Idiom 1
Piece of cake
Very easy
Beat about the bush
Don't "beat around the bush" and just do it!
To talk about unimportant things because you’re avoiding a particular topic
Costs an arm and a leg
Very expensive
A hot potato
"Do you think she's a good person?"
"I don't want to touch that hot potato!"
A hot potato A controversial issue or situation that is awkward to deal with.
Sick as a dog
Refers to extreme physical illness or discomfort.
Bob's your uncle
Example: Put the peanut butter on one slice of bread, jelly on the other, and "Bob's your uncle", you got a PB&J
Simple or easy
Budge up
Example: Oi mate, "budge up" will you? I barely got room here to sit.
Asking someone to move to make room for you
Couch potato
A lazy person
Once in a blue moon
Example: Lazy Gary, did you do your homework?
Nah, I only do it "once in a blue moon."
Very rarely, not very often
Call the shots
To be in charge of what is happening and what should happen.
Bite off more than you can chew
More than you can, very difficult
Don't "bury your head in the sand!" We've got to figure out what to do!
To refuse to think about or confront serious issues or situations
Cut corners
To do something in the easiest way possible
When pigs fly
Something that will never happen or is impossible.
We've been together "through thick and thin!" We stayed together for birthdays throughout the years and even the flood of '09.
Through good times and bad times.
"Bite the bullet" and get it done! Work is work.
Do something difficult or unpleasant
Call it a day
Call it a day or stop working on something
Woah now Bessie Brown Horse, "easy does it" going over the creek.
To slow down, do something slowly/carefully
Well, the cut-off date was yesterday so you "missed the boat" sadly.
Miss the chance
The ladies sat around with their tea to "chew the fat."
To chat in a leisurely and prolonged way.
Well I guess we're "at a crossroads" for either ice cream or cake for dessert.
You need to make an important or hard decision
Cold feet
To get nervous or to have second thoughts about doing something
You kicked the senior citizens, so you must "face the music!"
To accept responsibility for something bad you have done
Zip the lip
To stop talking
Kick the bucket
Yeah, ole Paul done ran up on the wrong lion headfirst and sadly "kicked the bucket."
To die