Present day English Idioms
Pull yourself together
Calm down, compose yourself
Not the sharpest tool in the shed
Referring to someone who is not smart
something expensive
Once in a blue moon
Very rarely
in a nutshell
in few words
Work extra hard at something, put in more effort
That is my cup of tea
to face the music
face the consequences
To put all your eggs in one basket
Having all your valuable items only in one place at the risk of losing everything
when it rains it pours
when something bad happens other bad things usually happen at the same time
kill two birds with one stone
To solve 2 problems at the same time with one solution.
I'm just pulling your leg
To be joking around
Break a leg!
I wish you success in your performance
to cut corners
working in a quick and careless manner
Excuse my French
Excuse my profane language
add insult to injury
to make a situation worse
to be on thin ice
to be in a risky situation
couch potato
a person spendig too much time in front of tv
That was the last straw
The final negative occurrence in a series of negative events that causes one to take action
Hold your horses
Wait a moment
a blessing in disguise
something positive out of a bad situation
it's raining cats and dogs
it's raining heavily
I am on the fence with this one
Having an undecided opinion, indecisiveness
I was under the weather
Feeling unwell