Common Idioms
Idioms with Animals
Negative
Idioms with Numbers
Big Emotions
100

What means to share a secret when you're not supposed to?

Let the cat out of the bag. 

Spill the beans.

100
It's raining really hard.

It's raining cats and dogs.

100

I don't want to do this any more.

I'm sick of it. I'm tired of it.

100

What's an expression that means "cheap"?

A dime a dozen.

100

What's a name for someone who is depressed or down?

Emo.

200

What's a way to tell someone to relax or to slow down?

Chill, chill out, hold your horses.

200

Feeling hyper or anxious.

To have ants in your pants.

200
For someone who is lazy or doesn't do much.

Couch potato.


200

Images tell you more than words.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

200

How can you say you should not stress about something?

Don't cry over spilt milk.

Chill.


300

"Shut your mouth."



Zip your lips, zip it

Hold your tongue.

Shut your trap.

Put a sock in it.


300

To eat a LOT of food.

To pig out.

To eat like a horse.

300

Someone you blame for your own mistakes.

Scapegoat.

300

Figure it out.

Put two and two together.

300

How can you say someone is feeling really sad?

He or she is feeling blue.

400

That was unexpected!

That came out of the blue!

400

It will NEVER happen.

When pigs fly.

400
Feeling kind of sick.

Under the weather.

400

Put more effort into something than most people.

Go the extra mile

400

When you're getting scared or don't want to do something.

Butterflies in your stomach.

Getting cold feet.

500

Don't be too nosy.

Curiosity killed the cat.

500
If someone got up and already was feeling cranky.

They got up "on the wrong side of the bed."

500

Not good at dancing.

Has two left feet.

500
What you do if something's really funny.

Crack up.