Category 1
Hit the sack
Go to bed
Feeling under the weather
Feeling sick
Get cold feet
Become nervous
When pigs fly
Something that will never happen
Put your foot in your mouth
Say something embarrassing
In the same boat
In the same situation
Wake up on the wrong side of the bed
Be in a bad mood
Cost an arm and a leg
Be very expensive
Eat my words
Admit that what you said was wrong.
All bark and no bite
Talks tough but doesn’t act on threats.
Grab the bull by the horns
Face a difficult situation directly and bravely
Hold your horses
Wait or slow down
Out of the frying pan and into the fire
Go from a bad situation to a worse one
Jump the gun
Act too soon.
Water under the bridge
A past problem that no longer matters.
Bull in a china close
A clumsy or reckless person in a delicate situation.
Out of this world
Amazing or extremely good.
Have two left feet
Be clumsy, especially when dancing.
One leg in the door
Have a starting opportunity or entry point into something (e.g., a job).
Can't keep a good dog down
A strong person will always recover or succeed eventually.
Everything but the kitchen sink
Almost everything imaginable.
Steal my thunder
Take attention or credit away from someone.
Pull the wool over your eyes
Deceive or trick someone.
Rise above the blues
Overcome sadness.
Make a mountain out of a molehill
Exaggerate a small problem.