The most common English idioms

These English idioms are extremely common in everyday conversation in the United States.
You will hear them in movies and TV shows and can use them to make your English sound
more like that of a native speaker. 

Under the weather: slightly ill, sick or depressed

To get bent out of shape : Upset angry

Pull someone's leg : To tease or joke with someone

So far so good:
(Everything is) satisfactory or developing as planned up to the current point or mome
nt in time.

Speak of the devil:

An acknowledgment of a person who has arrived just as or after they were being discu
ssed

Cutting corners
Do something in the easiest or least expensive way

Break a leg: used to wish somebody good luck: 

Sit tight: used to wish somebody good luck: 

Twist someone´s arm:

If you twist someone's arm, you try hard to persuade them to do something.

By the skin of your teeth:

If you do something by the skin of your teeth, you just manage to do it but very nearly fail.

Piece of cake: very easy

Sleep on it:  
not make a decision until the following day so that you can have more time to think about it: 

On the ball: Attentive, knowledgeable, and quick to take action.

Needle in a haystack: Something that is very difficult to locate.

Hit the sack: To get into bed and go to sleep.

Make a long story short: to get to the point.