IDIOMS

Idioms Meaning Example

1) to get out on the wrong side of bed 2) to bell the cat

To have a bad temper from the moment one gets up To do something of great danger /

If you get out on the wrong side of bed, you better keep mum. Everybody made suggestions but no one actually offered to bell the cat. Ms Ng would go berserk if she knows that you hid her key. Ms Jia was conceived. This news was a bolt from the blue for her parents. She always passes the buck to her assistant.

3) to go berserk

To be in a state of wild and uncontrollable fury / A sudden and unexpected happening To refer a problem or responsibility to someone To be possible

4) like a bolt from the blue

5) to pass the buck

6) in the cards

Ah Xing eat the huge cake by himself, but it was distinctly in the cards that it will happen. Ms Ng gets a cold feet when facing En Lao Shi Ah En said she wanted to be the most beautiful woman in the world, but Ms Ng pours cold water on her. Dont always show the crocodile tears, later Ill punch you. The dog days of summer are here, and many people are feeling the heat.

7) to get cold feet

To lose confidence / To discourage

8) to pour cold water on someone

9) crocodile tears

Pretended grief

10) Dog days

Hot period of summer weather