- Smell a rat -- feel that something is wrong.
- For the birds -- uninteresting and meaningless.
- Cat got your tongue -- can't talk.
- Get in someone's hair -- bother someone .
- Shake a leg -- hurry!
- All thumbs -- clumsy.
- Get off someone's back -- stop bothering someone.
- Leave someone high and dry -- abandon someone.
- Snow job -- insincere talk.
- Feed someone a line -- deceive someone.
- Bend over backwards -- try very hard
- Hit the hay -- go to bed.
- Go fly a kite -- go away.
- Kick the bucket -- die.
- In stitches -- laughing very hard.
- In the hole -- in debt.
- Face the music -- accept the consequences.
- For a song -- for very little money.
- Feel like a million Dollars -- feel wonderful.
- Mind one's P's and Q's -- take care in speech and action.
- Duck soup -- easy, effortless.
- Money talks -- money can influence people.
- From 101 American English Idioms.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
English Idioms
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