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to keep your fingers crossed
to hope strongly that something will happen
100
at a snail's pace
extremely slowly
100
to give sb the green light
to give permission for someone to do something
100
to rest on your laurels
to be satisfied with your achievements and not make an effort to do anything else
100
to get your own way
to persuade other people to allow you to do what you want
200
the world is your oyster
you can do what you want and go where you want
200
a wolf in sheep's clothing
a person with a pleasant and friendly appearancethat hides the fact that they are evil
200
to cost an arm and a leg
to be extremely expensive
200
a necessary evil
sth unpleasant that must be accepted in order to acheve a particular result
200
to be in two minds (about sth)
to be unable to decide about sth
300
The last/final straw
the latest problem in a series of problems, that makes a situation impossible to accept
300
to run out of steam
to lose energy or interest to continue doing what you are doing
300
to tie the knot
to get married
300
to miss the boat
to lose an opportunity to do sth by being too slow to act
300
to pop the question
to ask someone to marry you
400
to have something up your sleeve
to have secret plans or ideas ready to use later
400
to roll your sleeves up
to prepare for hard work
400
to bite off more than you can chew
to try to do sth that is too difficult for you
400
to cut corners
to do sth in the easiest, cheapest, or fastest way
400
to be on the cards
to be likely to happen
500
to be head and shoulders above sth/so
to be much better than other people or things
500
to sweep sth under the carpet
to hide a problem or try to keep it secret instead of dealing with it
500
the icing on the cake
sth that makes a good situation even better
500
the best thing since sliced bread
to be an excellent person or thing
500
to pull your socks up
to make an effort to improve your work because it's not good enough