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Flashcards by Emilia Olszewska, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Emilia Olszewska
about 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| clean as a whistle | completely honest and legal |
| Let the cat out of the bag | to reveal a secret or surprise by an accident |
| be born with a silver spoon in your mouth | have advantages because you come form a rich family |
| burn the midnight oil | to stay up working, especially studying, late at night |
| call a spade a spade | to call something by its right name |
| get the wrong end of the stick | understand something completely wrongly |
| rain cats and dogs | to rain very hard |
| a leopard can't change its spots | used for saying that someone wll never change their behavior or charakter |
| out of this world | extremely good or impressive |
| turn over a new leaf | change your life by starting to be a better person or stopping a bad habit |
| see eye to eye (with sb) | agree with someone or have the same opinion as them |
| on good terms (with) | have a good relationship with someone |
| not have a leg to stand on | not have any way of proving that you are right about something |
| wet blanket | a depressing person who spoils other people's enjoyment |
| kick youself | to be annoyed because you missed an opportunity, have made a mistake |
| make (both) ends meet | to earn and spend equal amounts of money |
| get on like a house on fire | become a good friends very quickly and have a lot in common |
| the prime of life | the best years of life |
| add fuel to the fire | make a bad situation worst |
| for a song | very cheaplly, for little money |
| worth its weight in gold | very valuable |
| open a can of worms | to create a situation that will cause trouble |
| to be as brown as a berry | very suntanned |
| hit the books | to study hard |
| full of beans | lively, energetic |
| sail close to the wind | to do something that is dangerous |
| no skin of my nose | you don't care about something because it will not affect you (it is not your problem) |
| turn a blind eye | to ignore something and pretend you don't see it |
| drive someone insane | to annoy someone |
| where there's a will, there's a way | if you truly want to do something, you will find a way to do it |
| the early bird catches the worm | succes comes to thoes who prepare well and put in effort |
| give lip service to | to say that you agree with and support an idea or plan but not do anything to help it to succeed |
| have a change of heart | to change one's attitude or decision, usually from a negative to a positive position |
| out of the blue | At a completely unexpected time |
| dead beat | completely exhausted |
| at a low ebb | in a bad or weak state |
| sell somebody down the river | to do something which harms or disappoints someone who trusted you, in order to get an advantage for yourself |
| make a night of it | to spend the entire evening or night doing something |
| have egg on one's face | to be embarrassed by something one has done |
| upset the applecart | to cause trouble, especially by spoiling someone's plans |
| have a second bite at the cherry | another opportunity to do something |
| work against the clock | to work very fast because you know you only have a limited period of time to do sth |
| to put something on the back burner | to give something lower priority |
| teething troubles | difficulties at the beginning of an activity |
| in deep water | in serious trouble |
| on easy street | free from difficulties |
| over the moon | be happy |
| get cold feet | be scared |
| have a bee in your bonnet | be obsessed with sth |
| hopping mad | very angry |
| put your best foot forward | do your best |
| have other fish to fry | have more important things to do |
| well and truly | completely |
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