RIZKA IDTRI HARDINI

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1. Acid test
WBLS -105
Acid test proves the effectiveness of something.
2. A cock and a bull story
A story or an explanation which is obviously not true.
3. A cuckoo in the nest
Someone in a group of people but not liked by them.
4. At the drop of the hat
You do something easily and without any preparation.
5. A witch hunt
An attempt to find and punish those who have options that are believed to be
dangerous.
6. A worms eye view
Having very little knowledge about something.
7. Be a weight off your shoulders
When something is a weight off your shoulders, you are happy that you do not have to
worry about it or feel responsible for what it was anymore.
8. Between the devil and deep blue sea
A type of situation where u must choose between two equally unpleasant situations.
9. Back to the salt mines
Back to something that you dont want to do.
10. Back-room boys
People who perform important work but have no contact with the public.
11. Bushmans holiday
A holiday where you spend doing same thing as you did at working days
12. Cut the ground from under feet
When you cut the ground from under someone's feet, you do something which
weakens their position.
13. Chase your tail
Spending a lot of time and energy doing a lot of things but actually achieving too
little.
14. Deliver the goods
Do what is expected or promised.
15. Dead wood
People or things which are no longer useful or necessary.
16. Don't wash your dirty laundry in public
People, especially couples, who argue in front of others or involve others in their
personal problems and crises, are said to be washing their dirty laundry in public;
making public things that are best left private.
17. Explore all avenues
Trying out every possibility to get a result.
18. Eye for an eye
This is an expression for retributive justice, where the punishment equals the crime.
19. Fine-tooth comb
Examining something carefully to not miss out any details.
20. Fast track something
Rating something higher on your priority list to achieve the desired result.
21. Get ducks in a row

Getting your things well organized.

22. Get the show on the road
Putting up a plan or idea into action.
23. Get the axe
Lose the job.
24. Golden handshake
Big sum of money given to a person when they leave a company or retire.
25. Have ants in your pants
Not be able to keep still because you are very excited or worried about something.
26. Have eyes bigger than stomach
Desiring more food than one can eat.
27. In dribs and drabs
In small amounts at a time.
28. In cahoots with
In a partnership usually for a dishonest reason.
29. Jam tomorrow
This idiom is used when people promise good things for the future that will never
come.
30. Jekyll and Hyde - Someone who has a Jekyll and Hyde personality has a pleasant and
a very unpleasant side to the character.
31. Jump the track
Jumping the track is suddenly changing from one plan, activity, idea, etc, to anothe
32. Keep your fingers on the pulse
Being constantly aware of the most recent developments.
33. Know which way the wind blows
This means that you should know how things are developing and be prepared for the
future.
34. Let the cat out of the bag
Reveal the secret.
35. Let nature take its course
To allow someone to live or die naturally.
36. Make castles in the air
Plans or hopes that have very little chances of happening.
37. Mean business
Being serious about what you announce.
38. Make ones bed and lie on it
To be responsible for what you have done and accept the results.
39. Not let grass grow under feet
Don't delay in getting something done.
40. No smoke without fire
People suspect something, there is normally a good reason for the suspicion, even if
there is no concrete evidence. ('Where's there's smoke, there's fire' is also used.)
41. Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches
This means that it's hard to know how much someone else is suffering.
42. On pins and needles
You are very worried about something.
43. Pen is mightier than the sword

The idiom 'the pen is mightier than the sword' means that words and communication
are morepowerful than wars and fighting.
44. Poker face
Someone with a poker face doesn't show any emotion or reaction so that people don't
know what they are feeling.
45. Plum job
Desirable position which is well-paid and considered relatively easy .
46. Quiet as a cat
If somebody is as quiet as a cat they make as little noise as possible and try to be
unnoticeable.
47. Red letter day
Aaone of good luck, when something special happens to you.
48. Reduce to ashes
It is destroyed or made useless. His infidelities reduced their relationship to ashes.
49. Round the houses
You do something in an inefficient way when there is a quicker, more convenient way.
50. Sail through something
Being successful in doing something without difficulty.
51. Separate sheep from goats
Examining a group of people and deciding their suitability
52. Think on your feet
Adjusting quickly to changes and making fast decisions.
53. Tricks of the trade
Clever or expert way of doing something.
54. Under fire
If someone is being attacked and criticized heavily, they are under fire under your
nose- If something happens right in front of you, especially if it is surprising or
audacious, it happens under your nose.
55. Up for grabs
It is available and whoever is first or is successful will get it.
56. Up to the neck
If someone's in something up to the neck, they are very involved in it, especially when
it's something wrong.
57. Whole bag of tricks
Means trying all the clever means to achieve something.
58. Waiting in the wings
Waiting for an opportunity to take action, mostly to replace someone else in their job.
59. Yes-man
Someone who always agrees with people in authority is a yes-man.
60. You are what you eat
This is used to emphasise the importance of a good diet as a key to good health.