Animal idioms
To kill two birds with one stone
Get two tasks accomplished at the same time
A bad egg
A nasty person
By the skin of your teeth
You won, but just barely
We're all in the same boat.
We're all under the same circumstances.
It's all Greek to me!
I don't understand.
Barking up the wrong tree
Asking the wrong questions; going about things the wrong way
No use crying over spilled milk
Don't worry about circumstances you can't change
Break a leg
Good luck, to a performer
A back seat driver
Someone who criticizes your driving
A drop in the bucket
Just a little bit of a much larger thing.
A fish out of water
To be a stranger in a strange new place. To not fit in.
The best thing since sliced bread
It's really good!
To see eye to eye
To agree
I bought a lemon
I bought a car that doesn't work
Stuck between a rock and a hard place
You have two options and they're both bad.
The cat's out of the bag
The secret is now public knowledge
A taste of your own medicine
To get what you deserve.
An eye for an eye
To hurt the person who hurt you in order to make it fair
A charley horse
A cramp in your leg
Once in a blue moon
Rarely
It's like herding cats
Managing a large group that's difficult to control
The apple of my eye.
My true love. My favourite person.
Give the cold shoulder
To ignore someone
Hold your horses
Be patient
To cross your fingers
To hope that something will happen.