saturday night special — a small-caliber revolver.
25. Bitter pill to swallow — bad news that you have to hear and accept.