A gut feeling

My gut feeling is telling me to invest the money into that stock.

An eye-opener
His confession was an eye-opener to all of us.

A breath of fresh air

Sandra's ideas were breath of fresh air in our last meeting.

Got cold feet

Tracey promised she will lead this project, but she got cold feet when investors
requested to hear her plan.

Going all out

Last year Jack forgot their anniversary, so this year he went all out and bought
Steph the most expensive earrings he can afford.

Have my heart set on

Kelly and her friends did some window shopping yesterday. She set her heart on the
purse she saw at John Lewis.

Matter of opinion
I find some sports events very dull, but I guess that is matter of opinion.

Have mixed feelings

Having mixed feelings about camping just prolonged the decision about their holiday
destination.

Having second thoughts

They were planning to have Indian takeaway for dinner, but now they are having
second thoughts.

Get a kick out of

Every winter he gets kick out of snowboarding.

Phrasal verbs

Pulled out
We agreed to throw a surprise party for Maria, but Sam suddenly pulled out of it.

Wear out
Going to the gym every day wears me out.

Catch on
Their new slogan is so funny. I believe it will catch on quickly.

Turn on
She followed the instructions she was given, but it turned out that the machine was
just faulty.

Rip off
The presented marketing ideas were not his originally, he ripped them off from a
local South African TV Channel.

Work out
The proposed adjustments in the way he works worked out and he finally can finish
up the full process without any mistakes.

Catch up
Every time after the annual leave I need a day or two just to catch up with my
emails.

Calling around
I wanted to change my hairdresser, so I called around to find out if anyone
recommend a good one.

Showing off
My nephew called me yesterday to show off the doughnuts he made for the first time.

Gave in
Everyone was convincing him to apply for a new job. Yesterday he finally gave in.

British Phrases/Slang

Drive
That drive was very helpful. He gave us detailed instructions on how to get there.

Chippy
She ordered a chippy for her lunch.

Fancy
We fancy that new restaurant.

Dodgy
The car I rented on my holiday was old and dodgy.

Dead
Your manager was dead serious, better finish all your work today.

Bollocks
Stuart talks bollocks at meetings when he is unsupervised.

Easy peasy
She told me that all her tasks were easy peasy.

Jammy
They got another refund for something they bought. They are truly jammy.

Mate
He likes spending Saturday evenings playing football with his mates.

Nick
I always nick someones pen unintentionally.