IDIOMS AND

PHRASES
Palak Samani
 TO GO BANKRUPT

We must be prepared
GO BELLY UP because if the merger
deal doesn’t materialize,
the company may go
belly up.
 WANTING TO KNOW
WHAT SOMEONE IS
THINKING

A PENNY FOR YOUR

THOUGHT WHY ARE YOU
LOOKING UP THE
SKY? A PENNY FOR
YOUR THOUGHTS
 JOIN A POPULAR
TRENT OR ACTIVITY

JUMP ON THE THIS NEW SOFTWARE

BANDWAGON IS GOING TO DISRUPT
THE MARKET, WE
SHOULD JUMP ON
THE BANDWAGON
 CONTINUE TO STAY
AWAKE WHEN YOU
ARE EXHAUSTED

RUN ON FUMES
I SHOULD REALLY
TAKE A NAP NOW,
I’VE BEEN AWAKE
FOR 20 HOURS, I’M
RUNNING ON FUMES
 SPEAK DIRECTLY

IF YOU WANT TO GET

ON WELL WITH YOUR
SHOOT FROM THE BOSS, TRY NOT TO
HIP SHOOT FROM THE HP
NEXT TIME
 MINIMUM NUMER OF
PEOPLE NEEDED TO
KEEP SOMETHING
GOING

SKELETON CREW
CAN YOU COME TO
THE OFFICE THIS
WEEKEND? WE’RE
OPERATING WITH
THE SKELETON CREW
 SOMETHING THAT
WHEN PIGS FLY
WILL NEVER HAPPEN
 SOMETHING THAT
A COLD DAY IN WILL NEVER HAPPEN
HELL
 GIVING SOMETHING
YOUR ALL
SWINGING FOR THE
FENCES
 TO BE VERY
CONFIDENT FOR
EAT MY HAT
SOMETHING
KEEP AN EAR TO LISTEN TO NEW
GROUND INFORMATION
 TO BE VERY FURIOUS
UP IN ARMS OR OVERREACT
 WASTING TIME ON
WILD GOOSE CHASE SOMETHING YOU
CANNOT DO
 TO OBSESS OVER
PENNY WISE AND UNNECESSARY
POUND FOOLISH THINGS WHILE
MISSING OUT THE
IMPORTANT ONES
 TO PRESENT BOTH
PLAY DEVIL’S SIDES OF AN
ADVOCATE ARGUMENT
 TO IGNORE
TURN A DEAF EAR SOMETHING
 A OBVIOUS PROBLEM
THE ELEPHANT IN EVERYONE IS
THE ROOM AVOIDING TALKING
ABOUT
TO GET SOMEONE’S TO UPSET, IRRITATE,
GOAT OR ANGER SOMEONE
 SHENANIGANS,
MONKEY BUSINESS MISCHIEVOUS OR
ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES
 SOMEONE VERY
CARELESS ABOUT
BULL IN A CHINA THE WAY HE/SHE
SHOP MOVES/ BEHAVES
CLUMSY
 VERY EXAGGERATED,
A COCK AND A BULL
UNLIKELY TO BE
STORY
TRUE
 VERY EXAGGERATED,
INFLATE A COW
UNLIKELY TO BE
TRUE
 TO BEAT AROUND
WALK AROUND IN
THE BUSH
HOT PORRIDGE