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To do or say something that relieves tension when people first meet.
Break the ice
To listen very carefully what someone is saying.
All ears
To be in the same situation
In the same boat.
A person who is kind, polite, reliable and hardworking.
Salt of the earth.
Doing something late is better than not doing it at all.
Better late than never.
To be extremely expensive
Cost an arm and a leg
A lot on my mind.
To lose an opportunity to do something
Miss the boat.
To be in a difficult situation when you are in trouble.
In hot water.
To watch, monitor or take care of a person or situation carefully.
Something is easy to do.
A piece of cake
To stop work or end an activity because you're tired.
Call it a day.
To polite decline an invitation or postpone a plan.
Take a rain check
To wait for a short time.
Hang on.
To tell people secret information.
Spill the beans.
To avoid talking about the main point or not say something directly
Beat around the bush
To be extremely happy or excited about something good.
Over the moon.
To learn something in such a way you can say it from memory.
By heart.
That means sightly sick, unwell, or not in your usual good health.
Under the weather
To be extremely happy or excited
On cloud nine.
To do something difficult, unpleasant because it is necessary.
Bite the bullet
To begin studying with a high level of seriousness and focus.
Hit the book.
To make someone feel worse after they've already been hurt.
Twist the knife.
It is your turn to take a decision because the other person has finished what they can do.
The ball is in your court.
To suddenly become frightened to do something that you had planned to do.
Get cold feet.