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IDIOMI

 More haste less speed.


If you do things too quickly, it will take longer in the end.

 Every cloud has a silver lining.


Every difficult situation has some advantage.

 As easy as ABC.
To be very easy.

 As keen as mustard.
Interesed in everything.

 Like two peas in a pod.


To be very similar.

 As stubborn as a mule.
To be very stubborn.

 As fit as a fiddle.
To be very healthy and strong.

 Pandora`s box
Something that creates a lot of new problems.

 Jekyll and Hyde


A person with two different sides, evil and good.

 Murphy`s law
What can go wrong, will go wrong.

 Luck of the Irish.


Very lucky, any kind of luck.

 Pardon my French.
Pretending to be sorry for using a bad word.

 Rome wasn`t built in a day.


Imortant things cannot be done in short period.
 The Midas touch
Financially successsful in everything you do.

 Achilles heel
Small weakness that can result in failure.
IDIOMI 2

 Blessing in disguise
Something good that isn`t recognized at first.
Something that is bad at first, but later results in something good.

 Cry over spilt milk


When you complain about a loss from the past.

 Can't judge a book by its cover


Cannot judge something primarily on appearance.

 Make a long story short / cut to the chase


Come to the point - leave out details

 Once in a blue moon


Meaning: Happens very rarely.

 A piece of cake
A job or other activity that is easy.

 See eye to eye.


To say that two (or more people) agree on something.

 Take with a grain/pinch of salt.


This means not to take something too seriously

 Hit the sack  / sheets / hay


To go to bed.

 Don't count your chickens before the eggs have hatched


This expression is used to express ˝Don`t make plans for something that
might not happen˝.

 Steal someone's thunder


To take the credit for something someone else did.

 Speak of the devil!


This expression is used when the person you have just been talking about
arrives.
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 A hot potato
Speak of an issue (mostly current) which many people are talking about
and which is usually disputed.

 Best thing since sliced bread


A good invention or innovation. A good idea or plan.

 Caught between two stools


When someone finds it difficult to choose between two alternatives.

 Costs an arm and a leg


This idiom is used when something is very expensive.

 Don`t put all your eggs in one basket


Do not put all your resources in one possibility.

 Elvis has left the building


The show has come to an end. It's all over.

 In the spur/heat of the moment


Overwhelmed by what is happening in the moment.

 It takes two to tango


Actions or communications need more than one person.

 Kill two birds with one stone


This idiom means, to accomplish two different things at the same time.

 Last straw
The final problem in a series of problem.

 Taste of your own medicine


Means that something happens to you, or is done to you, that you have
done to someone else.

 Shake like a leaf


To shake a lot because you are nervous or frightened.
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 Find your feet


To become familiar with and confident in a new situation. Adapting to
something.

 Keep your fingers crossed


To hope that things will happen in the way that you want. Used to express
good luck.

 Tighten your belt


To spend less than you did before because you have less money. To save
your money.

 Get your act together


Get organized and on schedule. Work in a better way, with clear goals and
plans.

 Catch someone off guard


To surprise someone.

 Be all ears
To be waiting eagerly to hear about something.

 Get something off your chest


To tell someone about something that has been worrying you or making
you feel guilty for a long time.

 Skeleton in the closet / in your cupboard


A secret that would cause embarrassment if it were known. A shameful
secret.

 Give somebody food for thought


To make someone think seriously about something.

 Go bananas
To become very excited or angry.

 Be in a pickle
To be in a difficult situation where the solution is unclear or difficult to do.
 Take the bull by the horns
To do something difficult in a brave and determined way.

 Have a bee in your bonnet


To keep talking about something again and again because you think it is
very important.

 Let the cat out of the bag


To tell something that is a secret.

 No spring chicken
A person who is no spring chicken is no longer young, someone who can
no longer be considered youthful, an old person.

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