Idioms 1
Idioms 2
Idioms 3
Idioms 4
Idioms 5
100

To take a risk...

to zip your lips

to go out on a limb

to blow off steam

To go out on a limb

100

Bite off more than you can chew...

To eat quickly

Trying something too difficult to do

To make a list of goals for the future

Trying something too difficult to do.

100

Open a can of worms...

Skipping steps to save time

Unable to sit still

To make a situation with lots of problems

To make a situation with lots of problems.

100

To be very happy about something...

Chomping at the bit

Ringing a bell

Over the moon

Over the moon.

100

It's raining cats and dogs...

You need to feed the dog

It's raining hard

You buy a dog and cat

It's raining hard.

200

Cost an arm and a leg...

To be very expensive

To be a necessary purchase

To ned multiple payments

To be very expensive

200

To get very upset...

Miss the boat

Give it a shot

Have a cow

Have a cow.

200

To make a bad situation worse...

Adding fuel to the fire

Getting off your high horse

Burning the midnight oil

Adding fuel to the fire.

200

Seeing eye to eye...

To be the same height

To agree with someone

To have the same job

To agree with someone.

200

Two peas in a pod...

People or objects near each other

People who are very similar

People who live together

People who are very similar.


300

To tell a secret...

Let the cat out of the bag

Be on the same page

Drive someone up the wall

Let the cat out of the bag.

300

To be sick...

Feel under the weather

Be all ears

Feeling good

Feel under the weather.

300

To accept the consequences of your actions...

Face the music

Steal the show

Drop the ball

Face the music.

300

To break a leg...

Good luck

Be careful

Take your time


Good luck

300

Not someone's cup of tea....

An embarrassing mistake

Two of the same thing owned by different people

Something someone doesn't like

Something someone doesn't like.

400

To throw in the towel...

To annoy someone

To clean up after getting dirty

To give up

To give up.

400

Have ants in your pants...

To be excited and unable to sit still

To be very itchy

To have no clean clothes

To be excited and unable to sit still

400

Beat around the bush...

To avoid talking about something

Punishment for someone

To get lost outside

To avoid talking about something.

400

An obvious problem people are ignoring...

A dime a dozen

The elephant in the room

Butterflies in your stomach

The elephant in the room.

400

To tell someone something untrue as a joke...

Butter someone up

Pulling someone's leg

Take a rain check

Pulling someone's leg.

500

To put your foot in your mouth...

To speak well in front of a crowd

To say something you shouldn't have

To be very active

To say something you shouldn't have.

500

A piece of cake...

Something people love doing

A reward after a long day

Something very easy to do

Something very easy to do.

500

Hit the sack/hay...

To let out your anger

To go to sleep

To get fired from your job

To go to sleep

500

Hold your tongue...

To heal from an injury

To joke with your friends

To not speak

To not speak.

500

Unable to choose a side on an issue...

Hitting the nail on the head

On the fence

On thin ice

On the fence