Jobs
dead-end job
a boring job with no hopes of promotion
a live wire
a person who is lively and full of energy and enthusiasm.
off - colour
to shy away
to avoid doing something you fear
night after night
a part of the furniture
you no longer notice a person
the scum of the earth
INF, INSULTING a person or group considered to be extremely unpleasant or evil.
look like death warmed up
to feel or appear extremely ill or exhausted.
to pique interest
to stimulate or cause inteerst
to hold back
Bear fruit
have a successful result.
play it cool
INF hide your feelings so that you appear calm and controlled.
to keel over
means to suddenly collapse or faint, typically due to exhaustion, shock, or a medical condition.
to hold a grudge
to continue to have bad feelings towards somebody because of something that happened previously
to come on
to improve
to have a face that doesn't fit
somebody won't get a job because they are not a kind of person that the employer wants
(as) thick as two short planks
very stupid.
to indicate that someone is behaving or feeling differently than their typical or expected state.
to blaze a trail
to do something that has never been done
to take some time doing
to involve a lot of effort
walk all over sb
NF treat sb badly by always doing what you want to do.
to wear off
to whittle down
to gradually reduce the size
in/by leaps and bounds
can also say that something goes over your head if you don't understand it.