English Idiom/Proverbs

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No.	Idioms / Proverbs	Meaning
1	Live on the edge	To be very poor
2	Pay through your nose	Pay a high price
3	Out of the frying pan into the fire	A bad situation getting into a worse one
4	Break a sweat	To put a large amount of effort on a task
5	Black and white	A clear choice that causes no confusion
6	Turn over a new leaf	Start behaving in a different way / begin again
7	Ring a bell	Something that seems familiar
8	Bone to pick	You want to discuss something bad
9	Pulling legs	To trick someone
10	Green with envy	Jealousy
11	Have a word	To speak with someone privately
12	Jury is out	No decision/answer had been made
13	Wait on (one's) hand and foot	To serve someone very well
14	Rough diamond	Someone who might not seem polite but have a good character
15	Prick up ears/All ears	Listen attentively
16	Beats me	I don't know
17	Out of the blue	Happening suddenly and unexpected
18	At the eleventh hour	At the last minute
19	Be broke	Be without money
20	Be sold a pup	To be tricked into buying a worthless thing
21	Beat about the bush	Discuss a matter without coming straight to the point
22	Put (one's) shoulder to the wheel	To work hard
23	Cat got you tongue?	Why are you not saying anything?
24	You reap what you sow	You eventually have to face up to the consequences of your actions
25	Hop it	Used to tell someone to go away
26	Lost in vain	No purpose
27	Of own free will	By one's own choice
28	Breath of fresh air	Something that was new and exciting
29	Send chills down (one's) spine	Make someone feel very frightened
30	Call it a day/night	Cancel or stop whatever you're doing
31	Biting the dust	Be killed
32	In one piece / safe and sound	Not injured or damaged
33	On the road	On a journey
34	Come hell or high water	No matter what happens
35	Break the ice	Start a conversation with someone you don't know
36	Burn the midnight oil	To work very late at night
37	Face the music	To receive punishment
38	Give me a break	Something you say when you don't believe someone
39	Give me a hand	Lend me help
40	Jump the queue	Cut in line
41	Keep an eye on	Watch someone/something closely
42	The blind leading the blind	Someone who isn't capable of doing something guides the other
43	Throw off the scent	To give someone false info to not discover something
44	Cat out of the bag	To reveal a secret accidentally
45	Not have a cat in hell's chance	To have no chance of achieving something
46	Have finger in every pie	Have many interests
47	Taking a candy from a baby	Very simple and easy
48	Get out of hand	Something cannot be controlled anymore
49	Cut to the chase	Coming straight to the point
50	Right off the bat	Immediately
51	See it coming	To know that something bad is about to happen
52	Couldn't help it	There's no way (I) could prevent it
53	Cross the bridge when we come to it	Focus on what's happening now instead of thinking about a problem that might happen in the future
54	One hand washes the other	You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
55	Put the thinking cap on	Start thinking
56	Can't see the forest for the trees	Cannot understand a situation due to being preoccupied with minor details
57	Catch one's eye	Attract someone's attention
58	Don't count your chickens before they hatch	Don’t assume that something will happen until it has happened
59	Drag (one's) feet	Make someone delayed
60	Drop (one) a line	Write to someone (letter)
61	Get on (one's) nerves	Irritate someone
62	Cost (one) an arm and a leg	To cost a lot of money
63	Can't make heads or tails of something	Can't understand something at all
64	Let (one's) hair down	Behave in a relaxed manner
65	Turn the tables	Reverse a situation and gain the upper hand
66	Feeling under the weather	Feeling unwell
67	Crack of dawn	Very early in the morning
68	Grinning from ear to ear	To look extremely happy
69	Put (something) on the back burner	Put something on hold/suspended temporarily
70	Hit the nail on the head	to describe exactly what is causing a situation or problem
71	Around the corner	Something is getting near
72	Over the moon / On the cloud nine	Feeling very happy
73	Brainstorm	To think very hard
74	Hit the books	To study hard
75	Hang in there	Don't give up yet
76	Birdbrain	Someone who is not so smart
77	Make up your mind	To decide something
78	Give it a shot	Give it a try
79	Set (one's) heart on	Have a strong desire to do something
80	Bundle of nerves	To be very anxious
81	Pluck up your courage	Force yourself to be brave enough to do something
82	Foot the bill	Pay for something
83	Blow your cool	Become angry
84	Have a big mouth	Talk too much
85	A chip off the old block	Someone who is very similar in character to their parent
86	The gift of the gab	Ability to talk readily and easily
87	Armed to the teeth	Heavily armed
88	A ghost of a chance	The smallest possible chance
89	All in the same boat	All in the same situation
90	At the drop of the hat	Without hesitation
91	Hit the town	To go out and have fun
92	Heavy heart / feel blue	Very sad
93	Get butterflies in (one's) stomach	Very nervous/anxious
94	Like a fish out of water	Very uncomfortable
95	Strike while the iron is hot	You should take advantage of the moment
96	Where there’s a will, there’s a way	If you have the will to meet the problems that are in front of you, there is a way to overcome them
97	Many hands make light work	If everyone helps with a large task, it will get done easily and quickly
98	Look before you leap	Don't rush into things
99	Beggars can't be choosers	People with no other options must be content with what is offered
100	The early bird catches the worm	Someone who is very active and alert in the early hours of the morning is apt to find success
101	Once in a blue moon	Happening very rarely
102	It's a small world	Meeting someone you would not have expected to
103	Holed up	Hide and wait
104	Put a brake on it	To stop an activity
105	Sift through	To remove something from something
106	Fit as a fiddle	In a good health
107	Stubborn as mule	Someone who doesn't like listening to advice
108	Have enough on (one's) plate	Busy with work/problems
109	Saved by the bell	Rescue from a situation at the last possible moment
110	Rome Wasn’t Built In One Day	Important work takes time
111	In fine feather	Healthy / in good spirits / well-dressed
112	Cleanliness is next to godliness	A phrase that strongly encourages and promotes neatness and personal hygiene.
113	Spick and span	Very clean and tidy
114	Birds of a feather flock together	People who are similar spend time together.
115	Greet (someone) with open arms	To greet someone very happily and eagerly
116	Live from hand to mouth	Survive on very little money
117	Keep (one's) fingers crossed	Hope for the best
118	Rain or shine	No matter what weather
119	Rain cats and dogs	Rain heavily
120	Read (someone's) mind	know what someone is thinking.
121	To make his own bed; now let him lie in it	Someone has caused his/her own problems; he/she will have to solve them himself/herself
122	Couch potato	Someone who spends too much time watching TV
123	Hard-headed	Unwilling to change
124	On the dot	Exactly at a given time
125	Leave no stone unturned	To do everything you can to achieve your goal
126	Step up your game	To start performing better
127	Pull yourself together	To calm down and behave normally
128	By the skin of (one's) teeth	You only just succeed/nearly fail
129	Blew (one) away	Extremely impressed by something
130	Be chuffed to bits	To be pleased and happy
131	Be tickled pink	To be excited and happy
132	Sit on the fence	To stay neutral and not take sides
133	A stone's throw	Very near
134	Bite off more than you can chew	To take something that is too much for you to handle
135	Miss the boat	Miss an opportunity to do something
136	Go down in flames	To end/fail suddenly
137	Go the extra mile	To work hard to achieve your goal
138	Ball is in your court	It's up to you