Informal language

Pregunta	Respuesta
to argue with sb	to take an issue with
two people have a lot of things in common and it's easy for them to undrestand each other	to be on the same wavelength
to disagree with sb	to be at odds
two people are complete opposites	to be poles apart
to try to find out what someone thinks about sth	to sound out somebody
to offer your opinion, often without being asked for it	I'd like to put my 2 cents in
to check all informations about sb	to check where sb is coming from
interrupt someone	To butt in
sit tight	sit like a stunned mullet
feel bad/ill	to be under the weather
to prevent yourself from laughing or speaking	to bite your lip
to become very angry	to hit the roof
to become angry	to get cross
to become angry	to lose your temper
to become angry	to make my blood boil
sth is annoying	it bugs me
sth irritates me	it drives me up the wall
it irritates me	it winds me up
sth slows down other thing or ruins it	it is a drag
to dress up well for sth for example weather	to wrap up well
someone who is thought to be a bad person by the rest of his/her classmates or family	to be the black sheep
keep sth in secret	keep it under your hat
to be the person in a relationship who makes all important decisions	to wear trousers
to see someone else's point of view	to walk in someone's shoes
to remain calm or patient	to keep someone's shirt on
very seldom	once in the blue moon
be angry	to see red
my intelligence	grey matter
road to nowhere	amount to nothing
to fail to remember something	to draw a blank
what is annoying you	what's eating you
it annoyes me	it gags me!
be angry	get all bent out of shape
to lose your temper	fly off the handle
go away	get out of my face
to be strongly sexualy attracted to someone	to have hots for someone
treat sb especially in hopes of receiving sth special	to butter somebody up
escape with sth	to get away with sth
to be happy	to be walking on air
to feel that you're the best	to feel on top of the world
an error in speaking in which a word is pronounced incorrectly	to slip of the tongue
to feel embarassed	to blush
to feel embarassed	to go red-faced
be very angry	to be mad enough to kick a cat
when sth has hurt you once, you tend to avoid it	once bitten, twice shy
you're so scared that you can't move	to be numb with fear
to apply pressure on yourself to achive sth	to push yourself as hard as you can
to not behave as you are ordered or expected to	to step out of line
to catch a person in the act of doing sth wrong	to catch red-headed
to have the ability to grow plants well	to have a green thumb
to move up to sth	to belly- up
to be very busy	up to one's ears
to work hard and make an effort	put one's shoulder to the wheel
money used to pay for a murder	blood money
money to to spend anyway you want	money to burn
very, very cold	as cold as ice
to try to own all the same things as you know in order to seem as good as them	keep up with the Jonses
a person who says nice things about people when they are with them, but bad to others	two-faced
to make an effort to understand and deal with a problem or situation	get to grips with
get some secret information	receive tip-offs
to become important news and be reported in the newspapers and on the tv, and radio	hit the headlines
publish a story	run a story
angry	hot under the collar
to speak out about sth that is a secret	to blab out
deal with the stress	to cope with stress
fit somewhere	to blend in
to become very angry	to throw wobblies
new shirt	crisp shirts
give sb a piece of mind	to tell sb off
it should be generally understood or accepted	it goes without saying
ready and willing to talk	to be on speaking terms
to catch someone's attention	attention grabbing

to argue with sb

to take an issue with

two people have a lot of things in common and it's easy for them to undrestand each other

to be on the same wavelength

to disagree with sb

to be at odds

two people are complete opposites

to be poles apart

to try to find out what someone thinks about sth

to sound out somebody

to offer your opinion, often without being asked for it

I'd like to put my 2 cents in

to check all informations about sb

to check where sb is coming from

interrupt someone

To butt in

sit tight

sit like a stunned mullet

feel bad/ill

to be under the weather

to prevent yourself from laughing or speaking

to bite your lip

to become very angry

to hit the roof

to become angry

to get cross

to become angry

to lose your temper

to become angry

to make my blood boil

sth is annoying

it bugs me

sth irritates me

it drives me up the wall

it irritates me

it winds me up

sth slows down other thing or ruins it

it is a drag

to dress up well for sth for example weather

to wrap up well

someone who is thought to be a bad person by the rest of his/her classmates or family

to be the black sheep

keep sth in secret

keep it under your hat

to be the person in a relationship who makes all important decisions

to wear trousers

to see someone else's point of view

to walk in someone's shoes

to remain calm or patient

to keep someone's shirt on

very seldom

once in the blue moon

be angry

to see red

my intelligence

grey matter

road to nowhere

amount to nothing

to fail to remember something

to draw a blank

what is annoying you

what's eating you

it annoyes me

it gags me!

be angry

get all bent out of shape

to lose your temper

fly off the handle

go away

get out of my face

to be strongly sexualy attracted to someone

to have hots for someone

treat sb especially in hopes of receiving sth special

to butter somebody up

escape with sth

to get away with sth

to be happy

to be walking on air

to feel that you're the best

to feel on top of the world

an error in speaking in which a word is pronounced incorrectly

to slip of the tongue

to feel embarassed

to blush

to feel embarassed

to go red-faced

be very angry

to be mad enough to kick a cat

when sth has hurt you once, you tend to avoid it

once bitten, twice shy

you're so scared that you can't move

to be numb with fear

to apply pressure on yourself to achive sth

to push yourself as hard as you can

to not behave as you are ordered or expected to

to step out of line

to catch a person in the act of doing sth wrong

to catch red-headed

to have the ability to grow plants well

to have a green thumb

to move up to sth

to belly- up

to be very busy

up to one's ears

to work hard and make an effort

put one's shoulder to the wheel

money used to pay for a murder

blood money

money to to spend anyway you want

money to burn

very, very cold

as cold as ice

to try to own all the same things as you know in order to seem as good as them

keep up with the Jonses

a person who says nice things about people when they are with them, but bad to others

two-faced

to make an effort to understand and deal with a problem or situation

get to grips with

get some secret information

receive tip-offs

to become important news and be reported in the newspapers and on the tv, and radio

hit the headlines

publish a story

run a story

angry

hot under the collar

to speak out about sth that is a secret

to blab out

deal with the stress

to cope with stress

fit somewhere

to blend in

to become very angry

to throw wobblies

new shirt

crisp shirts

give sb a piece of mind

to tell sb off

it should be generally understood or accepted

it goes without saying

ready and willing to talk

to be on speaking terms

to catch someone's attention

attention grabbing

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