Idioms and phrases lessons

1. Bored to death I have nothing to do. I am bored to death.

2. You’ve got to be kidding Mom told me to tell you that you shouldn’t stay out too late.
You have got to be kidding me. I am 3o years old. ( hope you’r really wrong)
3. Sick and tired I am sick and tired of eating the same thing for lunch everyday.
4. Call it a day I think We finished everything for the day. Good! Let’s call it a day then.
( continue= pick it up)
5. Get on one’s nerves You’re beginning to get on my nerves. ( begin to annoy me)
6. Couch potato My husband is a couch potato.
7. Read my mind A: Do you want to play pool? B: You read my mind. That is exactly what
I was thinking too.
8. Feel blue He feels a little blue because he can’t find a girlfriend.
9. Fender bender I got into a small accident. It was just a fender bender. ( no damage)
10. Get foot in the door A: Do you find a job? B: With the sagging economy, it hard to find a job b
But I will have to get my foot in the door.
11. Chicken There is nothing to be scared of. Don’t be a chicken.
12. Give somebody a hard time Stop giving me a hard time. There was nothing I could do about it.
13. Make up your mind Make up your mind. We don’t have much time.
14. Go dutch You don’t have t o pay for me. Let’s go dutch today.
15. Throw in the towel I was ready to throw in the towel ( give up)
16. Goose bumps I was so touched by the movie that I started getting goose bumps all over
My arms.
17. Stay in touch call me more often man. We got to stay in touch.
18. Have the guts I don’t have the guts to go bungee jumping.
19. Rain or shine we are going camping this weekend rain or shine
20. I am beat I had a touch day today. I am totally beat.
21. Easier said than done It is easier said than done. It is a lot tougher than that.
22. It is about time ( finally) It is about time. I got a chance to play.
23. Jump to conclusion He sometimes does stupid things, but you shouldn’t jump to the
Conclusion.
24. Out of the blue she broke up with her boy friend last night. I thought they had a good
Relationship. So did I. It was totally out of the blue.
25. Know sth inside out he is a mechanic. He knows the car engine inside out.
 Idioms and phrases lessons

26. Now and then I go on a hike every now and then. ( from time to time)
27. Nuke Don’t nuke an egg. It will explode in the microwave.
28. On the dot I don’t want to be waiting for you, so you should be there at three o’clock
On the dot ( sharp)
29. Keeping my finger cross Their team is not favored to win but I hope they do. I am keeping my
Fingers crossed.
30. Out of this world That’s the coolest thing I have ever seen. It is really out of this world.
( amazing)
31. Over one’s head I don’t know the answer to that problem. The subject is over my head.
32. Pain in the ass ( serious burden) They made t a mistake on the postage so that package
Was returned. What a pain in the ass.
33. A piece of cake You won’t have any problem with it. It is a piece of cake.
34. Sooner or later Don’t keep waiting for him to confess. He will tell you sooner or later.
35.Pull your leg You expect me to believe that? Stop pulling my leg.( make believe)
36. Put yourself in my place If you put yourself in my place you would understand more What I did it.
37. I can eat a horse I am so hungry that I can eat a horse.
38. Read between the line You have to read between the lines to fully understand his sentence.
39. Ring a bell it rings a bell, but I am not one hundred percent sure. (to remember sth)
40.. Bug I need to concentrate on this, so stop bugging me.
41. Sleep on it I don’t think I can decide now. Let me sleep on it and I will tell you
Answer tomorrow.
42. Play it by ear I have to play it by ear because I don’t know how long they want me to
Work.
43. Speak of the devil when someone appear just as you are talking about him.
44. Grab a bite When do you want to grab a bite? Let grab a quick bite.
45.. Take it easy I don’t want to take it easy so stop telling me to take it easy.
46.Go with the flow Why do you do everything differently? You should just go with the flow.
47. Twenty-four seven You better be careful because I am going to be watching you *****
48. Under the weather I am going to stay home because I am felling under the weather today.
(feeling sick)
49. Don’t sweat it You can’t do anything about it. So don’t sweat it. ( not to worry)
50.. You can say that again Su Su is so hot! You can say that again.
51. Broke I am flat broke.
52.Beat me I t beats me who they finished before us.( not understand)
53. I don’t buy it He said he did not do it but I don’t buy it. ( disagree)