1. Eager beaver The term eager beaver refers to a person who is hardworking and enthusiastic, sometimes considered overzealous.

"The new accountant works all the time - first to arrive and last to leave - a real eager beaver!"Play cat and mouse 2. Drink like a fish A person who drinks like a fish is a heavy drinker or one who drinks a lot. "I'm nervous if Joe drives when we go out because he drinks like a fish!"

3. Watch someone like a hawk

If you watch someone like a hawk, you keep your eyes on them or watch them very carefully. "Sarah watches the children like a hawk when she takes them swimming." 4. Come/get to the point If you come or get to the point, you reach or focus on the essential part or the heart of the matter. "We don't need a long explanation Barry. Just get to the point." 5. Put someone in the picture If you give somebody all the information necessary to enable them to fully understand a situation, you put them in the picture. "Let me put you in the picture about what happened during your absence." 6. Chasing rainbows Someone who is chasing rainbows is trying to get something they will never obtain. "She's trying to get into Harvard but I think she's chasing rainbows." 7. Just around the corner If something is just around the corner, it will happen very soon. "With spring just around the corner, the new collection should begin to sell." 8. Out of the blue If something happens out of the blue, it happens unexpectedly. "I had nearly given up hope when out of the blue I was offered a job." 9. A chance in a million A chance in a million is a very small chance or no chance at all that something will happen. "I was told that without a good level of English I had a chance in a million of getting the job."

10. One good turn deserves another This expression means that if someone helps you, it is natural and right to help them in return. "We helped Alex and Sara when they moved into their new house, just as they helped us last year; one good turn deserves another." 11. At the eleventh hour If something happens at the eleventh hour, it happens when it is almost too late, or at the last possible moment. "Our team won after they scored a goal at the eleventh hour." 12. That's the way the ball bounces Things don't always work out as planned, and there's nothing we can do about it - that's life! "He didn't get the prize he expected, but never mind - that's the way the ball bounces." 13. Race against time If someone is in a race against time, they have to work very quickly in order to do or finish something before a certain time. "It was a race against time to get everything ready for the presentation." 14. Swim against the tide A person who is doing or saying the opposite to most other people is said to be swimming against the tide. "Perhaps it's because she always swims against the tide that her books are so successful." 15. In the same boat If two or more parties in the same boat, they are in the same unpleasant or difficult situation. "When the factory closed down, the workers all found themselves in the same boat. 16. Cloud nine A person who is on cloud nine is very happy because something wonderful has happened. "When the boss announced my promotion, I was on cloud nine!" 17. Reach for the moon If you reach for the moon, you are very ambitious and try to achieve something even if it's difficult. "Jenny is talented and ambitious; she always tends to reach for the moon."

18. Money laundering When people launder money, they manage to conceal the source of illegally-obtained money so that it is believed to be legitimate. "Certain countries have been accused of facilitating money laundering." 19. In the blink of an eye If something happens in the blink of an eye, it happens nearly instantaneously, with hardly enough time to notice it. "The pickpocket disappeared in the blink of an eye."

20. Raining cats and dogs

If it's raining cats and dogs, it's raining very heavily. "We'll have to cancel the picnic I'm afraid. It's raining cats and dogs."