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Butterflies in my stomach

I'm nervous

100

It's raining cats and dogs

It's raining really hard

100

You're a couch potato

You're lazy

100

I'm all ears

I'm listening, you have my full attention

100

Break a leg

Good luck

200

You're barking up the wrong tree

You're looking in the wrong place or asking the wrong person

200

At the drop of a hat

Do something instantly

200

Beat around the bush

Talk around something, never get to the main point

200

Don't bite off more than you can chew

Don't take on more than you can handle

200

Bite the bullet

Endure a bad situation or get it over with. Has to be done

300

They're a dime a dozen

They are common, inexpensive, can be bought anywhere


300

Don't add insult to injury

Don't make it worse than it is

300

By the seat of your pants

To do something luckily by instinct or without preparation

300

By the skin of your teeth

You barely missed it, narrow escape

300

Call it day

The end of something. We are all done

400

I'm all thumbs

I'm clumsy/awkward

400

Quit busting my chops

Stop getting at me, scolding me, harassing me

400

Clam up

To stop talking. Suddenly quiet, shy, or scared
400

Have a cow

Overreact, make it a big deal

400

Get bent out of shape

To get offended, worked up, mad, annoyed

500

Fit as a fiddle

Feeling good, nothing wrong, in good shape

500

Let the cat out of the bag

Reveal a secret

500

Spill the beans

Tell someone's secret

500

Off the hook

You are not responsible or blamed for something
500

Right as rain

Something is perfect

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