Common
Uncommon
Rare
Uncommon
Common
100

Break a leg

Good luck

100

Barking up the wrong tree

To be mistaken, to be looking for solutions in the wrong place

100

Fit as a fiddle

In good health

100

Costs an arm and a leg

Very expensive

100

On the ball

Doing a good job

200

Raining cats and dogs

It is raining heavily

200

Bite off more than you can chew

Take on a project that you cannot finish

200

On cloud nine

Very happy

200

Do something at the drop of a hat

Do something without having planned beforehand

200

Pull someone's leg

To joke with someone

300

A dime a dozen

Something common

300

Break the ice

Make people feel more comfortable

300

Don't beat a dead horse

Move on, this subject is over

300

Don't put all your eggs in one basket

What you're doing is too risky

300

To get bent out of shape

To get upset

400

Beat around the bush

Avoid saying what you mean, usually because it is uncomfortable

400

By the skin of your teeth

Just barely

400

A storm in a teacup

A big fuss about a small problem

400

He has bigger fish to fry

He has bigger things to take care of than what we are talking about now

400

Under the weather

Sick

500

Bite the bullet

To get something over with because it is inevitable

500

Take it with a grain of salt

Don’t take it too seriously

500

Bolt from the blue

Something that happened without warning

500

Let the cat out of the bag

Give away a secret

500

Wrap your head around something

Understand something complicated