Engelska 7 Idioms

Elbow room Enough space to move around

Put all eggs in one basket To depend for your success on a single person or plan of action

Cross your fingers To hope that something will happen, to hope for good luck

Back seat driver Much like someone giving unwanted advice from the back seat of a vehicle to the driver

Be home and hosed To have successfully completed something, as a project or activity

Pull a fast one To deceive or trick someone

Leave no stone unturned To do everything possible in order to achieve or find something

Let the grass grow under your feet To do nothing, delay

In stitches If yo're in stiches, you're laughing so hard that your sides hurt

Save your breath Stop useless talk

Cat nap To have a short light sleep during the day

At the eleventh hour Be too late

Be green with envy To be very unhappy because someone has something that you want

Eat sleep and breathe something Being so enthusiastic and passionate about something that you think about it all the time

Lay out the welcome mat for someone To welcome one with extenstive hospitality

Have too much on plate To be too busy

Needle in the haystack Very difficult or almost impossible to find

Turne over in your grave To strongly disapprove

Wipe the floor with someone Inflict a humiliating defeat on someone

Wear your heart on your sleeve To make your feelings and emotions obvious rather than hiding them

Need like a hole in the head To have absolutely no need or use for something

No spring chicken A person who's no longer young

A night owl A person who stays up late/active at night

An early bird A person who wakes up early/active in the morning

Open a can of worms Create a situation which will cause a lot of problems

Slippery slope A bad situation or habit that, after it has started, is likely to get very much worse

Shoot for the moon To ask/aim for the best or the most you could hope for

Until the cows come home For a very long time

Bite the hand that feeds you To act badly towards the person who is helping or has helped you

Tie a knot Get married

Go haywire Become out of control

A blast from the past Something that suddenly makes you remember an earlier time in your life

Bite your tongue To stop yourself from saying something that you would really like to say

Call it a day To declare the end of a task

Kill two birds with one stone Achieve two things with one action

Snowed under Very busy or overwhelmed with something

Live and learn An expression used after one has learned something from personal experience

Separate sheep from goats Examing a group of people and deciding their suitability

Keep a low profile To avoid attracting attention to yourself

Get goat To annoy or anger someone

Vim and Vigor Full of energy and enthusiasm

Be in your element To be happy because you are doing what you like or can do best

Dead ringer An exact duplicate

All bark and no bite Full of talk, but low on action

All mouth and no trousers Full of boastful, arrogant, or shallow talk, usually by a male, who then cannot deliver on his claims

Yellow-bellied Cowardly

Take the bitter with the sweet To accept both the good and the bad that happens

Lion's share The biggest part of something

Rake someone over the coals Criticize or scold someone severely

Golden handshake Big sum of money given to a person when they leave a company or retire

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