Tuesday, November 27, 2012

English Idioms

  • 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.
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  • From 101 American English Idioms. 

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