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100
A couch potato
A lazy person who watches too much television
100

A golden opportunity

A very good chance to achieve something

100
Ants in your pants

Can't sit still

100
Feeling under the weather
To feel mildly ill or sick
100

Cost an arm and a leg

Very expensive

200

Spill the beans

To reveal a secret

200

Once in a blue moon

Very rare

200

Wild goose chase

To go on a pointless search

200
Raining cats and dogs
Raining very heavily
200

Put your money where your mouth is

To back up your words with actions

300
Take something with a grain of salt

Don't take something literally

300

White lie

A harmless lie

300
Kill two birds with one stone
To solve two problems with one action
300
On cloud nine
Very happy
300
Rome wasn't built in a day
It takes a long time to do something worth doing
400
Have bigger fish to fry
Have more important things to do
400
Get the green light
To get permission to do something
400

Curiosity killed the cat

Being too curious can get you into trouble

400

Lightning never strikes twice

Rare events don't repeat

400

Cash-Strapped

To be short on money

500

Bite off more than you can chew

Take on too much

500
The grass is greener on the other side
People think that they will be happier if things were different
500

A lion's share

The largest portion

500

Storm in a teacup

An exaggerated emotion of a situation that is not important
500
Bring home the bacon
To earn money, to achieve success