IDIOMS

1. A grey area - Something unclear

2. A little birdie told me - Someone told me a secret
3. A piece of cake - Very easy
4. Be in hot water - Be in trouble
5. Be in the same boat - Be in the same situation
6. Call it a day - Time to quit
7. Cross your fingers - For good luck
8. Cry crocodile tears - To pretend to be sad
9. Curiosity killed the cat - Asking may get you in trouble
10. Doggy bag - A bag to take home leftovers from a restaurant
11. Get cold feet - Be nervous
12. Get off your high horse - Quit thinking you are better than others
13. Give it a shot - Try
14. Give someone the cold shoulder - Ignore someone
15. Have a change of heart - Changed your mind
16. Have mixed feelings – Not sure how you feel
17. Have second thoughts - Have doubts
18. Having a whale of a time – To enjoy very much.
19. Hold your horses - Wait a minute
20. I’m all ears – Pay attention
21. It cost an arm and a leg - It was expensive
22. Let the cat out of the bag - Tell a secret
23. Out of the blue - With no warning
24. Pig out - To eat a lot
25. Raining cats and dogs - It is raining very heavily
26. See eye to eye - Agree
27. Slipped my mind - I forgot
28. Speak your mind - Say what you really feel
29. Wolf in sheep’s clothing - A person who pretends to be nice but is not
30. You can't teach an old dog new tricks - It’s harder for older people to learn new
things
31. Feeling blue- to feel sad
32. Under the weather –feel sick or unwell.
33. Pass with flying colours – get good results.
34. A rat race - people compete with each other for power and money
35. Sweet tooth – likes to eat sweet things.
36. Eye- catching – attracts people’s attention.
37. Couch potato – lazy person.
38. Tough cookie – very determined person.
39. Blood is thicker than water – family is more important than friends.
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41. In seventh heaven – very happy

42. On cloud nine – very happy
43. Over the moon – very happy
44. On top of the world – very happy
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