A basket case | a crazy person | |
A bull in a china shop | someone who is very clumsy | |
A gray area | something unclear | |
A little birdie told me | someone told me a secret | |
A piece of cake | very easy done | |
A rip off | too expensive | |
Be in hot water | be in trouble | |
Be in the same boat | be in the same situation | |
Be second to none | be the best | |
Have a bee in (your) bonnet | be obsessed with an idea | |
Birdbrain | somone who is not very smart | |
Put a bug in his ear | make a suggestion | |
Call it a day | time to quit | |
Cat got your tongue? | why aren't you talking? | |
Cross your fingers | for good luck | |
Cry crocodile tears | to pretend to be upset | |
Curiosity killed the cat | asking may get you in trouble | |
Doggy bag | a bag to take home leftovers from a restaurant | |
Draw a blank | can't remember | |
Fish out of water | being somewhere you don't belong | |
For the birds | something that is not worth anything | |
Get a kick out of something/doing something | enjoy something very much | |
Get cold feet | be nervous | |
Get off your high horse | quit thinking you are better than others | |
Get your act together | behave properly | |
Give it a shot | try | |
Give someone the cold shoulder | Ignore someone | |
Goose is cooked | now you're in trouble | |
Have a change of heart | change your mind | |
Have a shot at | have a chance | |
Have mixed feelings | unsure how you feel | |
Have second thoughts | have doubts | |
Hold your horses | wait a minute | |
Horse of a different color | something that is different | |
Hot dog | a person doing athletic stunts that are dangerous | |
I am all ears | You have my undivided attention | |
It costs an arm and a leg | it was expensive | |
It is in the bag | it is a certainty | |
A different kettle of fish | something is completely different | |
Let the cat out of the bag | tell a secret | |
Make a mountain out of a molehill | Make something that is not important into a big deal | |
Out of the blue | with no warning | |
Pig out | to eat a lot | |
Play it by ear | improvise | |
Raining cats and dogs | it is raning very hard | |
Read between the lines | find the hidden meaning | |
See eye to eye | agree | |
It slipped my mind | I forgot | |
Speak your mind | say what you really feel | |
The icing on the cake | something additional that turns good into great | |
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 is harder to older people to learn new things | |