Common idioms
Uncommon idioms
Rare idioms
Similes
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A piece of cake

It's easy

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It cost an arm and a leg

It's expensive

100

Hold your horses

Wait

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Snug as a bug in a rug

Very cosy

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On cloud 9

You're happy

200

Out of the woods

The hardest part is over

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Bite off more than you can chew

You accepted something bigger or harder than you could handle

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Fast as a cheetah

Very fast

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It's raining cats and dogs

It's raining heavily

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Hit the nail on the head

Got it perfectly correct

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once in a blue moon

It happens once in a while

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Hungry as a horse

Very hungry

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When pigs fly

It will never happen/is impossible

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Quit cold turkey

To quit something suddenly

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Rock the boat

Disturb others

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Cool as a cucumber

Very calm and relaxed

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It's fire


It's cool

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Every cloud has a silver lining

There's something good in every bad thing.

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A bitter pill to swallow

Something is hard to accept

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Stubborn as a mule

He was very stubborn