Idioms 1
This is what you say when you make a comment that makes someone feel worse than they already do.
What is "add insult to injury"?
This is what we say when something is very expensive for your budget.
What is "An arm and a leg"?
This idiom means a hot topic.
What is "a hot potato"?
In the Wild West, the person who sat next to the driver was often equipped with a gun to kill any robbers that might happen upon the coach.
What is "ride shotgun"?
When a Roman soldier traveled long distances, he would ask a common man to carry his armor. This became the origin of this particular phrase.
What is "Go the extra mile."?
This is what happens when you make a bigger drama over a small incident of little importance.
What is "cry over spilt milk"?
This is what you say to someone when they are not very good at a particular hobby and should think about other options of income.
What is "Don't give up the day job."?
This is when you've got to do what you've got to do.
What is "Drastic times call for drastic measure"?
In the 1800s, patients would literally bite on this to cope with the pain of having surgery before anesthesia was common.
What is "Bite the bullet."?
This comes from when merchants looked at a horse's teeth to determine its health before buying it.
What is "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth."?
We say this when someone has done the very last thing to make you fed up with his or her actions.
What is "the last straw"?
This particular idiom comes from a famous artist when everyone continued to scream his name after he had already left.
What is "Elvis has left the building."?
This idiom means that you should not risk everything on one particular situation or outcome.
What is "Don't put all o your eggs in one basket."?
One possible origin of this phrase dates back to when mattresses were supported by ropes; telling this to someone meant sleeping with the ropes pulled tightly, which would provide a well-sprung bed.
What is "sleep tight"?
Likely referring to hunting, this saying explains when a dog would literally bark at the bottom of the tree after the prey in question moved to the next branch.
What is "barking up the wrong tree"?
When you cannot make a decision and are indecisive about something, you are this.
What is "sitting on the fence"?
If you are taking the attention away from someone else who actually deserves it in the moment, you do this.
What is "steal someone's thunder"?
When you do not agree with someone else, you do not __________________ with them.
What is "see eye to eye"?
This one is said to come from poorly made axes of the 1800s that would literally detach from the handle. Yikes!
What is "fly off the handle"?
This idiom allegedly comes from a time when the household bathed in the same water; first, the lord would bathe, then the men, the lady, the women, the children, and the babies last.
What is "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water!"?
You do this when you join in for whatever everyone else is doing.
What is "jump on the bandwagon"?
This means everything included.
What is "the whole nine yards"?
This means that both people have equal fault in a situation.
What is "it takes two to tango"?
In the show Happy Days, the character Fonzie literally jumps over this animal while water skiing; afterward, radio personality Jon Hein popularized the phrase “jump the shark” to describe the decline of the show.
What is "Jump the shark"?
Alluding to the piano-like instrument the organ, this phrase refers to when doing this turned on all the sounds in an organ, allowing the organ to play all the sounds at once and, therefore, be as loud as possible.
What is "Pull out all the stops."?