IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS

Break the ice → To do something as a means of reducing or eliminating

shyness, awkward tension, or unfamiliarity.

Close to someone’s heart → Personally important to, or loved by, one.

Give someone a hand → To help one (with something).

Go window shopping → To visit stores, or look in their windows, to see what

is available without buying anything.

Hit the nail on the head → To be precisely correct or accurate.

In hot water → Having provoked or incited anger, hostility, or punishment

against oneself; in a troublesome or difficult situation, especially that which will
result in punishment or reprisal.

*If someone is in hot water, they have done something wrong, and people are
angry with them.

Keep an eye on someone → To watch someone or something carefully; to be

attentive to someone or something.

Learn something by heart → To learn something very thoroughly; to

memorize something.

Let your hair down → you relax and enjoy yourself, and do not worry about
being dignified or behaving correctly

Let’s face it → We need to recognize the truth; we should face reality.

Not to be someone’s cup of tea → It doesn’t suit one, it isn’t to one’s taste.

Put my foot in it → To unintentionally say something foolish, tactless, or

offensive.

Rat race → Fierce competition to maintain or improve one's position in the

workplace or social life.

To be a dark horse → If you describe someone as a dark horse, you mean

that you have just discovered something about them, especially a skill or an
achievement, that they had not told you about.

To be a piece of cake → A very easy task or accomplishment.

To be in two minds → To experience indecision and/or conflicting emotions.

To be running out of time → To no longer have any time to finish some task
or activity.
To be working against the clock → To try to do something in a very limited
amount of time.

Travel light → To travel without bringing much luggage.

Source: Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary.

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/