IDIOMATIC

EXPRESSIONS
Be my guest
1. Be my guest
Help yourself, do
what you want.
Beats me
2. Beats me
I don’t know
Cost an arm and a leg
3. Cost an arm and a leg

very expensive
Easy as pie
4. Easy as pie
A piece of cake, very easy.
A fish out of water
5. A fish out of water
Not feeling comfortable.
On edge
6. On edge
Nervous
Music to my ears
7. Music to my ears

great news, something

pleasant.
Pass with flying colors
8. Pass with flying colors
Get excellent grades.
a pretty penny
9. a pretty penny
Very expensive
Pull somebody’s leg
10. Pull somebody’s leg
play a joke on
somebody.
Have a sharp tongue
11. Have a sharp tongue

talk in a bitter, critical way.

Have a way with words
12. Have a way with words
have a talent for speaking
Hem and haw
13. hem and haw
talk indecisively
Stick to the point
14. Stick to the point
continue talking about a
main idea
Talk behind someone’s
back
15. Talk behind someone’s
back

talk about people without

their knowing
Talk someone into
something
16. talk someone into
something
convince a person to do
something
Talk someone’s ear off
17. talk someone’s ear off
talk until the person is
tired of listening
Love to hear oneself talk
18. Love to hear oneself
talk
enjoy talking even if
nobody is listening